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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2012

 

 

ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-11727   73-1493906

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

3738 Oak Lawn Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75219

(Address of principal executive offices)

(214) 981-0700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information set forth under Item 2.03 is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On October 5, 2012, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP”) completed the acquisition of Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sunoco”), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 29, 2012, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of June 15, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among ETP, Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Sam Acquisition Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ETP (“Merger Sub”), Sunoco and, for limited purposes set forth therein, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ETE”). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Sunoco (the “Merger”), with Sunoco surviving the Merger.

At the effective time of the Merger on October 5, 2012 (the “Effective Time”), each share of Sunoco’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares held by Sunoco in treasury and shares held by ETP or Merger Sub or by any wholly owned subsidiaries of Sunoco, ETP or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time) was converted into the right to receive $25.00 in cash and 0.5245 of an ETP common unit (the “Standard Mix of Consideration”). In lieu of receiving the Standard Mix of Consideration, Sunoco shareholders could instead elect to receive, for each Sunoco common share, either (i) $50.00 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) or (ii) 1.0490 ETP common units (the “Unit Consideration”); provided that the Cash Consideration and the Unit Consideration were each subject to proration to ensure that the aggregate amount of cash paid and the aggregate number of ETP common units issued in the Merger was the same that would be paid and issued if each Sunoco common share had been converted into the Standard Mix of Consideration.

The election deadline for the merger consideration was October 1, 2012 and the notice of guaranteed delivery deadline was October 4, 2012. Based on the final results of the merger consideration elections and the terms of the Merger Agreement:

 

   

holders of approximately 2.59% of the Company’s outstanding shares, or approximately 2,711,665 shares, elected and will receive the Standard Mix of Consideration;

 

   

holders of approximately 72.37% of the Company’s outstanding shares, or approximately 75,844,918 shares, elected the Cash Consideration; however, because the Cash Consideration was oversubscribed, such holders will receive $26.466644 in cash and 0.4937297929926 of an ETP common unit;

 

   

holders of approximately 4.24% of the Company’s outstanding shares, or approximately 4,449,502 shares, elected and will receive the Unit Consideration; and

 

   

holders of approximately 20.80% of the Company’s outstanding shares, or approximately 21,801,776 shares, did not make a valid election or did not deliver a valid election form prior to the election deadline and, therefore are deemed to have elected and will receive the Standard Mix of Consideration.

No fractional ETP common units will be issued in the Merger, and Sunoco’s shareholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional ETP common units.

Contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger and as provided in the Merger Agreement, Sunoco contributed to ETP $2.0 billion in cash and the equity interests of Sunoco Partners LLC (which currently holds the 2% general partner interest, incentive distribution rights, and a 32.4% limited partner


interest in Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. (“SXL”)), in exchange for 90,706,000 newly issued Class F units of ETP (the “Class F Units”) (such transaction referred to herein as the “Sunoco Logistics Restructuring”). Additionally, immediately following the closing of the Merger, ETE contributed its interest in Southern Union Company (“Southern Union”) to ETP Holdco Corporation (“ETP Holdco”), in exchange for a 60% equity interest in ETP Holdco. In conjunction with ETE’s contribution, ETP contributed its interest in Sunoco (exclusive of its interest in SXL) to ETP Holdco and retained a 40% equity interest in ETP Holdco.

As a result of the Merger and the above transactions, ETP and ETE own an indirect 40% and 60% equity interest, respectively, in both Sunoco and Southern Union, while ETP owns the general partner interest, incentive distribution rights and a 32.4% limited partner interest in SXL. ETE owns the general partner interest, incentive distribution rights and 52.5 million common units representing limited partner interests in ETP.

 

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

Following the consummation of the Merger and the Sunoco Logistics Restructuring, on October 5, 2012, ETP entered into supplemental indentures with Sunoco and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) to become a co-obligor under (i) that certain Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, between Sunoco and U.S. Bank, as trustee (as so supplemented, the “2015 Notes Indenture”), relating to Sunoco’s 9.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”); (ii) that certain Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000, between Sunoco and U.S. Bank, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A. (the “2017 and 2014 Notes Indenture”), relating to Sunoco’s 5.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”) and 4 7/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”); and (iii) that certain Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994, between Sunoco and U.S. Bank, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A. (the “2024 Debentures Indenture” and, together with the 2015 Notes Indenture and the 2017 and 2014 Notes Indenture, the “Sunoco Indentures”), relating to Sunoco’s 9.00% Debentures due 2024 (the “2024 Debentures” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the 2017 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Sunoco Notes”). Pursuant to each supplemental indenture, ETP became a co-obligor of the Sunoco Notes, and will have the same obligations and duties of Sunoco under the Sunoco Indentures, as well as the same rights, benefits and privileges of Sunoco thereunder. Sunoco remains an obligor under the Sunoco Notes.

There is currently outstanding $250 million in aggregate principal amount of each of the 2014 Notes and the 2015 Notes, $400 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2017 Notes and $64.8 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Debentures. The Sunoco Notes will be ETP’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, ranking equally in right of payment with ETP’s existing and future unsubordinated debt and effectively junior to the debt and other obligations of ETP’s subsidiaries.

Interest on the Sunoco Notes is payable on, and the Sunoco Notes mature on, the dates provided below.

 

Sunoco Notes

   Interest Payment Dates      Maturity Date  

2014 Notes

     April 15 and October 15         October 15, 2014   

2015 Notes

     April 15 and October 15         April 15, 2015   

2017 Notes

     January 15 and July 15         January 15, 2017   

2024 Debentures

     May 1 and November 1         November 1, 2024   

The Sunoco Notes (other than the 2024 Debentures) are redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at ETP and Sunoco’s option, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2015 Notes plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The 2024 Debentures are not redeemable prior to maturity.


The Sunoco Indentures contain customary events of default (each an “Event of Default”), including. but not limited to, the following:

 

  (1) a failure to pay principal or premium on the Sunoco Notes when due;

 

  (2) a failure to pay for 30 days any interest on the Sunoco Notes when due;

 

  (3) a failure to perform any other covenant 90 days after written notice of default given by the trustee of the applicable series of Sunoco Notes or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Sunoco Notes;

 

  (4) the acceleration of debt securities of another series or any other indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount greater than $10 million (or $25 million with respect to the 2015 Notes), if such acceleration is not annulled within 30 days after written notice of the acceleration; and

 

  (5) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of ETP and Sunoco.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee of the applicable series of Sunoco Notes or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the applicable series of Sunoco Notes may declare the principal amount of such series of Sunoco Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon such a declaration, such principal on such series of Sunoco Notes will be due and payable immediately. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the applicable series of Sunoco Notes outstanding may rescind any such acceleration and its consequences.

The foregoing description of the Sunoco Notes, the Sunoco Indentures and the supplemental indentures does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Sunoco Indentures and each supplemental indenture, which are included as Exhibits 4.1 through 4.9 hereto.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On October 5, 2012, ETP’s general partner adopted Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ETP, dated as of July 28, 2009 (the “LP Agreement Amendment”). Pursuant to the terms of the LP Agreement Amendment, ETP’s general partner (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of ETE) will relinquish its rights to $210 million in distributions it would otherwise be entitled to receive with respect to its incentive distribution rights in ETP for 12 consecutive quarters, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2012. In addition, the LP Agreement Amendment sets forth the terms and provisions of the Class F Units.

The Class F Units generally will not have any voting rights, and will not have any rights of redemption or conversion. The Class F units will be entitled to aggregate cash distributions equal to 35% of the total amount of cash that is generated by ETP and its subsidiaries (other than ETP Holdco) and available for distribution, up to a maximum of $3.75 per Class F Unit per year.

The above description of the LP Agreement Amendment and the Class F Units does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the LP Agreement Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 5, 2012, ETP and Sunoco issued a joint press release announcing the completion of the Merger. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future, including statements regarding the anticipated benefits and other aspects of the transactions described above, that are forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s control, including the risk that the anticipated benefits from the Merger cannot be fully realized. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in ETP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and other documents filed by ETP from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). ETP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The financial statements and pro forma financial information required to be filed under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are included in ETP’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 25, 2012 and September 19, 2012.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

3.1    Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., dated October 5, 2012.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 31 2009, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, relating to Sunoco’s 9.625% Senior Notes due 2015.
4.3    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, to Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009.
4.4    Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A.
4.5    Officers’ Certificate of Sunoco, Inc. dated December 14, 2006 establishing Sunoco’s 5.75% Senior Notes due 2017.
4.6    Officers’ Certificate of Sunoco, Inc. dated September 28, 2004 establishing Sunoco’s 4 7/8% Senior Notes due 2014.
4.7    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000.
4.8    Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., relating to Sunoco, Inc.’s 9.00% Debentures due 2024.
4.9    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., to the Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994
99.1    Press release of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. dated October 5, 2012.


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.

 

    ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
    By:  

Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P.,

its general partner

    By:  

Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C,

its general partner

Date: October 5, 2012      
     

/s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.

     

Martin Salinas, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

3.1    Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., dated October 5, 2012.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 31 2009, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, relating to Sunoco’s 9.625% Senior Notes due 2015.
4.3    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, to Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009.
4.4    Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A.
4.5    Officers’ Certificate of Sunoco, Inc. dated December 14, 2006 establishing Sunoco’s 5.75% Senior Notes due 2017.
4.6    Officers’ Certificate of Sunoco, Inc. dated September 28, 2004 establishing Sunoco’s 4 7/8% Senior Notes due 2014.
4.7    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000.
4.8    Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994, between Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., relating to Sunoco, Inc.’s 9.00% Debentures due 2024.
4.9    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2012, among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., to the Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994
99.1    Press release of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. dated October 5, 2012.

Exhibit 3.1

Execution Copy

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP

OF

ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.

This Amendment No. 2 (this “ Amendment No. 2 ”) to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (the “ Partnership ”), dated as of July 28, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of March 26, 2012 (as so amended, the “ Partnership Agreement ”) is hereby adopted effective as of October 5, 2012, by Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ General Partner ”), as general partner of the Partnership. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given such terms in the Partnership Agreement.

WHEREAS, Section 13.1(d)(i) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement to reflect a change that, in the discretion of the General Partner, does not adversely affect the Unitholders in any material respect; and

WHEREAS, Section 13.1(g) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner (subject to Section 5.7 of the Partnership Agreement), may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement, to reflect an amendment that, in the discretion of the General Partner, is necessary or advisable in connection with the authorization of issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Partnership Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the General Partner has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “ Merger Agreement ”) by and among the Partnership, the General Partner, Sam Acquisition Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“ Merger Sub ”), and Sunoco, Inc. a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “ Merger ”), with the Company surviving the Merger; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Partnership is obligated to issue limited partner interests to be designated as Class F Units having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in this Amendment No. 2; and

WHEREAS, the General Partner has determined that the creation of the new class of Partnership Securities to be designated as “Class F Units” provided for in this Amendment No. 2 will be in the best interests of the Partnership and beneficial to the Limited Partners, including the holders of the Common Units; and

WHEREAS, the General Partner has determined, pursuant to Section 13.1(g) of the Partnership Agreement, that the amendments to the Partnership Agreement set forth herein (other than those amendments to Section 6.4 of the Partnership Agreement) are necessary or advisable in connection with the authorization of the issuance of the Class F Units; and


WHEREAS, acting pursuant to the power and authority granted to it under Section 13.1(d)(i) of the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has determined that the following amendment to Section 6.4 of the Partnership Agreement does not adversely affect the Unitholders in any material respect; and

NOW THEREFORE, the General Partner does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows:

Section 1. Amendment .

(a) Section 1.1 of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended to add or amend and restate the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

(i) “ Class F Percentage ” means, with respect to the Class F Units for any date, the percentage determined by multiplying (a) 35% by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the number of Class F Units Outstanding on such date, by (B) 90,706,000.

(ii) “ Class F Issue Price ” means $50.00.

(iii) “ Class F Unit ” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and Assignees and of the General Partner (exclusive of its interest as holder of the general partner interest and the Incentive Distribution Rights) and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Class F Units in this Agreement.

(iv) “ Company ” means Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.

(v) “ Company Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, contemplated by the Company Merger Agreement.

(vi) “ Company Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Partnership, the General Partner, Merger Sub, and the Company, pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company.

(vii) “ETP Holdco” means ETP Holdco Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

(viii) “ETP Holdco Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b)(iii)(A).

(ix) “ETP Holdco Items” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b)(ii)(A).

(x) “ Merger Sub ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company Merger Agreement.

(xi) “ Quarterly Reduction Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(c).

(xii) “ Unit ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner or Assignee in the Partnership and shall include Common Units, Class E Units and Class F Units, but shall not include (x) the general partner interest in the Partnership or (y) Incentive Distribution Rights.

 

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(xiii) “ Unitholders ” means the holders of Common Units, Class E Units and Class F Units.

(xiv) “ Unit Majority ” means at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding the Class E Units and Class F Units in respect of matters in which the holders of the Class E Units and Class F Units are not entitled to a vote).

(b) Article V of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 5.10 at the end thereof as follows:

5.10 Establishment of Class F Units.

(a) General . The General Partner hereby designates and creates a series of Units to be designated as “Class F Units” and consisting of a total of 90,706,000 Class F Units.

(b) Rights of Class F Units . The Class F Units shall have the following rights, preferences and privileges and shall be subject to the following duties and obligations:

 

  (i) Initial Capital Account . The initial capital account with respect to each Class F Unit will be equal to its Issue Price minus its proportionate share of the principal amount of any public indebtedness of the Company assumed, or treated as assumed, by the Partnership.

 

  (ii) Allocations .

 

  (A) The Class F Units shall not be entitled to receive any allocation of any item of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction or credit attributable to the Partnership’s ownership of ETP Holdco or the Partnership’s ownership of any indebtedness of ETP Holdco or any of its subsidiaries (the “ETP Holdco Items”), and such ETP Holdco Items (which shall not be included in the computation of Net Income, Net Loss, Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss for any taxable year while any Class F Units remain Outstanding) shall instead be specially allocated to the General Partner in an amount equal to the General Partner’s Percentage Interest of such ETP Holdco Items and the remainder to the Unitholders (other than the holders of the Class F Units or the holders of the Class E Units) Pro Rata.

 

  (B)

The Class F Percentage of any Net Income to be allocated to the Unitholders pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(iii) of this Agreement shall be allocated to the Class F Units and the remaining portion of such Net Income shall be allocated to the Unitholders (other than the holders of Class F Units) in

 

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  proportion to their relative Percentage Interests; provided, that the amount of Net Income allocated to each Class F Unit for each taxable year shall not exceed the product of (A) the aggregate cash amount distributed to such Class F Unit pursuant to Article VI of this Agreement for such taxable year, multiplied by (B) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the Partnership’s Net Income allocated to the Unitholders (including the holders of the Class F Units) for such taxable year by (II) the aggregate cash amount distributed (excluding ETP Holdco Distributions) to the Unitholders (including the holders of the Class F Units) pursuant to Article VI for such taxable year.

 

  (C) The Class F Percentage of any Net Losses to be allocated to the Unitholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii) of this Agreement shall be allocated to the Class F Units and the remaining portion of such Net Losses shall be allocated to the Unitholders (other than the holders of Class F Units) in proportion to their relative Percentage Interests; provided that Net Losses shall not be allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii) to the extent that such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable year (or increase any existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account).

 

  (D) For each taxable period, each Class F Unit shall be allocated Net Termination Gain pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) until the Capital Account of each Class F Unit is equal to its Issue Price. Such allocations will be made prior to any allocations being made to any other Unitholder pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) and will be made prior to any allocations being made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(C). The Class F Units shall be allocated 1% of the remaining aggregate Net Termination Gain, if any, that is to be allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) for such taxable period following the allocations made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B). No other allocations of Net Termination Gain shall be made to the Class F Units for such taxable period. The Class F Units shall be allocated Net Termination Loss to the same extent as the Common Units.

 

  (E)

Notwithstanding Section 6.2(b)(iii), the General Partner shall apply the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(b) to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities in any Contributed Property received by the Partnership in exchange for the issuance of Class F Units when applying Section 6.2(b)(i) with respect to such Contributed Property

 

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  and will apply the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d) to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities when applying Section 6.2(b)(ii)(A)(1) with respect to such Contributed Property to the extent such contributed property subsequently becomes Adjusted Property.

 

  (F) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit attributable to any public indebtedness of the Company assumed, or treated as assumed, by the Partnership in connection with the issuance of the Class F Units shall be specially allocated to the holders of the Class F Units.

 

  (iii) Distributions .

 

  (A) For each taxable year, no portion of any Partnership cash distribution attributable to (i) any distribution or dividend received by the Partnership from ETP Holdco or the proceeds of any sale of the capital stock of ETP Holdco or (ii) any interest payments received by the Partnership with respect to indebtedness of ETP Holdco or its subsidiaries (such portion of any Partnership cash distributions, the “ETP Holdco Distributions”) shall be distributed to the Class E Units or the Class F Units.

 

  (B) For each Quarter in which distributions are made to the Class F Units, (i) for purposes of Sections 6.4 and 6.5, the Percentage Interest of the General Partner shall be computed without taking into account the Class F Percentage and (i) any quarterly distributions to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.4 or Section 6.5 or to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights pursuant to clauses (iii)(B), (iv)(B) and (v)(B) of Section 6.4(a) shall be computed without regard to the distributions made to the Class F Units in such Quarter.

 

  (C) The Class F Units will be entitled to receive the Class F Percentage of the portion of any Partnership cash distributions (other than ETP Holdco Distributions) to be made to the Unitholders pursuant to Article VI and the remaining portion of the Available Cash to be distributed shall be made to the Unitholders (other than the holders of Class F Units) in proportion to their relative Percentage Interests; provided, that the aggregate Partnership distributions made to each Class F Unit for each fiscal year shall not exceed $3.75 (which may, at the General Partner’s discretion, be split equally among the four Quarters of each fiscal year).

 

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  (iv) Voting Rights . The Class F Units shall not have any voting rights, except to the extent the Delaware Act gives the Class F Units a vote as a class on any matter. With respect to any matter on which the Class F Units are entitled to vote, each Class F Unit will be entitled to one vote on such matter.

 

  (v) Redemption and Conversion Rights . The Class F Units will be perpetual and shall not have any rights of redemption or conversion.

 

  (vi) Certificates ; Book-Entry . The Class F Units shall be evidenced by certificates in such form as the General Partner may approve and, subject to the satisfaction of any applicable legal, regulatory and contractual requirements, may be assigned or transferred in a manner identical to the assignment and transfer of other Units.

 

  (vii) Registrar and Transfer Agent . Unless and until the General Partner determines to assign the responsibility to another Person, the General Partner will act as the registrar and transfer agent for the Class F Units.

 

  (viii) Continuing Liability for Assumed Company Debt . The Company shall continue to be liable for any public indebtedness assumed, or treated as assumed, by the Partnership as a result of the contribution of assets to the Partnership by the Company or its subsidiaries in exchange for Class F Units. The Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, shall contribute cash to the Partnership immediately prior to the payment by the Partnership of any amount due with respect to such indebtedness, including principal, interest or any other amounts due pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness, in an amount equal to the amount due by the Partnership with respect to such indebtedness. Any amount paid by the Company directly to the holders of any securities evidencing such indebtedness shall for federal income tax purposes be treated as a capital contribution of such amount to the Partnership by the Company and a payment by the Partnership of such amount to the holders of such securities. The capital accounts of the Class F Units shall be increased by the amount of such cash contributions, or deemed cash contributions, but no additional Class F Units shall be issued to the Company or its subsidiaries as a result of such additional cash contributions. The Company shall provide such additional documentation setting forth such obligation as requested by the Partnership, including but not limited to the issuance to the Partnership of a promissory note of the Company.

(c) Section 6.1(a)(iii)(A)(II) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “HHI Distributions” with “ETP Holdco Distributions” where such term is used.

 

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(d) Section 6.1(d)(xiii) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by (i) changing the subtitle to “Class E and ETP Holdco Allocations,” (ii) replacing “HHI” with “ETP Holdco” each place where such term is used, (iii) deleting the parenthetical containing “HHI Items” in clause (A), and (iv) replacing “HHI Items” with “ETP Holdco Items” each other place where the term “HHI Items” is used.

(e) Section 6.3(e)(i) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“(i) For each taxable year, no portion of any Partnership cash distributions that are ETP Holdco Distributions shall be distributed to the Class E Units.”

(f) Section 6.3(e)(ii) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “HHI Distributions” with “ETP Holdco Distributions” where such term is used.

(g) Section 6.4 of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows:

“(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.4, and without limiting the provisions of Subsection 6.4(b), for a period of twelve consecutive Quarters commencing with the Quarter in which the Company Merger is consummated, aggregate quarterly distributions, if any, to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights provided for in clauses (iii)(B), (iv)(B) and (v)(B) of Subsection 6.4(a) shall be reduced by $17,500,000 per Quarter (the “Quarterly Reduction Amount”); provided, that if any such reduction for a Quarter would result in a negative number, then the Quarterly Reduction Amount for such Quarter shall be adjusted and deemed to be an amount that would result in zero quarterly distributions for such Quarter to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights provided for in clauses (iii)(B), (iv)(B) and (v)(B) of Subsection 6.4(a).”

Section 2. Except as hereby amended, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 3. This Amendment shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as of the date first above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS GP, L.P.
By:   Energy Transfer Partner, L.L.C.,
  its general partner
By:   /s/ Thomas P. Mason
Name:   Thomas P. Mason
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to ETP Partnership Agreement]

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

SUNOCO, INC.

To

U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 


Reconciliation and Tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture,

dated as of March 31, 2009

 

Trust Indenture Act
Section

        Indenture Section

(S)310

   (a)(1)    6.09
   (a)(2)    6.09
   (a)(3)    Not Applicable
   (a)(4)    Not Applicable
   (a)(5)    6.09
   (b)    6.08, 6.10
   (c)    Not Applicable

(S)311

   (a)    6.13(a)
   (b)    6.13(b)
   (c)    Not Applicable

(S)312

   (a)    7.01, 7.02(a)
   (b)    7.02(b)
   (c)    7.02(c)

(S)313

   (a)    7.03(a)
   (b)    7.03(b)
   (c)    7.03(a), 7.03(c)
   (d)    7.03(d)

(S)314

   (a)    7.04, 12.02
   (b)    Not Applicable
   (c)(1)    1.02
   (c)(2)    1.02
   (c)(3)    Not Applicable
   (d)    Not Applicable
   (e)    1.02

(S)315

   (a)    6.01(a), 6.01(c)
   (b)    6.02, 7.03(a)(7)
   (c)    6.01(b)
   (d)(1)    6.01(a)
   (d)(2)    6.01(c)(2)
   (d)(3)    6.01(c)(3)
   (e)    5.14

(S)316

   (a)(1)(A)    5.02, 5.12
   (a)(1)(B)    5.13
   (a)(2)    Not Applicable
   (b)    5.08
   (c)    Not Applicable

(S)317

   (a)(1)    5.03
   (a)(2)    5.04
   (b)    12.04

(S)318

      1.06

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

  

  

  

Section 1.01.

   Definitions      1   

Section 1.02.

   Compliance Certificates and Opinions      11   

Section 1.03.

   Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee      12   

Section 1.04.

   Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company      12   

Section 1.05.

   Notice to Holders; Waiver      13   

Section 1.06.

   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      13   

Section 1.07.

   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      14   

Section 1.08.

   Successors and Assigns      14   

Section 1.09.

   Separability Clause      14   

Section 1.10.

   Benefits of Indenture      14   

Section 1.11.

   Governing Law      14   

Section 1.12.

   Legal Holidays      14   

Section 1.13.

   No Security Interest Created      14   

Section 1.14.

   Liability Solely Corporate      15   

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

 

  

  

Section 2.01.

   Forms Generally      15   

Section 2.02.

   Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication      16   

Section 2.03.

   Securities in Global Form      17   

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

THE DEBT SECURITIES

 

  

  

Section 3.01.

   Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      17   

Section 3.02.

   Denominations      21   

Section 3.03.

   Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      21   

Section 3.04.

   Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer   
   Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities      23   

Section 3.05.

   Registration, Transfer and Exchange      28   

Section 3.06.

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities      30   

Section 3.07.

   Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved      31   

Section 3.08.

   Cancellation      34   

Section 3.09.

   Computation of Interest      34   

Section 3.10.

   Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities      34   

Section 3.11.

   Judgments      37   

Section 3.12.

   Exchange Upon Default      38   

Section 3.13.

   CUSIP Numbers      38   

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

Section 4.01.

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      39   

Section 4.02.

   Application of Trust Money      40   

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

 

  

  

Section 5.01.

   Events of Default      40   

Section 5.02.

   Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment      41   

Section 5.03.

   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      42   

Section 5.04.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      43   

Section 5.05.

   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons      44   

Section 5.06.

   Application of Money Collected      44   

Section 5.07.

   Limitation on Suits      45   

Section 5.08.

   Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest      45   

Section 5.09.

   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      46   

Section 5.10.

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      46   

Section 5.11.

   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      46   

Section 5.12.

   Control by Holders      46   

Section 5.13.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      47   

Section 5.14.

   Undertaking for Costs      47   

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

  

  

Section 6.01.

   Certain Duties and Responsibilities      47   

Section 6.02.

   Notice of Defaults      48   

Section 6.03.

   Certain Rights of Trustee      49   

Section 6.04.

   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities      50   

Section 6.05.

   May Hold Debt Securities      50   

Section 6.06.

   Money Held in Trust      51   

Section 6.07.

   Compensation and Reimbursement      51   

Section 6.08.

   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests      52   

Section 6.09.

   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility      52   

Section 6.10.

   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      52   

Section 6.11.

   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      53   

Section 6.12.

   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      55   

Section 6.13.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company      55   

Section 6.14.

   Appointment of Authenticating Agent      55   

Section 6.15.

   Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company      57   

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

  

  

Section 7.01.

   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders      57   

 

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Section 7.02.

   Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders      58   

Section 7.03.

   Reports by Trustee      59   

Section 7.04.

   Reports by Company      61   

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

 

  

  

Section 8.01.

   Acts of Holders      62   

Section 8.02.

   Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder      62   

Section 8.03.

   Persons Deemed Owners      63   

Section 8.04.

   Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound      63   

ARTICLE NINE

 

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

  

  

Section 9.01.

   Purposes of Meetings      64   

Section 9.02.

   Call of Meetings by Trustee      64   

Section 9.03.

   Call of Meetings by Company or Holders      64   

Section 9.04.

   Qualifications for Voting      65   

Section 9.05.

   Regulations      65   

Section 9.06.

   Voting      65   

Section 9.07.

   No Delay of Rights by Meeting      66   

ARTICLE TEN

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

  

  

Section 10.01.

   Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms      66   

Section 10.02.

   Successor Entity to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events      67   

Section 10.03.

   Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee      68   

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

Section 11.01.

   Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      68   

Section 11.02.

   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders      69   

Section 11.03.

   Execution of Supplemental Indentures      70   

Section 11.04.

   Effect of Supplemental Indentures      71   

Section 11.05.

   Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      71   

Section 11.06.

   Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures      71   

Section 11.07.

   Notice of Supplemental Indenture      71   

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

COVENANTS

 

  

  

Section 12.01.

   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      71   

Section 12.02.

   Officer’s Certificate as to Default      72   

 

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Section 12.03.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      72   

Section 12.04.

   Money for Debt Securities; Payments To Be Held in Trust      73   

Section 12.05.

   Waiver of Certain Covenants      75   

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

  

  

Section 13.01.

   Applicability of Article      75   

Section 13.02.

   Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee      75   

Section 13.03.

   Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed      75   

Section 13.04.

   Notice of Redemption      76   

Section 13.05.

   Deposit of Redemption Price      77   

Section 13.06.

   Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date      77   

Section 13.07.

   Debt Securities Redeemed in Part      78   

 

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

  

  

Section 14.01.

   Applicability of Article      79   

Section 14.02.

   Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities      79   

Section 14.03.

   Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund      79   

 

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

 

DEFEASANCE

 

  

  

Section 15.01.

   Applicability of Article      81   

Section 15.02.

   Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations      81   

Section 15.03.

   Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust      83   

Section 15.04.

   Repayment to Company      83   

 

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

 

CONVERSION

 

  

  

Section 16.01.

   Applicability; Conversion Privilege      83   

Section 16.02.

   Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares      84   

Section 16.03.

   Adjustment of Conversion Price for Equity Securities      85   

Section 16.04.

   Consolidation or Merger of the Company      88   

Section 16.05.

   Notice of Adjustment      89   

Section 16.06.

   Notice In Certain Events      89   

Section 16.07.

   Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing      90   

Section 16.08.

   Taxes on Conversion      91   

Section 16.09.

   Conversion After Record Date      91   

Section 16.10.

   Company Determination Final      91   

Section 16.11.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer      92   

 

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INDENTURE dated as of March 31, 2009, between SUNOCO, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal executive office at 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

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

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions .

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

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

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

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

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

 

1


Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in those respective Articles.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affiliated Corporation” means any corporation which is controlled by the Company but which is not a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the definition of the term “Subsidiary.”

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

“Bearer Security” means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom that board or committee shall have delegated its authority.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. As used in this Indenture, reference to action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution shall include, without limitation, all action taken by an officer of the Company who has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors to take such action.

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close or a day when the New York Stock Exchange is closed, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Clearstream” means Clearstream, Luxembourg.

 

2


“Closing Price” of an Equity Security means the last reported sale price of such stock (regular way) as shown on the Composite Tape of the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, if it is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last reported sale price of such stock as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by NASDAQ, or if such stock is not so reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

“Common Stock” means the class of Common Stock, $1 par value, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock and which does not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock and which is not subject to redemption by the Company; provided that if Debt Securities convertible into Common Stock are Outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

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

“Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

 

3


“Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity”, at any time, means the total stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial information is then available.

“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Equity Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e).

“Conversion Event” means the cessation of (i) a Foreign Currency to be used both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU to be used both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any Currency unit other than the ECU to be used for the purposes for which it was established.

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Equity Securities, the price per share of Equity Securities at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible, as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such series, as such price may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.03.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at Two Liberty Place, 50 South 16th Street, Suite 2000, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

“Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

“Coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security.

“Coupon Security” means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto.

“Currency” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

“Currency Determination Agent” means the New York Clearing House bank, if any, from time to time selected by the Trustee for purposes of Section 3.10; provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the Company and shall, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the making of such decision or determination.

 

4


“Current Market Price” of an Equity Security on any date means the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.03(3), the “Current Market Price” of such Equity Security shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.03(3) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(h).

“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(g).

“ECU” means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.

“Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1.

“Equity Security” means either Common Stock or Preference Stock or both Common Stock and Preference Stock.

“Euro-clear Operator” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, or its successor as operator of the Euro-clear System.

“European Communities” means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

“European Monetary System” means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.

 

5


“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currency unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency unit), payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

“Fixed Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a fixed rate.

“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

“Funded Debt” means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created, issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed which would, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as long-term debt, but in any event including all indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured or unsecured, maturing more than one year or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date more than one year, after the date of determination thereof (excluding any amount thereof included in current liabilities).

“Global Note” means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

“Holder” means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer thereof.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means (1) any liability of such Person (a) for borrowed money, or (b) evidenced by a note or similar instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets of any kind, or (c) for the payment of money under a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that such Person has guaranteed; and (3) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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The term “interest,” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Interest Payment Date” with respect to any Debt Security means the due date of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.

“Market Exchange Rate” means (i) for any conversion involving a Currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Currency Determination Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the Currency Determination Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency unit would purchase such Currency or Currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities.

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) which is delivered to the Trustee.

 

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

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

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

(iii) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt 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 to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.10(k).

“Overdue Rate,” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate, if any, designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Permanent Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

 

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“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be.

“Preference Stock” means the class of Preference Stock of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such stock which may hereafter be outstanding; provided , that if Debt Securities convertible into Preference Stock are outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from such reclassification bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Principal Facility” means the real property, fixtures, machinery and equipment relating to any facility owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, except for any facility that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an Interest Payment Date only.

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

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

“Registered Security” means any Debt Security in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest in the Security Register.

 

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“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest Payment Date.

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any vice president, any assistant vice president or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05(a).

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

“Specified Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

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

“Subsidiary” means any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For 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.

“Temporary Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

“Trading Day” means, with respect to an Equity Security, so long as the Equity Security is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Equity Security is listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not so listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which NASDAQ is open for the transaction of business.

“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 hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.05.

 

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“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“U.S. Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.

“Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d).

“Vice President” includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee, any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an 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 with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include:

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

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

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

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

 

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Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

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

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

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

Section 1.04. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at 100 Wall Street, New York 10043, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

 

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Section 1.05. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders, affected by such event, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such series are then listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a daily newspaper in London or Luxembourg or in such other city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on a Business Day, at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two Business Days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice; provided , however , that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

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 on such waiver. 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, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given, whether or not actually received by such Holder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

Section 1.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.09. Separability Clause .

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

Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.11. Governing Law.

This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

Section 1.12. Legal Holidays.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

Section 1.13. No Security Interest Created.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located.

 

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Section 1.14. Liability Solely Corporate.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or in any supplemental indenture or in any Debt Security or Coupon, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby shall be had against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or any such predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that all such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities.

ARTICLE TWO

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01. Forms Generally.

The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of each series shall be substantially in one of the forms (including global form) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or Coupons.

 

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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons attached.

The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons.

Section 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the series of Debt Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:    

Section 2.03. Securities in Global Form.

If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form (a “Global Note”), such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.

Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

ARTICLE THREE

THE DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

(1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

(2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07);

 

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(3) the date or dates on which or periods during which the Debt Securities of the series may be issued, and the date or dates (or the method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time);

(4) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving such notice;

(5) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) or the principal London office of the Paying Agent (in the case of Bearer Securities), where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein;

(6) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(7) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

(8) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.04);

 

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(9) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

(10) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of Debt Securities of the series;

(11) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, as provided in Section 3.05 (b) or otherwise and the circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;

(12) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered under such procedure;

(13) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Debt Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.05;

(14) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or so payable without such election, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made;

(15) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated as set forth in Section 3.03;

(16) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

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(17) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof);

(18) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any;

(19) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

(20) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01;

(21) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

(22) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, and (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the series;

(23) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c); and

(24) whether the Debt Securities of the series will be convertible into shares of Equity Securities, and if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Article Sixteen, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible, including the Conversion Price and the conversion period;

(25) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture); and

(26) applicable CUSIP numbers.

 

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All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution 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 3.02. Denominations.

In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars.

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

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

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons; provided , however , that, in connection with its sale during the “restricted period” (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided , further , that a Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Euro-clear Operator or to Clearstream a

 

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certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or 3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been approved and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

(1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons;

(2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in a supplemental indenture, the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); and

(4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee and delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled to the benefit of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to such other exceptions as counsel shall request and as to which the Trustee shall not reasonably object.

 

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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer Securities of any series.

No Debt Security or Coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04. Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities .

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities. Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, and with one or more Coupons or without Coupons, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein.

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such

 

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series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions; provided , however , that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided , further , that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such series.

(b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Bearer Security in global form (a “temporary Global Note”). The Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate, any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as described below, a “permanent Global Note”) upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, for credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct.

On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary Global Note (the “Exchange Date”), the Debt Securities represented by such temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without interest coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Paying Agent, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, at its principal office in London (or at such other place specified outside the United States pursuant to .Section 3.01) and following such surrender, the Trustee shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for the accounts of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, for credit

 

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to the respective accounts at the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall have been cancelled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euro-clear Operator, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of interest, if any.

The delivery to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Company and the Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note, executed by the Company. At any time, on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Debt Security represented by a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the Debt Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided , however , that definitive Bearer Securities shall be

 

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delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth day following receipt by the Trustee of such notice with respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note.

Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead be made as provided in such temporary Global Note.

Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture.

Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by the Paying Agent to the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, or by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.04.

 

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With respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with a Company Request and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form.”

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

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The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall make available such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

Section 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange .

(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Registered

 

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Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities as herein provided; provided , however , that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be

 

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(or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange.

(c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities.

(d) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04 (b) or 3.06. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those exchanges expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders and not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities .

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office (in the case of Registered Securities) or at the principal London office (in the case of Bearer Securities) of the Paying Agent, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as

 

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may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security or Coupon in accordance with its terms; provided , however , that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto.

Upon the issuance of any new Debt 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 respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

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

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

Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(a) Interest on any Registered Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder.

 

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(b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Paying Agent or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Paying Agent or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or, if agreeable to the Trustee, by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an account in the United States.

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

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency or Currency unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements

 

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satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Registered Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

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

(d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05 not more than 25 days and not less than 20 days prior to the date of the proposed payment.

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

In the case of any Registered Security of any series that is convertible, which Registered Security is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Registered Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Registered Security (or one or more predecessor Registered Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Registered Security which is converted, interest whose due date or Interest Payment Date is after the date of conversion of such Registered Security shall not be payable.

 

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Section 3.08. Cancellation .

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder 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 Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee unless the Company shall request otherwise. The acquisition of any Debt Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, have been duly presented to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or Clearstream, as the case may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

Section 3.09. Computation of Interest .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.10. Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities .

(a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency.

(b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable.

 

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(c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election, to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.10.

(d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date. The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date.

(e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency, the ECU or any other Currency unit in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit was used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below.

 

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(f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.10.

(g) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.

(h) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.

(i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A “Component Currency” shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.

A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency unit, including but not limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such Currency unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

 

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“Election Date” shall mean the record date with respect to any payment date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16 days prior to the Maturity.

(j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to the ECU or any other Currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

(k) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have performed it, or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.

Section 3.11. Judgments .

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such conversion shall be made at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency unit due hereunder or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under such Debt Security so that in any event the Company’s obligations hereunder or under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or distribution.

Section 3.12. Exchange Upon Default .

If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the maturity date thereof the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the bearer or holder of such permanent Global Note duly executed and authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity date as set out in such permanent Global Note.

Section 3.13. CUSIP Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of 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 will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

This Indenture, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for or expressly provided for in the terms of the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) 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 Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,

 

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  (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year;

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

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series 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 6.07, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.01, 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 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 12.04, shall survive. If, after the deposit referred to in Section 4.01 has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.01 was made, or (y) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which the deposit was made or elected to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that the deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the Currency in which such payment is made.

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Events of Default .

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security or any payment with respect to the Coupons, if any, of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

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(4) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(5) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

(6) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to clause (21) of Section 3.01.

Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

 

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(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such series,

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; provided , however , that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall be paid in Dollars; and

(2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has 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.

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

The Company covenants that if

(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

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

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities or matured Coupons, for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursement, or advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

 

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If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons, 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 Debt Securities and Coupons wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

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Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such 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 6.07 other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

Nothing herein contained 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 Debt Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

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

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Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon 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 hereunder, unless

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

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

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it 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 Debt Securities of such series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities or Interest Payment Date expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to convert any Debt Security that is convertible and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

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Section 5.09. 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 the Company, the Trustee and such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred 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 hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities of such series, provided, that

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

(2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

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Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security or any Coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section had 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 Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities or Interest Payment Date expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

 

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(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 provisions 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 any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, 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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

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

(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

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

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

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

Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such default hereunder actually known to a Responsible

 

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Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of such series; and provided , further , that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(3) with respect to Debt Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 45 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture.

Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

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

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

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own 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 hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

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(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it 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, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided , however , that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent (including any agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and the Indenture; and

(i) 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 to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 6.05.  May Hold Debt Securities.

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

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Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money in any Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing in Dollars for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee in Dollars upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may result from its negligence or willful misconduct; and

(3) to fully indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities and Coupons.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting 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.

Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

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 under Section 6.11.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 6.08 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

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

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, 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 Debt Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the

 

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rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in any such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to or received by or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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

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

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

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 obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such obligor).

Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 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 said supervising or examining authority, then for 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.

 

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Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series.

 

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

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By    
  As Authenticating Agent
 
By    
  Authorized Signatory

Section 6.15. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company .

Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, 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 , however , that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

 

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The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided , however , that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series.

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

(b)If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written inquest of such applicants, mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of

 

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the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion.

If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

(c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b).

Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee .

(a) Within 60 days after January 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2010, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 7.03, a brief report dated such date with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):

(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its qualifications under Section 6.08;

(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than  1 / 2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the date of such report;

 

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(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 311(b)(2),(3), (4) or (6) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;

(6) any additional issue of Debt Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and

(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Debt Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02.

(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series (whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02 (a)) for which it acts as the Trustee, as hereinafter provided, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee for each series shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.

(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders of Registered Securities appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) except in the cases of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7.03, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a).

 

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(d) 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 Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.04. Reports by Company.

The Company will:

(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and regulations.

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 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 is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates);

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01. Acts of Holders.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.

Section 8.02. Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder.

The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the Person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced to the Trustee, (2) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other Person to the Trustee, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been cancelled or paid.

 

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Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

Section 8.03. Persons Deemed Owners.

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security or Coupon.

Section 8.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any Act by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons.

 

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ARTICLE NINE

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01. Purposes of Meetings.

A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five;

(2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders.

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

 

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Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a) a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.05. Regulations.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of such series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting.

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06. Voting.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of

 

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each meeting of Holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting.

Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

ARTICLE TEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or trust organized and validly existing under (A) the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or (B) the laws of a foreign jurisdiction if such corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or trust consents to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States (an “Entity”) (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other Entity (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided , however , that the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of or by the Company, other than consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing Entity, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the Entity (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the Entity which shall have acquired such property.

 

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Section 10.02. Successor Entity to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events.

In the case of any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of or by the Company referred to in Section 10.01 and upon the assumption by the successor Entity, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor Entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and in the event of any such sale or conveyance, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Entity which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 10.01) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities and Coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated. Such successor Entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Sunoco, Inc. any or all of the Debt Securities and Coupons issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Entity instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities and Coupons which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities and Coupons which such successor Entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities and Coupons had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Entity, or upon any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other Entity, any of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary would thereupon become subject to any mortgage, lien or pledge which would not otherwise be permitted by this Indenture without making effective provision for securing the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the Company prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, will secure such series of Outstanding Debt Securities equally and ratably with any other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary then entitled thereto, by a direct lien on such property prior to all liens other than any theretofore existing thereon.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities and Coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

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Section 10.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee.

The Trustee, subject to Section 6.01 and 6.03, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or trust to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities contained; or

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

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

(4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable, and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

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(7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or

(10) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to the requirements of Article Sixteen, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions as the Company deems necessary or desirable; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or Interest Payment Date of an installment of interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or

 

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adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03 or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 12.05, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; 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 and Section 12.05, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7).

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

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series.

Section 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

 

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Section 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 11.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

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

Section 11.06. Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series.

Section 11.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TWELVE

COVENANTS

Section 12.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

 

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Section 12.02. Officer’s Certificate as to Default.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Article and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 12.03. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series which are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01); provided , however , that if the Debt Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject

 

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to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt 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 the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) and at the place specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided , however , that, if the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

Section 12.04. Money for Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date (but if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day before each due date) of the principal (and

 

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premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

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

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

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Section 12.05. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

Section 13.01. Applicability of Article.

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 13.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

Section 13.03. Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed.

Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such

 

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series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series.

If any Debt Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Debt Security so selected, the converted portion of such Debt Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Debt Securities which have been converted during a selection of Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

Section 13.04. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

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

(6) in the case of Debt Securities of any series that is convertible, the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the principal of the Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion,

(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,

(8) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made,

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

(11) applicable “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 13.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least One Business Day prior to) the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, 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 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 13.06. Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities, so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest on Bearer

 

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Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest; and provided , further , that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.07.

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

If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.

Section 13.07. Debt Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, 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 Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SINKING FUNDS

Section 14.01. Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

Section 14.02. Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities.

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 14.03. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and shall also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to be so delivered. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

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Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.06.

On or before (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day prior to) each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum, in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that

 

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purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided , however , that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

DEFEASANCE

Section 15.01. Applicability of Article.

If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the defeasance of Debt Securities of a series, and if the Debt Securities of such series are Registered Securities and denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or Currencies or for Bearer Securities may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Section 15.02. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations.

At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

(1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest, principal, and premium are due;

 

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(2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

(3) such deposit will 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;

(4) if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

(5) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date; and

(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 12.03 and 15.03 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

 

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“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Section 15.03. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust.

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.02 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt 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 Holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 15.04. Repayment to Company.

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

CONVERSION

Section 16.01. Applicability; Conversion Privilege.

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Equity Securities. Each reference in this Article to a “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” refers to the Debt Securities of a particular series that is convertible into Equity Securities, and references to a “Coupon” or “Coupons” refer to the Coupons appertaining to the Debt Securities of such series. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, if two or more series of Debt Securities with conversion privileges are outstanding at

 

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any time, (i) the provisions of this Article shall be applied separately to each such series, and (ii) references to the Trustee refer to the Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article Sixteen, all or any part (if the portion to be converted and the remaining portion of such Debt Security are in authorized denominations for that series of Debt Securities) of such Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities, at any time during the period specified in the terms of the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01, at the Conversion Price in effect on the date of conversion, or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

Section 16.02. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares.

(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, each Debt Security of such series to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Equity Securities. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Equity Securities at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Equity Securities or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c). The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of any Equity Security and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.03(4), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of such Equity Security on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

(b) Before any Holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Equity Securities, such Holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, or, in the case of Bearer Securities, together with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto, at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, outside of the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and shall give written notice to the Company at said office or place that he elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which he wishes the certificate or certificates for Equity Securities to be issued.

If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Equity Securities which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable after the surrender of a

 

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Debt Security for conversion, issue and deliver at said office or place to the Holder of a Debt Security or to his nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Equity Securities to which he shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which he would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Equity Securities while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Equity Securities shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register.

(c) If, at the time of surrender pursuant to Section 16.02(a), the Holder of a Bearer security is unable to produce all unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such conversion may be effected if the Bearer Securities to be surrendered for conversion are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.

(d) A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Equity Securities issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Holder or Holders of such Equity Securities as of the close of business on such date.

(e) In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.08), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security, together, in the case of Bearer Securities, with any unmatured Coupons and matured Coupons in default attached thereto.

Section 16.03. Adjustment of Conversion Price for Equity Securities.

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Equity Securities shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(1) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such class of Equity Security, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a smaller number of shares of that Equity Security, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a greater number of shares of that Equity

 

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Security or (iv) make a distribution in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such Equity Security, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the Holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Equity Securities immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of capital stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record date (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03(1) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.03(1), each Holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

(2) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are Outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of such Equity Security (or securities convertible into shares of such Equity Security) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Equity Security at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into such Equity Security as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into such Equity Security and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into such Equity Security divided by (y) the number of shares of such Equity Security initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted, so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of such Equity Security offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares or securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares or securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into such Equity Security) would purchase at such Current Market Price of such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

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(3) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and such Equity Security is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (to the extent paid from current or retained earnings of the Company) or (ii) dividends payable in shares of such Equity Security for which adjustment is made under Section 16.03(1)) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.03(2)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of such Equity Security on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of such Equity Security less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of such Equity Security (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided , however , that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a Holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into such Equity Security unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this section as a dividend on such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(4) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.03(1), 16.03(2) and 16.03(3), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of an Equity Security, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of an Equity Security or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of a class of an Equity Security for United States Federal income tax purposes.

(5) In any case in which this Section 16.03 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.05) issuing to the Holder of any Debt Securities converted after such record date the shares of the Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided , however , that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

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(6) All calculations under this Section 16.03 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share or security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.03, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.03 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

(7) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03, the Holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of an Equity Security into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to an Equity Security contained in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 16.03, and the provision of Sections 16.01, 16.02 and 16.04 through 16.09 with respect to the Equity Securities shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

(8) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or the stated value of the Preference Stock or (ii) subject to 16.03(5) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

Section 16.04. Consolidation or Merger of the Company.

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value) in, outstanding shares of an Equity Security or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, then each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Equity Securities into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Sixteen (and assuming such holder of the Equity Security failed to

 

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exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.04. The provisions of this Section 16.04 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

Section 16.05. Notice of Adjustment.

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

(1) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Debt Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

Section 16.06. Notice In Certain Events.

In case:

(1) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

(2) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

(3) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen;

 

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then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the Holders of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 1.05, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record of an Equity Security entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Equity Security of record shall be entitled to exchange their Equity Securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section.

Section 16.07. Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing.

(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of its Equity Securities, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Equity Securities as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable Outstanding Debt Securities into such Equity Securities at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Equity Securities which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the Equity Securities to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Equity Securities remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Equity Securities in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities. The Company covenants that all shares of Equity Securities which may be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities will upon issue be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in Section 16.08, taxes with respect to the issue thereof.

(b) If any shares of Equity Securities which would be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company further covenants that so long as the Equity Securities shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debt Securities, and the Company will endeavor to list the shares of Equity Securities required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon any other national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Equity Securities are listed at the time of such delivery.

 

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Section 16.08. Taxes on Conversion.

The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Debt Securities shall be made without charge to the converting Holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof, and the Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered (in the case of Registered Securities), and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 16.09. Conversion After Record Date.

If any Registered Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Registered Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the Holder of such Registered Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Registered Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Registered Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Registered Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period, in which case, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, no interest payment shall be made on such Interest Payment Date to the Holders of such Registered Security on such record date) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds and in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable or another Currency acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities being surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c), no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions or interest on the Equity Securities issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

Section 16.10. Company Determination Final.

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article shall be conclusive if made in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this Article, absent manifest error.

 

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Section 16.11. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment of the Conversion Price should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation and shall not be accountable as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

 

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

 

SUNOCO, INC.
By:   /s/ Michael Colavita
Title:   Treasurer

 

Attest:
/s/ Rosemary M. Haselroth
Title: Assistant Secretary

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

By:   /s/ George J. Rayzis
Title:   Vice President

 

Attest:
/s/ Stephen J. Kaba
Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT A

[FORMS OF CERTIFICATION]

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY

PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY

OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]

CERTIFICATE

 

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below             principal amount of the above captioned Debt Securities held by you for our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person (s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the Company’s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

This certificate excepts and does not relate to             principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary Global Note for definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent Global Note cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.


We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:             , 20

[To be dated no earlier than the

10th day before the Exchange Date]

 

By:    
  As, or as agent for, the beneficial
owner(s) of the portion of the
temporary Global Note to which this
certificate relates.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR AND

CLEARSTREAM, LUXEMBOURG IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF

A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE]

CERTIFICATE

 

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof,             principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person (s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165 -12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or the Company’ s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163 -5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.


“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:             , 20

[To be dated no earlier than the

Exchange Date]

 

By:    
  [MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator of
the Euro-Clear System]
[CLEARSTREAM,
LUXEMBOURG]

 

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Exhibit 4.2

SUNOCO, INC.,

As Issuer,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

As Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 31, 2009

to

Indenture dated as of March 31, 2009

$250,000,000

9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I. THE NOTES

     1   

SECTION 1.1 Form

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SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest

     2   

SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent

     3   

SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange

     3   

SECTION 1.5 Legends

     3   

SECTION 1.6 Defeasance and Discharge

     3   

SECTION 1.7 Additional Covenants

     3   

SECTION 1.8 Additional Default

     6   

SECTION 1.9 Additional Definitions

     6   

ARTICLE II. REDEMPTION

     7   

SECTION 2.1 Redemption

     7   

ARTICLE III. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     8   

SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

     8   

SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals

     8   

SECTION 3.3 Governing Law

     8   

EXHIBIT A Form of Note

     A-1   

 

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THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of March 31, 2009 is among SUNOCO, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company” ), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Trustee” ). Each capitalized term used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of March 31, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, issued and to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”);

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized and desires to issue pursuant to the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, a series of Debt Securities designated the “9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015” (the “Notes” );

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue the Notes pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Original Indenture, which Article permits the execution of supplemental indentures to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Original Indenture, the Company has requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered under the Original Indenture and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, respectively, and to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Original Indenture:

ARTICLE I.

THE NOTES

SECTION 1.1 Form.

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this First Supplemental Indenture, which is hereby incorporated into this First Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

 

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The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”) . Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note.

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ( “DTC” ) to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.

SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest.

The Notes shall be entitled the “9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Notes for original issue on the date hereof (the “Original Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $250 million and (ii) additional Notes for original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be specified in the Company Order described in this sentence, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in each case upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of the other provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, and the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time may not exceed $250 million plus such additional principal amounts as may be issued and authenticated pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (except as provided in Section 3.01 of the Original Indenture). Any such additional Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with, and will form a single series with, the Original Notes.

The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on April 15, 2015. Each Note shall bear interest from the date of original issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 9.625% per annum. The dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2009 in the case of the Original Notes (the “Interest Payment Dates”) . The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be April 1 or October 1 (the “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Payments of principal, of premium, if any, and interest due on the Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary.

 

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SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes.

SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange.

Transfer and Exchange of Notes in Definitive Form. Notes in definitive form shall be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture.

Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 1.5 Legends.

Each certificate evidencing the Book-Entry Notes shall bear the legend specified in Section 3.04(c) of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 1.6 Defeasance and Discharge.

The Notes shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge and to both legal defeasance and covenant defeasance as contemplated by Article Fifteen of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 1.7 Additional Covenants.

Pursuant to Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, the following covenants of the Company are made in relation solely to the Notes by adding the following Sections to Article Twelve of the Original Indenture:

Section 12.06 Limitation on Liens.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from incurring any indebtedness; provided that the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Debt”) secured by mortgage, lien, pledge or other encumbrance upon any Restricted Property without effectively providing that the Debt Securities of all series (excluding any series of Debt Securities with respect to which the property securing such Debt is not Restricted Property, but including, if the Company so determines, any other indebtedness or obligation then existing and any other indebtedness or obligation, thereafter created, ranking equally with the Debt Securities of all series) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured, except that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to:

(a) mortgages, liens, pledges or other encumbrances (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Mortgages”) in existence on the date hereof;

 

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(b) Mortgages on property to secure all or part of the cost of exploration, drilling or development thereof or all or part of the cost of altering or repairing equipment used in connection therewith or (in case of property which is, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, substantially unimproved for the use intended by the Company) all or part of the cost of improvement thereof, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose;

(c) Mortgages which secure only indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Company, to one or more Subsidiaries or to the Company and one or more Subsidiaries;

(d) Mortgages on the property of any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary;

(e) Mortgages on any property to secure Debt or other indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities, other forms of industrial revenue bond financing or Debt issued or guaranteed by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either; or

(f) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) or of any Debt secured thereby, provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement Mortgage shall be limited to all or part of substantially the same property which secured the Mortgage extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.06, the Company and any one or more Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries may, without securing any Debt Securities, issue assume or guarantee Debt secured by Mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate principal amount which, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Debt of the Company and its Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions (not including Debt permitted to the secured under clauses (a) through (f)) and the aggregate Value of the Sale and Lease-Back Transactions in existence at such time (not including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions described in Section 12.07(a) or as to which the Company has complied with Section 12.07(b)) does not at the time of issuance, assumption, or guarantee thereof exceed 5% of the Stockholders’ Equity in the Company and its consolidated subsidiary companies as shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to shareholders of the Company. For this purpose “Stockholders’ Equity”

 

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shall mean the aggregate of (however designated) capital, capital stock, capital surplus, capital in excess of par value of stock, earned surplus and net income retained for use in the business, after deducting the costs of the shares of stock of the Company held in its treasury.

The following types of transactions, among others, shall not be deemed to create Debt secured by Mortgages:

(1) The sale or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment or as an overriding royalty, and

(2) Mortgages required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States, and State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, or to secure partial, progress, advance or any other payments to the Company or any Subsidiary by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.

Section 12.07 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will enter into any arrangement with any Person, or to which any Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any Restricted Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property (in this Article Twelve called “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”) unless either:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.06, to incur Debt in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, secured by Mortgage on the property to be leased, without equally and ratably securing all series of Debt Securities with respect to which such property is Restricted Property, or

(b) the Company (and in any such case the Company covenants and agrees that it will do so) during or immediately after the expiration of four months after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (whether made by the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary) applies to the voluntary retirement

 

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of Funded Debt of the Company (including Debt Securities) an amount equal to the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, less the principal amount of Debt Securities delivered, within four months after the effective date of such arrangement, to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and the principal amount of other Funded Debt voluntarily retired by the Company within such four month period, excluding retirements of Debt Securities and other Funded Debt as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions or by payment at maturity.

For purposes of Section 12.06 and this Section 12.07, the term “Value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (1) the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction or (2) the fair value in the opinion of the Board of Directors of such property at the time of entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, in either case divided first by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.

SECTION 1.8 Additional Default

In accordance with Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, Section 5.01 is amended solely with respect to the Notes by adding the following subsection:

(8) default in the performance of any other term or provision of any Indebtedness of the Company (other than Debt Securities of such series) that results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable if the amount of such Indebtedness which shall have become or shall have been declared due and payable as a result of such default is in excess of $25,000,000, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or defaults and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.

SECTION 1.9 Additional Definitions

In accordance with Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, the following terms are inserted into Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture in the appropriate alphabetical order and made applicable only to the Notes:

“First Supplemental Indenture” means the First Supplemental Indenture among the Company and the Trustee dated as of March 31, 2009 relating to the Company’s 9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015.

 

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“Notes” means the Company’s 9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015.

“Restricted Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which owns Restricted Property, except a Subsidiary substantially all the real property, plants and equipment of which are located outside the continental United States, a Subsidiary the assets of which constitute less than five percent (5%) of the assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and a Subsidiary the major part of the business as determined by the Board of Directors of which consists of finance, banking, credit, leasing, real estate, financial services or other similar operations or coal or coke operations or any combination thereof.

“Restricted Property” with respect to each series of Debt Securities means (a) any property interest owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued in land located in the continental United States (which for the purposes hereof shall include any property located off the coast of the continental United States on which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts operations pursuant to leases, rights or other authorizations from the United States or any state thereof located within the continental United States) and classified by such owner on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued as productive of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in paying quantities, (b) any refining plant or similar manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued and located in the continental United States, except (1) related facilities which in the opinion of the Board of Directors are transportation or marketing facilities, and (2) a refining plant or manufacturing plant which in the opinion of the Board of Directors is not a principal plant of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (c) any shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary.

The term “Restricted Property” with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall not include future additions or improvements to or replacements of all or a portion of any refining plant or manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued.

ARTICLE II.

REDEMPTION

SECTION 2.1 Redemption.

The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes and Article Thirteen of the Original Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE III.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

SECTION 3.3 Governing Law.

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature Pages Follow.]

 

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

 

SUNOCO, INC.
By:   /s/ Michael Colavita
Title:   Treasurer

 

Attest:
/s/ Rosemary M. Haselroth
    Title: Assistant Secretary

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:   /s/ George J. Rayzis
Title:   Vice President

 

Attest:
/s/ Stephen J. Kaba
    Title: Vice President

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO SUNOCO, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.]*

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.]*

Principal Amount

 

No.                       $            , [which amount may be

increased or decreased by the Schedule

of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.]*

SUNOCO, INC.

9.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2015

CUSIP 86764P AE9

SUNOCO, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Original Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]* or its registered assigns, the principal sum of              U.S. dollars ($            ) , [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security]*, on April 15, 2015 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 9.625% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in

 

 

* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on October 15, 2009 (being 195 days interest based on a 360-day year consisting of 12 30-day months), with interest accruing from March 31, 2009, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate principal amount of $250 million, designated as the 9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015 of the Company, which are governed by the Indenture dated as of March 31, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture (herein so called) dated as of March 31, 2009 between the Company and the Trustee. The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.” The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: March 31, 2009

 

SUNOCO, INC.
  By:    
  Title:  

 

Attest:
 
Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

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

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Trustee
  By:    
    Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]

SUNOCO, INC.

9.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2015

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 9.625% Senior Notes Due April 15, 2015 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $250 million (the “Securities”).

1. Interest.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 9.625% per annum.

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing October 15, 2009 (being 195 days interest). Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from March 31, 2009. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

2. Method of Payment.

The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.

 

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Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

3. Paying Agent and Registrar.

Initially, U.S. Bank National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

4. Indenture.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the First Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $250 million; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture.

5. Optional Redemption.

The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments on the Securities discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the Redemption Date.

The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day before such Redemption Date, as published in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities” or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not available or does not contain such prices on such business day, the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective successors; provided, however, that if either Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer by 5:00 p.m. on the third business day before such redemption date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal of the Securities to be redeemed and interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date but for such redemption, provided, however, that, if such redemption date is not an interest payment date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Securities called for optional redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the method of calculating such redemption price and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to

 

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be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date with respect to any Securities that have been called for optional redemption. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that if at the time of redemption such Securities are represented by a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such Securities held by each beneficial owner to be redeemed.

The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereof only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article Thirteen of the Indenture.

6. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

7. Person Deemed Owners.

The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

9. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and

 

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annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount of the Securities, which has become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of the Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require reasonable indemnity or security before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

10. Trustee Dealings with Company.

The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

11. Authentication.

This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

12. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

13. CUSIP Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

 

14. Absolute Obligation.

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

15. Governing Law.

This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –   
        (Cust.)   

TEN ENT – as tenants by entireties

   Custodian for:   
        (Minor)   
   under Uniform Gifts to   

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of

   Minors Act of   

survivorship and not as tenants in common

        (State)   

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

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

 

 

Please print or type name, Social Security or other identifying number

and address including postal zip code of assignee

 

 

 

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

 

to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                             

 

   
Registered Holder

 

Signature Guarantee:*    

 

* Signatures must be guaranteed by an “ eligible guarantor institution ” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “ signature guarantee program ” as may be determined by the Trustee 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 OF INCREASES OR

DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY*

The following increases or decreases in 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
officer of Trustee or
Depository
           

 

* To be included in a Global Security.

 

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Exhibit 4.3

Execution Copy

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This Second Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of October 5, 2012, is by and among Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and its successors (“ ETP ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , the Company has duly issued its 9.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “ Notes ”), in the original aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2009 (as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”);

WHEREAS , Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental thereto to make any provisions as the Company deems necessary and desirable so long as such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect;

WHEREAS , the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join with the Company and ETP in entering into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding ETP as a co-obligor under the Notes as permitted by Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture; and

WHEREAS , the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Section 1.02 of the Indenture, and the Company has satisfied all other conditions required under Article Eleven of the Indenture to enable the Company, ETP and the Trustee to enter into this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, ETP and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. ETP as Co-Obligor . ETP hereby agrees to become a co-obligor of the Notes with the same obligations and duties as the Company under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise), and with the same rights, benefits and privileges of the Company thereunder.


2. Company Obligations . For the avoidance of doubt, the Company confirms that, notwithstanding the addition of ETP as a co-obligor of the Notes, (i) the Company is not being discharged from any of its obligations or covenants under the Indenture or the Notes and (ii) the Company’s obligations and duties under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise), and the Company’s rights, benefits and privileges thereunder shall continue.

3. Rules of Interpretation . The rules of interpretation set forth in the Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein.

4. Effectiveness of Supplemental Indenture . Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, ETP and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be amended and supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes and each Holder shall be bound thereby.

5. Ratification of Indenture . The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

6. Governing Law . THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SAID STATE.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

10. The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and ETP.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

SUNOCO, INC.
By:   /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
 

 

  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
By:   Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., its general partner
By:   Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., its general partner
By:   /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
 

 

  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2015 Notes)


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

By:

  /s/ George J. Rayzis
 

 

  Name: George J. Rayzis
  Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2015 Notes)

Exhibit 4.4

 

 

 

SUNOCO, INC.

To

CITIBANK, N.A.

Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of June 30, 2000

 

 

 

 

 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

   Indenture Section
  (S) 310 (a ) (1)       6.09
  (a ) (2)       6.09
  (a ) (3)       Not Applicable
  (a ) (4)       Not Applicable
  (a ) (5)       6.09
  (b      6.08, 6.10
  (c      Not Applicable
  (S) 311 (a      6.13(a)
  (b      6.13(b)
  (c      Not Applicable
  (S) 312 (a      7.01, 7.02(a)
  (b      7.02(b)
  (c      7.02(c)
  (S) 313 (a      7.03(a)
  (b      7.03(b)
  (c      7.03(a), 7.03(c)
  (d      7.03(d)
  (S) 314 (a      7.04, 12.02
  (b      Not Applicable
  (c ) (1)       1.02
  (c ) (2)       1.02
  (c ) (3)       Not Applicable
  (d      Not Applicable
  (e      1.02
  (S) 315 (a      6.01(a), 6.01(c)
  (b      6.02, 7.03(a)(7)
  (c      6.01(b)
  (d ) (1)       6.01(a)
  (d ) (2)       6.01(c)(2)
  (d ) (3)       6.01(c)(3)
  (e      5.14
  (S) 316 (a ) (1) (A)       5.02, 5.12
  (a ) (1) (B)       5.13
  (a ) (2)       Not Applicable
  (b      5.08
  (c      Not Applicable
  (S) 317 (a ) (1)       5.03
  (a ) (2)       5.04
  (b      12.04
  (S) 318         1.06

 

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
   ARTICLE ONE   
   DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION   

Section 1.01.

   Definitions      2   

Section 1.02.

   Compliance Certificates and Opinions      16   

Section 1.03.

   Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee      17   

Section 1.04.

   Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company      18   

Section 1.05.

   Notice to Holders; Waiver      18   

Section 1.06.

   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      19   

Section 1.07.

   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      20   

Section 1.08.

   Successors and Assigns      20   

Section 1.09.

   Separability Clause      20   

Section 1.10.

   Benefits of Indenture      20   

Section 1.11.

   Governing Law      20   

Section 1.12.

   Legal Holidays      20   

Section 1.13.

   No Security Interest Created      21   

Section 1.14.

   Liability Solely Corporate      21   
   ARTICLE TWO   
   DEBT SECURITY FORMS   

Section 2.01.

   Forms Generally      22   

Section 2.02.

   Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication      22   

Section 2.03.

   Securities in Global Form      23   


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   ARTICLE THREE   
   THE DEBT SECURITIES   

Section 3.01.

   Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      23   

Section 3.02.

   Denominations      28   

Section 3.03.

   Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      28   

Section 3.04.

   Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities      30   

Section 3.05.

   Registration, Transfer and Exchange      37   

Section 3.06.

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities      40   

Section 3.07.

   Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved      41   

Section 3.08.

   Cancellation      44   

Section 3.09.

   Computation of Interest      45   

Section 3.10.

   Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities      45   

Section 3.11.

   Judgments      50   

Section 3.12.

   Exchange Upon Default      50   

Section 3.13.

   CUSIP Numbers      50   
   ARTICLE FOUR   
   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   

Section 4.01.

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      50   

Section 4.02.

   Application of Trust Money      52   
   ARTICLE FIVE   
   REMEDIES   

Section 5.01.

   Events of Default      53   

Section 5.02.

   Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment      55   

Section 5.03.

   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      56   


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Section 5.04.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      57   

Section 5.05.

   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons      58   

Section 5.06.

   Application of Money Collected      58   

Section 5.07.

   Limitation on Suits      59   

Section 5.08.

   Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest      60   

Section 5.09.

   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      60   

Section 5.10.

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      60   

Section 5.11.

   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      60   

Section 5.12.

   Control by Holders      61   

Section 5.13.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      61   

Section 5.14.

   Undertaking for Costs      61   
   ARTICLE SIX   
   THE TRUSTEE   

Section 6.01.

   Certain Duties and Responsibilities      62   

Section 6.02.

   Notice of Defaults      63   

Section 6.03.

   Certain Rights of Trustee      64   

Section 6.04.

   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities      65   

Section 6.05.

   May Hold Debt Securities      66   

Section 6.06.

   Money Held in Trust      66   

Section 6.07.

   Compensation and Reimbursement      66   

Section 6.08.

   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests      67   

Section 6.09.

   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility      67   

Section 6.10.

   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      67   

Section 6.11.

   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      69   


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Section 6.12.

   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      71   

Section 6.13.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company      71   

Section 6.14.

   Appointment of Authenticating Agent      71   

Section 6.15.

   Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company      73   
   ARTICLE SEVEN   
   HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY   

Section 7.01.

   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders      73   

Section 7.02.

   Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders      74   

Section 7.03.

   Reports by Trustee      76   

Section 7.04.

   Reports by Company      78   
   ARTICLE EIGHT   
   CONCERNING THE HOLDERS   

Section 8.01.

   Acts of Holders      79   

Section 8.02.

   Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder      79   

Section 8.03.

   Persons Deemed Owners      80   

Section 8.04.

   Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound      81   
   ARTICLE NINE   
   HOLDERS’ MEETINGS   

Section 9.01.

   Purposes of Meetings      81   

Section 9.02.

   Call of Meetings by Trustee      82   

Section 9.03.

   Call of Meetings by Company or Holders      82   

Section 9.04.

   Qualifications for Voting      82   

Section 9.05.

   Regulations      82   

Section 9.06.

   Voting      83   

Section 9.07.

   No Delay of Rights by Meeting      84   


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ARTICLE TEN

  
  

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

  

Section 10.01.

   Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms      84   

Section 10.02

   Successor Corporation to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events      84   

Section 10.03

   Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee      85   
   ARTICLE ELEVEN   
   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   

Section 11.01.

   Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      86   

Section 11.02.

   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders      87   

Section 11.03.

   Execution of Supplemental Indentures      89   

Section 11.04.

   Effect of Supplemental Indentures      89   

Section 11.05.

   Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      89   

Section 11.06.

   Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures      89   

Section 11.07.

   Notice of Supplemental Indenture      90   
   ARTICLE TWELVE   
   COVENANTS   

Section 12.01.

   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      90   

Section 12.02.

   Officer’s Certificate as to Default      90   

Section 12.03.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      91   

Section 12.04.

   Money for Debt Securities; Payments To Be Held in Trust      92   

Section 12.05.

   [Intentionally Omitted]      94   

Section 12.06.

   Purchase of Debt Securities by Company      94   

Section 12.07.

   Limitation on Liens      94   

Section 12.08.

   Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions      96   

Section 12.09.

   Waiver of Certain Covenants      97   


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   ARTICLE THIRTEEN   
   REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES   

Section 13.01.

   Applicability of Article      99   

Section 13.02.

   Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee      99   

Section 13.03.

   Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed      99   

Section 13.04.

   Notice of Redemption      99   

Section 13.05.

   Deposit of Redemption Price      101   

Section 13.06.

   Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date      101   

Section 13.07.

   Debt Securities Redeemed in Part      102   
   ARTICLE FOURTEEN   
   SINKING FUNDS   

Section 14.01.

   Applicability of Article      102   

Section 14.02.

   Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities      103   

Section 14.03.

   Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund      103   
   ARTICLE FIFTEEN   
   DEFEASANCE   

Section 15.01.

   Applicability of Article      105   

Section 15.02.

   Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations      106   

Section 15.03.

   Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust      108   

Section 15.04.

   Repayment to Company      108   


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   ARTICLE SIXTEEN   
   CONVERSION   

Section 16.01.

   Applicability; Conversion Privilege      108   

Section 16.02.

   Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares      109   

Section 16.03.

   Adjustment of Conversion Price for Common Stock      111   

Section 16.04.

   Consolidation or Merger of the Company      115   

Section 16.05.

   Notice of Adjustment      116   

Section 16.06.

   Notice In Certain Events      116   

Section 16.07.

   Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing      117   

Section 16.08.

   Taxes on Conversion      118   

Section 16.09.

   Conversion After Record Date      118   

Section 16.10.

   Company Determination Final      119   

Section 16.11.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer      119   


INDENTURE dated as of June 30, 2000, between SUNOCO, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal executive office at Ten Penn Center, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

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

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions.

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

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

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

 

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

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

Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in those respective Articles.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affiliated Corporation” means any corporation which is controlled by the Company but which is not a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the definition of the term “Subsidiary.”

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

“Bearer Security” means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons.

 

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“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom that board or committee shall have delegated its authority.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. As used in this Indenture, reference to action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution shall include, without limitation, all action taken by an officer of the Company who has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors to take such action.

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“CEDEL” means Cedel S.A.

“Closing Price” of an Equity Security means the last reported sale price of such stock (regular way) as shown on the Composite Tape of the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, if it is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last reported sale price of such stock as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by NASDAQ, or if such stock is not so reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.

 

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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

“Common Stock” means the class of Common Stock, $1 par value, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock and which does not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock and which is not subject to redemption by the Company; provided that if Debt Securities convertible into Common Stock are Outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

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

“Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity”, at any time, means the total stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial information is then available.

 

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“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Equity Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e).

“Conversion Event” means the cessation of (i) a Foreign Currency to be used both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU to be used both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any Currency unit other than the ECU to be used for the purposes for which it was established.

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Equity Securities, the price per share of Equity Securities at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible, as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such series, as such price may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.03.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at 111 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10043.

“Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

 

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“Coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security.

“Coupon Security” means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto.

“Currency” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

“Currency Determination Agent” means the New York Clearing House bank, if any, from time to time selected by the Trustee for purposes of Section 3.10; provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the Company and shall, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the making of such decision or determination.

“Current Market Price” of an Equity Security on any date means the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.03(3), the “Current Market Price” of such Equity Security shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.03(3) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(h).

“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(g).

“ECU” means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.

“Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Equity Security” means either Common Stock or Preference Stock or both Common Stock and Preference Stock.

“Euro-clear Operator” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, or its successor as operator of the Euro-clear System.

“European Communities” means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

“European Monetary System” means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currency unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency unit), payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

“Fixed Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a fixed rate.

“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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“Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

“Funded Debt” means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created, issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed which would, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as long-term debt, but in any event including all indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured or unsecured, maturing more than one year or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date more than one year, after the date of determination thereof (excluding any amount thereof included in current liabilities).

“Global Note” means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

“Holder” means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer thereof.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means (1) any liability of such Person (a) for borrowed money, or (b) evidenced by a note or similar instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets of any kind, or (c) for the payment of money under a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that such Person has guaranteed; and (3) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.01.

The term “interest,” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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

“Market Exchange Rate” means (i) for any conversion involving a Currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Currency Determination Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the Currency Determination Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency unit would purchase such Currency or Currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities.

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) which is delivered to the Trustee.

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

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

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

(iii) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt 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 to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor

 

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upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.10(k).

“Overdue Rate,” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate, if any, designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Permanent Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be.

 

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“Preference Stock” means the class of Preference Stock of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such stock which may hereafter be outstanding; provided , that if Debt Securities convertible into Preference Stock are outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from such reclassification bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Principal Facility” means the real property, fixtures, machinery and equipment relating to any facility owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, except for any facility that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an Interest Payment Date only.

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

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

“Registered Security” means any Debt Security in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest in the Security Register.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest Payment Date.

 

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“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any vice president, any assistant vice president or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Restricted Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which owns Restricted Property, except a Subsidiary substantially all the real property, plants and equipment of which are located outside the continental United States, a Subsidiary the assets of which constitute less than five percent (5%) of the assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and a Subsidiary the major part of the business as determined by the Board of Directors of which consists of finance, banking, credit, leasing, real estate, financial services or other similar operations or coal or coke operations or any combination thereof.

“Restricted Property” with respect to each series of Debt Securities means (a) any property interest owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued in land located in the continental United States (which for the purposes hereof shall include any property located off the coast of the continental United States on which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts operations pursuant to leases, rights or other authorizations from the United States or any state thereof located within the continental United States) and classified by such owner on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued as productive of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in paying quantities, (b) any refining plant or similar manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued and located in the continental United States, except (1) related facilities which in the opinion of the Board of Directors are transportation or marketing facilities, and (2) a refining plant or manufacturing plant which in the opinion of the Board of Directors is not a principal plant of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (c) any shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary.

The term “Restricted Property” with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall not include future additions or improvements to or replacements of all or a portion of any refining plant or manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05(a).

 

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“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

“Specified Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security or the Coupon, if any, representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For 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.

“Temporary Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

“Trading Day” means, with respect to an Equity Security, so long as the Equity Security is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Equity Security is listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not so listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which NASDAQ is open for the transaction of business.

“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 hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that series.

 

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“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.05.

“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“U.S. Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.

“Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d).

“Vice President” includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee, any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”.

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or

request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include:

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

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

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

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

Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

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

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

 

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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 1.04. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company .

Any Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at 120 Wall Street, New York 10043, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

Section 1.05. Notice to Holders; Waiver .

When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders, affected by such event, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such series are then listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a daily newspaper in London or Luxembourg or in such

 

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other city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on a Business Day, at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two Business Days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice; provided , however , that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

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 on such waiver. 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, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given, whether or not actually received by such Holder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

Section 1.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

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

Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.09. Separability Clause .

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

Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.11. Governing Law .

This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

Section 1.12. Legal Holidays .

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

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Section 1.13. No Security Interest Created .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located.

Section 1.14. Liability Solely Corporate .

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or in any supplemental indenture or in any Debt Security or Coupon, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby shall be had against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or any such predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that all such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01. Forms Generally .

The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of each series shall be substantially in one of the forms (including global form) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or

one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or Coupons.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons attached.

The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons.

Section 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the series of Debt Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

 

CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee
By    
    Authorized Signatory
Dated      

 

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Section 2.03. Securities in Global Form .

If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form (a “Global Note”), such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.

Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

ARTICLE THREE

THE DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series .

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

(1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

(2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07);

 

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(3) the date or dates on which or periods during which the Debt Securities of the series may be issued, and the date or dates (or the method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time);

(4) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving such notice;

(5) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) or the principal London office of the Trustee (in the case of Bearer Securities), where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein;

(6) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(7) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

 

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(8) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.04);

(9) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

(10) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of Debt Securities of the series;

(11) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, as provided in Section 3.05(b) or otherwise and the circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;

(12) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered under such procedure;

(13) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Debt Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.05;

 

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(14) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or so payable without such election, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made;

(15) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03;

(16) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(17) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof);

(18) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any;

(19) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

(20) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01;

(21) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

(22) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons

 

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entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, and (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the series;

(23) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c); and

(24) whether the Debt Securities of the series will be convertible into shares of Equity Securities, and if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Article Sixteen, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible, including the Conversion Price and the conversion period;

(25) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture); and

(26) applicable CUSIP numbers.

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution 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.

 

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Section 3.02. Denominations .

In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars.

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

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

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons; provided , however , that, in connection with its sale during the “restricted period” (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided , further , that a Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Euro-clear Operator or to CEDEL a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If

 

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any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or 3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been approved and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

(1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons;

(2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in a supplemental indenture, the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); and

(4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee and delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled

 

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to the benefit of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to such other exceptions as counsel shall request and as to which the Trustee shall not reasonably object.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer Securities of any series.

No Debt Security or Coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04. Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities .

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed,

 

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typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities. Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, and with one or more Coupons or without Coupons, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein.

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions; provided , however , that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided , further , that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such series.

(b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Bearer Security in global form (a “temporary Global Note”). The Company shall execute, and upon

 

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Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate, any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as described below, a “permanent Global Note”) upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct.

On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary Global Note (the “Exchange Date”), the Debt Securities represented by such temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without interest coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, at its principal office in London (or at such other place specified outside the United States pursuant to Section 3.01) and following such surrender, the Trustee shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for the accounts of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for credit to the respective accounts at the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall have been cancelled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euro- clear Operator,

 

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as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of interest, if any.

The delivery to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Company and the Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note, executed by the Company. At any time, on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Debt Security represented by a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent

 

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Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the Debt Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided , however , that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth day following receipt by the Trustee of such notice with respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, and the Trustee shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note.

Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead be made as provided in such temporary Global Note.

 

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Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture.

Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by the Trustee to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, or by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.04.

With respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with a Company Request and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to

 

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the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form.”

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

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If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall make available such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

Section 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange .

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

 

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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such

 

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payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange.

(c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities.

(d) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04(b) or 3.06. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those exchanges expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders and not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities .

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office (in the case of Registered Securities) or at its principal London office (in the case of Bearer Securities), or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution.

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Coupon in accordance with its terms; provided , however , that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto.

Upon the issuance of any new Debt 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 respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

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

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

Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(a) Interest on any Registered Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder.

 

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(b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or, if agreeable to the Trustee, by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an account in the United States.

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

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of

 

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Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency or Currency unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Registered Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

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

(d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05 not more than 25 days and not less than 20 days prior to the date of the proposed payment.

 

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

In the case of any Registered Security of any series that is convertible, which Registered Security is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Registered Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Registered Security (or one or more predecessor Registered Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Registered Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Registered Security shall not be payable.

Section 3.08. Cancellation .

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder 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 Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee unless the Company shall request otherwise. The acquisition of any Debt Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, have been duly presented to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

 

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Section 3.09. Computation of Interest .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.10. Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities .

(a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency.

 

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(b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable.

(c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election, to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.10.

(d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such

 

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election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date. The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date.

(e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency, the ECU or any other Currency unit in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit was used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below.

(f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.10.

(g) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.

(h) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.

 

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(i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A “Component Currency” shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.

A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency unit, including but not limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such Currency unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

“Election Date” shall mean the record date with respect to any payment date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16 days prior to the Maturity.

 

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(j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to the ECU or any other Currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

(k) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have performed it, or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.

 

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Section 3.11. Judgments .

If for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Debt Security, it shall become necessary to convert into any other Currency any amount in the Currency due hereunder or under such Debt Security, then such conversion shall be made at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency unit due hereunder or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under such Debt Security so that in any event the Company’s obligations hereunder or under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or distribution.

Section 3.12. Exchange Upon Default .

If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the maturity date thereof the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the bearer or holder of such permanent Global Note duly executed and authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity date as set out in such permanent Global Note.

Section 3.13. CUSIP Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of 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 will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

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expressly provided for or expressly provided for in the terms of the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) 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 Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,

 

  (i) have become due and payable, or

 

  (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

  (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (B), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or

 

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Redemption Date, as the case may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest (1) theretofore 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 12.04 or (2) paid to any state pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws; provided , however , in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

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

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.01, 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 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 12.04, shall survive. If, after the deposit referred to in Section 4.01 has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.01 was made, or (y) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which the deposit was made or elected to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that the deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the Currency in which such payment is made.

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either

 

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directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Events of Default.

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security or any payment with respect to the Coupons, if any, of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) default in the performance of any other term or provision of any Indebtedness of the Company (other than Debt Securities of such series) that results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable if the amount of such Indebtedness which shall have

 

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become or shall have been declared due and payable as a result of such default is in excess of $10,000,000, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or defaults and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to clause (21) of Section 3.01.

 

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Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay

 

  (A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such series,

 

  (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

 

  (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

 

  (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; provided , however , that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall be paid in Dollars;

 

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(2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has 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.

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if

(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

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

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities or matured Coupons, for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursement, or advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons, 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 Debt Securities and Coupons wherever situated.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

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the making of such payments directly to such 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 6.07 other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

Nothing herein contained 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 Debt Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected .

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

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

 

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THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.

Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits .

No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon 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 hereunder, unless

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

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

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it 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 Debt Securities of such series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

 

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Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest .

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to convert any Debt Security that is convertible and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 5.09. 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 the Company, the Trustee and such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred 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 hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture 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.

 

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Section 5.12. Control by Holders .

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 Debt Securities of such series, provided, that

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

(2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults .

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs .

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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 other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section had 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 Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,

(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 provisions 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 any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.

 

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(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, 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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

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

(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

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

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

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

Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults .

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such default hereunder actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt

 

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Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of such series; and provided , further , that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(3) with respect to Debt Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 45 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture.

Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

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

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

 

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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own 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 hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it 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, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided , however , that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent (including any agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Reponsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and the Indenture; and

(i) 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 to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities .

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

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Section 6.05. May Hold Debt Securities .

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money in any Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement .

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing in Dollars for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee in Dollars upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may result from its negligence or willful misconduct; and

(3) to fully indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

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As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities and Coupons.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting 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. The following indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described herein for purposes of clause (1) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act: the Indenture dated as of June 15, 1985 between the Company and Trustee providing for the issuance of an unlimited amount of unsecured debt securities.

Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

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 under Section 6.11.

 

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(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 6.08 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

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

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

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Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, 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 Debt Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07.

 

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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in any such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to or received by or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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

 

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(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 corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

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 obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such obligor).

Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and

 

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delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 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 said supervising or examining authority, then for 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 corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt

 

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Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series.

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

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

    as Trustee

By    
  As Authenticating Agent
By   Authorized Signatory

Section 6.15. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company .

Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and

 

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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided , however , that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided , however , that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series.

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

(b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

 

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(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written inquest of such applicants, mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion.

If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

(c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b).

 

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Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee .

(a) Within 60 days after January 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2001, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 7.03, a brief report dated such date with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):

(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its qualifications under Section 6.08;

(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the date of such report;

(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 311(b)(2),(3),(4) or (6) of the Trust Indenture Act;

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(6) any additional issue of Debt Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and

(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Debt Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02.

(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series (whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02 (a)) for which it acts as the Trustee, as hereinafter provided, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee for each series shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.

(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders of Registered Securities appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) except in the cases of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7.03, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a).

 

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(d) 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 Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.04. Reports by Company .

The Company will:

(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and regulations.

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 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 is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates);

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01. Acts of Holders .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.

Section 8.02. Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder .

The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the Person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced to the Trustee, (2) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other Person to the Trustee, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been cancelled or paid.

 

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Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

Section 8.03. Persons Deemed Owners .

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security or Coupon.

 

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Section 8.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound .

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any Act by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons.

ARTICLE NINE

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01. Purposes of Meetings .

A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five;

(2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

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Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee .

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders .

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting .

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a) a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.05. Regulations .

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

 

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The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of such series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting.

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06. Voting .

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

 

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Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting .

Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

ARTICLE TEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to acquire and operate the same;

provided , however , that the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of or by the Company, other than consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property.

Section 10.02 Successor Corporation to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events .

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principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and in the event of any such sale or conveyance, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor corporation which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 10.01) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities and Coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Sunoco, Inc. any or all of the Debt Securities and Coupons issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities and Coupons which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities and Coupons which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities and Coupons had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, or upon any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other corporation, any of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary would thereupon become subject to any mortgage, lien or pledge which would not otherwise be permitted by this Indenture without making effective provision for securing the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the Company prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, will secure such series of Outstanding Debt Securities equally and ratably with any other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary then entitled thereto, by a direct lien on such property prior to all liens other than any theretofore existing thereon.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities and Coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 10.03 Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee .

The Trustee, subject to Section 6.01 and 6.03, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities contained; or

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

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

(4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable, and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

 

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(6) to secure the Debt Securities; or

(7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment

hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or

(10) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to the requirements of Article Sixteen, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

 

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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03 or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 12.09, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; 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 and Section 12.09, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7).

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series.

Section 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

Section 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 11.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act .

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

Section 11.06. Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series.

 

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Section 11.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture .

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TWELVE

COVENANTS

Section 12.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

Section 12.02. Officer’s Certificate as to Default .

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Article and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.

 

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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 12.03. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series which are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01); provided , however, that if the Debt Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt 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

 

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location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) and at the place specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided , however , that, if the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

Section 12.04. Money for Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

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Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date (but if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day before each due date) of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

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

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after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 12.05. [Intentionally Omitted]

Section 12.06. Purchase of Debt Securities by Company .

If the Debt Securities of a series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will not purchase any Debt Securities of that series by private treaty at a price (exclusive of expenses and accrued interest) which exceeds 120% of the mean of the nominal quotations of the Debt Securities of that series as shown in The Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last trading day preceding the date of purchase.

Section 12.07. Limitation on Liens .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from incurring any indebtedness; provided that the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Debt”) secured by mortgage, lien, pledge or other encumbrance upon any Restricted Property without effectively providing that the Debt Securities of all series (excluding any series of Debt Securities with respect to which the property securing such Debt is not Restricted Property, but including, if the Company so determines, any other indebtedness or obligation then existing and any other indebtedness or obligation, thereafter created, ranking equally with the Debt Securities of all series) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured, except that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to:

(a) mortgages, liens, pledges or other encumbrances (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Mortgages”) in existence on the date hereof and, with respect to any particular series of Debt Securities, any Mortgage existing at the date that Debt Securities of such series are first issued;

 

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(b) Mortgages on property to secure all or part of the cost of exploration, drilling or development thereof or all or part of the cost of altering or repairing equipment used in connection therewith or (in case of property which is, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, substantially unimproved for the use intended by the Company) all or part of the cost of improvement thereof, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose;

(c) Mortgages which secure only indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Company, to one or more Subsidiaries or to the Company and one or more Subsidiaries;

(d) Mortgages on the property of any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary;

(e) Mortgages on any property to secure Debt or other indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities, other forms of industrial revenue bond financing or Debt issued or guaranteed by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either; or

(f) In the case of any series of Debt Securities, any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Mortgage existing at the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued, or any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) or of any Debt secured thereby, provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement Mortgage shall be limited to all or part of substantially the same property which secured the Mortgage extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.07, the Company and any one or more Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate principal amount which, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Debt of the Company and its Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions (not including Debt permitted to the secured under clauses (a) through (f)) and the aggregate Value of the Sale and Lease-Back Transactions in existence at such time (not including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions described in Section 12.08(a) or as to which the Company has complied with Section 12.08(b)) does not at the time of issuance, assumption, or guarantee thereof exceed 5%

 

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of the Stockholders’ Equity in the Company and its consolidated subsidiary companies as shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to shareholders of the Company. For this purpose “Stockholders’ Equity” shall mean the aggregate of (however designated) capital, capital stock, capital surplus, capital in excess of par value of stock, earned surplus and net income retained for use in the business, after deducting the costs of the shares of stock of the Company held in its treasury.

The following types of transactions, among others, shall not be deemed to create Debt secured by Mortgages:

(1) The sale or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment or as an overriding royalty, and

(2) Mortgages required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States, and State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, or to secure partial, progress, advance or any other payments to the Company or any Subsidiary by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.

Section 12.08. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions .

The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will enter into any arrangement with any Person, or to which any Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any Restricted Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property (in this Article Twelve called “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”) unless either:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.07, to incur Debt in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Value of such Sale and Lease- Back Transaction, secured by Mortgage on the property to be leased, without equally and ratably securing all series of Debt Securities with respect to which such property is Restricted Property, or

 

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(b) the Company (and in any such case the Company covenants and agrees that it will do so) during or immediately after the expiration of four months after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (whether made by the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary) applies to the voluntary retirement of Funded Debt of the Company (including Debt Securities) an amount equal to the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, less the principal amount of Debt Securities delivered, within four months after the effective date of such arrangement, to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and the principal amount of other Funded Debt voluntarily retired by the Company within such four month period, excluding retirements of Debt Securities and other Funded Debt as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions or by payment at maturity.

For purposes of Section 12.07 and this Section 12.08, the term “Value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (1) the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction or (2) the fair value in the opinion of the Board of Directors of such property at the time of entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, in either case divided first by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.

Section 12.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants .

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01, 10.02, 12.07 and 12.08 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

Section 13.01. Applicability of Article .

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 13.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

Section 13.03. Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed .

Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized

 

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denomination for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series.

If any Debt Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Debt Security so selected, the converted portion of such Debt Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Debt Securities which have been converted during a selection of Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

Section 13.04. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

 

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All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

(4) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

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

(6) in the case of Debt Securities of any series that is convertible, the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the principal of the Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion,

(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,

(8) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made,

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

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Section 13.05. Deposit of Redemption Price .

On or prior to (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least One Business Day prior to) the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, 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 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 13.06. Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities, so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest; and provided , further , that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.07.

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

If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a

 

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deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.

Section 13.07. Debt Securities Redeemed in Part .

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, 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 Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SINKING FUNDS

Section 14.01. Applicability of Article .

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms

 

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of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

Section 14.02. Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities .

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 14.03. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund .

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and shall also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to be so delivered. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

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Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt

Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.06.

On or before (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day prior to) each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum, in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

 

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Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided , however , that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

DEFEASANCE

Section 15.01. Applicability of Article .

If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the defeasance of Debt Securities of a series, and if the Debt Securities of such series are Registered Securities and denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or Currencies or for Bearer Securities may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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Section 15.02. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations .

At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01, 10.02, 12.07 and 12.08 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

(1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest, principal, and premium are due;

(2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

(3) such deposit will 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;

(4) if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

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the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date; and

(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 12.03 and 15.03 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;

 

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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 interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Section 15.03. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust .

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.02 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt 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 Holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 15.04. Repayment to Company .

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

CONVERSION

Section 16.01. Applicability; Conversion Privilege .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Equity Securities. Each reference in this Article to a “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” refers to the Debt Securities of a particular series that is convertible into Equity Securities, and references to a “Coupon” or “Coupons”

 

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refer to the Coupons appertaining to the Debt Securities of such series. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, if two or more series of Debt Securities with conversion privileges are outstanding at any time, (i) the provisions of this Article shall be applied separately to each such series, and (ii) references to the Trustee refer to the Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article Sixteen, all or any part (if the portion to be converted and the remaining portion of such Debt Security are in authorized denominations for that series of Debt Securities) of such Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities, at any time during the period specified in the terms of the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01, at the Conversion Price in effect on the date of conversion, or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

Section 16.02. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares .

(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, each Debt Security of such series to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Equity Securities. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Equity Securities at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Equity Securities or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c). The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of any Equity Security and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.03(4), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of such Equity Security on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

(b) Before any Holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Equity Securities, such Holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, or, in the case of Bearer Securities, together with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached

 

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thereto, at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, outside of the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and shall give written notice to the Company at said office or place that he elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which he wishes the certificate or certificates for Equity Securities to be issued.

If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Equity Securities which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable after the surrender of a Debt Security for conversion, issue and deliver at said office or place to the Holder of a Debt Security or to his nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Equity Securities to which he shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which he would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Equity Securities while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Equity Securities shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register.

(c) If, at the time of surrender pursuant to Section 16.02(a), the Holder of a Bearer security is unable to produce all unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such conversion may be effected if the Bearer Securities to be surrendered for conversion are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.

 

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(d) A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Equity Securities issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Holder or Holders of such Equity Securities as of the close of business on such date.

(e) In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.08), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security, together, in the case of Bearer Securities, with any unmatured Coupons and matured Coupons in default attached thereto.

Section 16.03. Adjustment of Conversion Price for Equity Securities .

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Equity Securities shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(1) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such class of Equity Security, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a smaller number of shares of that Equity Security, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a greater number of shares of that Equity Security or (iv) make a distribution in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such Equity Security, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the Holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Equity Securities immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of capital stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record date (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03(1) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.03(1), each Holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the

 

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kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

(2) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are Outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of such Equity Security (or securities convertible into shares of such Equity Security) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Equity Security at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into such Equity Security as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into such Equity Security and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into such Equity Security divided by (y) the number of shares of such Equity Security initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted, so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of such Equity Security offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares or securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares or securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into such Equity Security) would purchase at such Current Market Price of such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

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(3) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and such Equity Security is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (to the extent paid from current or retained earnings of the Company) or (ii) dividends payable in shares of such Equity Security for which adjustment is made under Section 16.03(1)) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.03(2)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of such Equity Security on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of such Equity Security less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of such Equity Security (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided , however , that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a Holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into such Equity Security unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this section as a dividend on such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(4) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.03(1), 16.03(2) and 16.03(3), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of an Equity Security, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of an Equity Security or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of a class of an Equity Security for United States Federal income tax purposes.

 

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(5) In any case in which this Section 16.03 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.05) issuing to the Holder of any Debt Securities converted after such record date the shares of the Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided , however , that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

(6) All calculations under this Section 16.03 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share or security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.03, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.03 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

(7) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03, the Holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of an Equity Security into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to an Equity Security contained in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 16.03, and the provision of Sections 16.01, 16.02 and 16.04 through 16.09 with respect to the Equity Securities shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

 

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(8) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or the stated value of the Preference Stock or (ii) subject to 16.03(5) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

Section 16.04. Consolidation or Merger of the Company .

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value) in, outstanding shares of an Equity Security or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, then each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Equity Securities into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Sixteen (and assuming such holder of the Equity Security failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.04. The provisions of this Section 16.04 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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Section 16.05. Notice of Adjustment .

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

(1) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Debt Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

Section 16.06. Notice In Certain Events .

In case:

(1) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

(2) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

(3) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen;

then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the Holders of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 1.05, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen, or, if a

 

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record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record of an Equity Security entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Equity Security of record shall be entitled to exchange their Equity Securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section.

Section 16.07. Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing .

(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of its Equity Securities, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Equity Securities as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable Outstanding Debt Securities into such Equity Securities at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Equity Securities which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the Equity Securities to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Equity Securities remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Equity Securities in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities. The Company covenants that all shares of Equity Securities which may be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities will upon issue be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in Section 16.08, taxes with respect to the issue thereof.

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upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company further covenants that so long as the Equity Securities shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debt Securities, and the Company will endeavor to list the shares of Equity Securities required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon any other national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Equity Securities are listed at the time of such delivery.

Section 16.08. Taxes on Conversion .

The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Debt Securities shall be made without charge to the converting Holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof, and the Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered (in the case of Registered Securities), and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 16.09. Conversion After Record Date .

If any Registered Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Registered Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the Holder of such Registered Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Registered Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Registered Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Registered Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period, in which case, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, no interest payment shall be made on such Interest Payment Date to the Holders of such Registered Security on such record date) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds and in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable or another Currency acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities being

 

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surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c), no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions or interest on the Equity Securities issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

Section 16.10. Company Determination Final .

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article shall be conclusive if made in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this Article, absent manifest error.

Section 16.11. Trustee’s Disclaimer .

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment of the Conversion Price should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation and shall not be accountable as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

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

 

SUNOCO, INC.
By:   /s/ Thomas W. Hofmann
Title:  

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

Attest:
/s/ Judith A. Fritsch
Title:Assistant Secretary

 

Seal     CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee
    By:   /s/ Nancy Forte
    Title: Senior Trust Officer

 

Attest:
/s/ Wafaa Orfy
Title: Assistant Vice President

 

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Seal

 

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA                     

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   :    SS.:

COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA

   )   

On June 29, 2000, before me personally came Thomas W. Hofmann, to me known, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; that he is the Corporate Secretary of Sunoco, Inc., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation, that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/ Jean M. Jones

Notary Public

Notarial Seal

Jean M. Jones, Notary Public

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County My Commission Expires Aug. 13, 2001

Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries

 

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SEAL

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

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   :    SS.:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

   )   

On the 28 June, 2000, before me personally came Nancy Forte, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides at 111 Wall Street, New York, New York; that she is a Senior Trust Officer of Citibank, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/ Jeffry Berger

Notary Public

JEFFRY BERGER

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01BE5015814

Qualified in King’s County

Commission Expires July 26, 2001


EXHIBIT A

SEAL

[FORMS OF CERTIFICATION]

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY

PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY

OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]

CERTIFICATE

 

 

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below                  principal amount of the above captioned Debt Securities held by you for our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the Company’s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

 

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This certificate excepts and does not relate to                      principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary Global Note for definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent Global Note cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:                          , 19         

[To be dated no earlier than the

10th day before the Exchange Date]

 

By:    
 

As, or as agent for, the beneficial

owner(s) of the portion of the temporary Global

Note to which this certificate relates.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR AND

CEDEL, S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF

A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE]

CERTIFICATE

 

 

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof,              principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or the Company’s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

 

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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:                      , 19         

[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date]

 

By:    
  [MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator of the Euro-Clear System] [CEDEL, S.A.]

Exhibit 4.5

SUNOCO, INC.

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

(Pursuant to Senior Indenture)

Pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 3.01 of the Indenture dated as of June 30, 2000 (the “Senior Indenture”) between Sunoco, Inc. (the “Company”) and Citibank, N.A., the undersigned duly authorized officers of the Company do hereby certify that the following terms have been established pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company for the second series of Debt Securities (the “Series”) to be issued under the Senior Indenture:

(1) The title of the Series is: “5.75% Notes Due January 15, 2017”;

(2) The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under the Senior Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the Series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07 of the Senior Indenture) is initially limited to Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000);

(3) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be issued on December 14, 2006 and the principal of the Debt Securities of the Series is payable on January 15, 2017;

(4) The Debt Securities of the Series shall bear interest at the rate of five and three-quarters percent (5.75%) per annum. Interest shall accrue from December 14, 2006 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid. The Interest Payment Dates are January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2007. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on January 15 is the January 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date for interest payable on July 15 is the July 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date;

(5) The principal and interest on the Debt Securities of the Series shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York;

(6) The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, repay, or purchase Debt Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holder;

(7) The Debt Securities of the Series are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time prior to maturity at the prices set forth in the Company’s Preliminary Prospectus dated December 11, 2006, as supplemented by the Final Prospectus dated December 11, 2006;

(8) The Debt Securities of the Series shall be issuable in denominations of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) and any integral multiple thereof;

(9) The Debt Securities of the Series shall not be issued as Discount Securities;

(10) The defeasance provisions of Article 15 of the Senior Indenture shall apply to Debt Securities of the Series;


(11) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be issued as Registered Securities only;

(12) No provisions for the payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply to the Debt Securities of the Series;

(13) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be denominated in United States Dollars;

(14) The principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the Series are not payable at the option of the Company in a currency other than United States Dollars;

(15) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be dated as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Senior Indenture;

(16) The amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the Series is not to be determined with reference to an index;

(17) The Debt Securities of the Series are not denominated in a Foreign Currency;

(18) There is no Currency Determination Agent designated for the Debt Securities of the Series;

(19) There is no Overdue Rate applicable to the Debt Securities of the Series;

(20) The Debt Securities of the Series bear interest;

(21) So long as any Debt Securities are outstanding, the certificate required by Section 12.02 of the Senior Indenture shall be given with respect to compliance with all of the conditions and covenants under the Senior Indenture;

(22) The Debt Securities of the Series are not issuable as Bearer Securities;

(23) The Debt Securities shall be issued in global form (a “Global Note”) and shall be fully registered and deposited on or about the date of issuance with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository;

(24) The Debt Securities of the Series are not convertible into shares of Equity Securities; and

(25) The Debt Securities of the Series shall be in substantially the form attached hereto.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Senior Indenture.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands as of this 14th day of December 2006.

 

SUNOCO, INC.

/s/ Thomas W. Hofmann

Name:   Thomas W. Hofmann
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

/s/ Paul A. Mulholland

Name:   Paul A. Mulholland
Title:   Treasurer

Signature Page

to

Sunoco, Inc. Officers’ Certificate Pursuant to Senior Indenture

(December 14, 2006)

 

Page 3 of 3

Exhibit 4.6

SUNOCO, INC.

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

(Pursuant to Senior Indenture)

Pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 3.01 of the Indenture dated as of June 30, 2000 (the “Senior Indenture”) between Sunoco, Inc. (the “Company”) and Citibank, N.A., the undersigned duly authorized officers of the Company do hereby certify that the following terms have been established pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company for the second series of Debt Securities (the “Series”) to be issued under the Senior Indenture:

(1) The title of the Series is: “4 7 / 8 % Notes Due October 15, 2014”;

(2) The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under the Senior Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the Series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07 of the Senior Indenture) is initially limited to Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000);

(3) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be issued on September 28, 2004 and the principal of the Debt Securities of the Series is payable on October 15, 2014;

(4) The Debt Securities of the Series shall bear interest at the rate of four and seven-eighths percent (4 7 / 8 %) per annum. Interest shall accrue from September 28, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid. The Interest Payment Dates are April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on April 15 is the April 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date for interest payable on October 15 is the October 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date;

(5) The principal and interest on the Debt Securities of the Series shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York;

(6) The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, repay, or purchase Debt Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holder;

(7) The Debt Securities of the Series are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time prior to maturity at the prices set forth in the Company’s Prospectus dated September 23, 2004, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 2004;

(8) The Debt Securities of the Series shall be issuable in denominations of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) and any integral multiple thereof;

(9) The Debt Securities of the Series shall not be issued as Discount Securities;

(10) The defeasance provisions of Article 15 of the Senior Indenture shall apply to Debt Securities of the Series;


(11) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be issued as Registered Securities only;

(12) No provisions for the payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply to the Debt Securities of the Series;

(13) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be denominated in United States Dollars;

(14) The principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the Series are not payable at the option of the Company in a currency other than United States Dollars;

(15) The Debt Securities of the Series are to be dated as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Senior Indenture;

(16) The amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the Series is not to be determined with reference to an index;

(17) The Debt Securities of the Series are not denominated in a Foreign Currency;

(18) There is no Currency Determination Agent designated for the Debt Securities of the Series;

(19) There is no Overdue Rate applicable to the Debt Securities of the Series;

(20) The Debt Securities of the Series bear interest;

(21) So long as any Debt Securities are outstanding, the certificate required by Section 12.02 of the Senior Indenture shall be given with respect to compliance with all of the conditions and covenants under the Senior Indenture;

(22) The Debt Securities of the Series are not issuable as Bearer Securities;

(23) The Debt Securities shall be issued in global form (a “Global Note”) and shall be fully registered and deposited on or about the date of issuance with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”) and registered in the name of Cede  & Co., as nominee of the Depository;

(24) The Debt Securities of the Series are not convertible into shares of Equity Securities; and

 

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(25) The Debt Securities of the Series shall be in substantially the form attached hereto.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Senior Indenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands as of this 28th day of September, 2004.

 

/s/ Thomas W. Hofmann

Name:   Thomas W. Hofmann
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

/s/ Paul A. Mulholland

Name:   Paul A. Mulholland
Title:   Treasurer

 

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Exhibit 4.7

Execution Copy

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This First Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of October 5, 2012, is by and among Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and its successors (“ ETP ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A. under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , the Company has duly issued its 5.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ 2017 Notes ”), in the original aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, and its 4 7/8% Senior Notes due 2014, in the original aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (together with the 2017 Notes, the “ Notes ”), pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2000, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”);

WHEREAS , Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental thereto to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture so long as such provision does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect;

WHEREAS , a matter or question has arisen regarding the applicability of Section 10.01 of the Indenture to ETP’s acquisition of the Company on the date hereof, the Company desires to make provisions with respect to such matter or question and has requested the Trustee to join with the Company and ETP in entering into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding ETP as a co-obligor under the Notes as permitted by Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture; and

WHEREAS , the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel (each as defined in the Indenture) relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Section 1.02 of the Indenture, and the Company has satisfied all other conditions required under Article Eleven of the Indenture to enable the Company, ETP and the Trustee to enter into this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, ETP and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. ETP as Co-Obligor . ETP hereby agrees to become a co-obligor of the Notes with the same obligations and duties as the Company under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise), and with the same rights, benefits and privileges of the Company thereunder.


2. Company Obligations . For the avoidance of doubt, the Company confirms that, notwithstanding the addition of ETP as a co-obligor of the Notes, (i) the Company is not being discharged from any of its obligations or covenants under the Indenture or the Notes and (ii) the Company’s obligations and duties under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise), and the Company’s rights, benefits and privileges thereunder shall continue.

3. Rules of Interpretation . The rules of interpretation set forth in the Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein.

4. Effectiveness of Supplemental Indenture . Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, ETP and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be amended and supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes and each Holder shall be bound thereby.

5. Ratification of Indenture . The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

6. Governing Law . THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SAID STATE.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

10. The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and ETP.

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

SUNOCO, INC.

By:

  /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
 

 

  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
By:   Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., its general partner
By:   Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., its general partner
By:   /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
 

 

  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2014 Notes and 2017 Notes)


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ George J. Rayzis
  Name: George J. Rayzis
  Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2014 Notes and 2017 Notes)

Exhibit 4.8

SUN COMPANY, INC.

To

CITIBANK, N.A.

Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of May 15, 1994

 

 

 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

and Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Indenture Section

(S) 310 (a) (1)

   6.09

             (a) (2)

   6.09

             (a) (3)

   Not Applicable

             (a) (4)

   Not Applicable

             (a) (5)

   6.09

             (b)

   6.08, 6.10

             (c)

   Not Applicable

(S) 311 (a)

   6.13(a)

             (b)

   6.13(b)

             (c)

   Not Applicable

(S) 312 (a)

   7.01, 7.02(a)

             (b)

   7.02(b)

             (c)

   7.02(c)

(S) 313 (a)

   7.03(a)

             (b)

   7.03(b)

             (c)

   7.03(a), 7.03(c)

             (d)

   7.03(d)

(S) 314 (a)

   7.04, 12.02

             (b)

   Not Applicable

             (c) (1)

   1.02

             (c) (2)

   1.02

             (c) (3)

   Not Applicable

             (d)

   Not Applicable

             (e)

   1.02

(S) 315 (a)

   6.01(a), 6.01(c)

             (b)

   6.02, 7.03(a)(7)

             (c)

   6.01(b)

             (d) (1)

   6.01(a)

             (d) (2)

   6.01(c)(2)

             (d) (3)

   6.01(c)(3)

             (e)

   5.14

(S) 316 (a)(1)(A)

   5.02, 5.12

             (a)(1)(B)

   5.13

             (a) (2)

   Not Applicable

             (b)

   5.08

             (c)

   Not Applicable

(S) 317 (a) (1)

   5.03

             (a) (2)

   5.04

             (b)

   12.04

(S) 318

   1.06

 

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

  

 

1

  

Section 1.01. Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions

     16   

Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

     17   

Section 1.04. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company

     18   

Section 1.05. Notice to Holders; Waiver

     18   

Section 1.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

     19   

Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

     20   

Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns

     20   

Section 1.09. Separability Clause

     20   

Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture

     20   

Section 1.11. Governing Law

     20   

Section 1.12. Legal Holidays

     20   

Section 1.13. No Security Interest Created

     21   

Section 1.14. Liability Solely Corporate

     21   

ARTICLE TWO

 

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

  

 

21

  

Section 2.01. Forms Generally

     21   

Section 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

     22   

Section 2.03. Securities in Global Form

     23   


     Page  
ARTICLE THREE   
THE DEBT SECURITIES      23   

Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

     23   

Section 3.02. Denominations

     28   

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

     28   

Section 3.04. Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities

  

 

30

  

Section 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange

     37   

Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities

     40   

Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

     41   

Section 3.08. Cancellation

     44   

Section 3.09. Computation of Interest

     45   

Section 3.10. Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities

     45   

Section 3.11. Judgments

     49   

Section 3.12. Exchange Upon Default

     50   

ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

 

50

  

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     51   

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money

     52   

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

  

 

53

  

Section 5.01. Events of Default

     53   

Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

     55   

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

     56   


     Page  

Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     57   

Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons

     58   

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected

     58   

Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits

     59   

Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

     60   

Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     60   

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     60   

Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     60   

Section 5.12. Control by Holders

     61   

Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults

     61   

Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs

     61   

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE TRUSTEE

  

 

62

  

Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities

     62   

Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults

     63   

Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee

     64   

Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities

     65   

Section 6.05. May Hold Debt Securities

     66   

Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust

     66   

Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement

     66   

Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

     67   

Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

     67   

Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     67   

Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

     69   


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

     71   

Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

     71   

Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent

     71   

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

  

 

73

  

Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

     73   

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders

     74   

Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee

     76   

Section 7.04. Reports by Company

     78   

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

  

 

79

  

Section 8.01. Acts of Holders

     79   

Section 8.02. Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder

     79   

Section 8.03. Persons Deemed Owners

     80   

Section 8.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     80   

ARTICLE NINE

 

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

  

 

81

  

Section 9.01. Purposes of Meetings

     81   

Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee

     82   

Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders

     82   

Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting

     82   

Section 9.05. Regulations

     82   

Section 9.06. Voting

     83   

Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting

     84   


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ARTICLE TEN

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

  

 

84

  

Section 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms

     84   

Section 10.02 Successor Corporation to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events

     84   

Section 10.03 Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee

     85   

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  

 

86

  

Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     86   

Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

     87   

Section 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures

     89   

Section 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     89   

Section 11.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

     89   

Section 11.06. Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures

     89   

Section 11.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture

     90   

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

COVENANTS

  

 

90

  

Section 12.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

     90   

Section 12.02. Officer’s Certificate as to Default

     90   

Section 12.03. Maintenance of Office or Agency

     91   

Section 12.04. Money for Debt Securities; Payments To Be Held in Trust

     92   

Section 12.05. [Intentionally Omitted]

     94   

Section 12.06. Purchase of Debt Securities by Company

     94   

Section 12.07. Limitation on Liens

     94   

Section 12.08. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions

     96   


     Page  

Section 12.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants

     97   

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

  

 

98

  

Section 13.01. Applicability of Article

     98   

Section 13.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

     98   

Section 13.03. Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed

     98   

Section 13.04. Notice of Redemption

     99   

Section 13.05. Deposit of Redemption Price

     101   

Section 13.06. Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date

     101   

Section 13.07. Debt Securities Redeemed in Part

     102   

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

 

SINKING FUNDS

  

 

102

  

Section 14.01. Applicability of Article

     102   

Section 14.02. Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities

     103   

Section 14.03. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund

     103   

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

 

DEFEASANCE

  

 

105

  

Section 15.01. Applicability of Article

     105   

Section 15.02. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     105   

Section 15.03. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust

     108   

Section 15.04. Repayment to Company

     108   

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

 

CONVERSION

  

 

108

  

Section 16.01. Applicability; Conversion Privilege

     108   


     Page  

Section 16.02. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares

     109   

Section 16.03. Adjustment of Conversion Price for Common Stock

     111   

Section 16.04. Consolidation or Merger of the Company

     115   

Section 16.05. Notice of Adjustment

     116   

Section 16.06. Notice In Certain Events

     116   

Section 16.07. Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing

     117   

Section 16.08. Taxes on Conversion

     118   

Section 16.09. Conversion After Record Date

     118   

Section 16.10. Company Determination Final

     119   

Section 16.11. Trustee’s Disclaimer

     119   


INDENTURE dated as of May 15, 1994, between SUN COMPANY, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal executive office at Ten Penn Center, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

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

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions .

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

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

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

 


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

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

Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in those respective Articles.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affiliated Corporation” means any corporation which is controlled by the Company but which is not a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the definition of the term “Subsidiary.”

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

“Bearer Security” means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons.

 

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“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom that board or committee shall have delegated its authority.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. As used in this Indenture, reference to action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution shall include, without limitation, all action taken by an officer of the Company who has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors to take such action.

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“CEDEL” means Cedel S.A.

“Closing Price” of an Equity Security means the last reported sale price of such stock (regular way) as shown on the Composite Tape of the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if such stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which such stock is listed or admitted to trading), or, if it is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last reported sale price of such stock as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by NASDAQ, or if such stock is not so reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.

 

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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

“Common Stock” means the class of Common Stock, $1 par value, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock and which does not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock and which is not subject to redemption by the Company; provided that if Debt Securities convertible into Common Stock are Outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

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

“Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity”, at any time, means the total stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial information is then available.

 

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“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Equity Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e).

“Conversion Event” means the cessation of (i) a Foreign Currency to be used both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU to be used both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any Currency unit other than the ECU to be used for the purposes for which it was established.

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Equity Securities, the price per share of Equity Securities at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible, as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such series, as such price may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.03.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at 120 Wall Street, New York, New York 10043, except that for purposes of presentation of Registered Debt Securities for payment or registration of transfer or exchange or for conversion, such term means the office or agency at which any particular time the corporate agency business of the Trustee shall be conducted, which office at the the date of this instrument is located at 111 Wall Street, New York, NY 10043.

“Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

 

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“Coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security.

“Coupon Security” means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto.

“Currency” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

“Currency Determination Agent” means the New York Clearing House bank, if any, from time to time selected by the Trustee for purposes of Section 3.10; provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the Company and shall, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the making of such decision or determination.

“Current Market Price” of an Equity Security on any date means the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.03(3), the “Current Market Price” of such Equity Security shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of such Equity Security for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.03(3) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(h).

“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(g).

“ECU” means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.

“Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Equity Security” means either Common Stock or Preference Stock or both Common Stock and Preference Stock.

“Euro-clear Operator” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, or its successor as operator of the Euro-clear System.

“European Communities” means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

“European Monetary System” means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currency unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency unit), payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

“Fixed Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a fixed rate.

“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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“Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

“Funded Debt” means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created, issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed which would, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as long-term debt, but in any event including all indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured or unsecured, maturing more than one year or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date more than one year, after the date of determination thereof (excluding any amount thereof included in current liabilities).

“Global Note” means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

“Holder” means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer thereof.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means (1) any liability of such Person (a) for borrowed money, or (b) evidenced by a note or similar instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets of any kind, or (c) for the payment of money under a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that such Person has guaranteed; and (3) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.01.

The term “interest,” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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

“Market Exchange Rate” means (i) for any conversion involving a Currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Currency Determination Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the Currency Determination Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency unit would purchase such Currency or Currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities.

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, which is delivered to the Trustee.

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

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

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

(iii) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt 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 to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor

 

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upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.10(k).

“Overdue Rate,” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate, if any, designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Permanent Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be.

 

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“Preference Stock” means the class of Preference Stock of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such stock which may hereafter be outstanding; provided , that if Debt Securities convertible into Preference Stock are outstanding at the time of such successive changes or reclassifications and there shall be more than one such resulting class of stock, the shares of each resulting class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from such reclassification bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

“Principal Facility” means the real property, fixtures, machinery and equipment relating to any facility owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, except for any facility that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an Interest Payment Date only.

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

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

“Registered Security” means any Debt Security in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest in the Security Register.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest Payment Date.

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary or any assistant vice president or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

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“Restricted Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which owns Restricted Property, except a Subsidiary substantially all the real property, plants and equipment of which are located outside the continental United States, a Subsidiary the assets of which constitute less than five percent (5%) of the assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and a Subsidiary the major part of the business as determined by the Board of Directors of which consists of finance, banking, credit, leasing, real estate, financial services or other similar operations or coal operations or any combination thereof.

“Restricted Property” with respect to each series of Debt Securities means (a) any property interest owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued in land located in the continental United States (which for the purposes hereof shall include any property located off the coast of the continental United States on which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts operations pursuant to leases, rights or other authorizations from the United States or any state thereof located within the continental United States) and classified by such owner on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued as productive of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in paying quantities, (b) any refining plant or manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued and located in the continental United States, except (1) related facilities which in the opinion of the Board of Directors are transportation or marketing facilities, and (2) a refining plant or manufacturing plant which in the opinion of the Board of Directors is not a principal plant of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (c) any shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary.

The term “Restricted Property” with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall not include future additions or improvements to or replacements of all or a portion of any refining plant or manufacturing plant owned by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05(a).

 

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“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

“Specified Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security or the Coupon, if any, representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For 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.

“Temporary Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b).

“Trading Day” means, with respect to an Equity Security, so long as the Equity Security is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Equity Security is listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Equity Security is not so listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which NASDAQ is open for the transaction of business.

“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 hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that series.

 

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“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.05.

“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

“U.S. Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.

“Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d).

“Vice President” includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee, any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”.

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include:

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

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

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

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

Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

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

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

 

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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 1.04. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company .

Any Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at 120 Wall Street, New York 10043, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

Section 1.05. Notice to Holders; Waiver .

When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders, affected by such event, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such series are then listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a daily newspaper in London or Luxembourg or in such

 

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other city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on a Business Day, at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two Business Days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice; provided , however , that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

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 on such waiver. 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, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given, whether or not actually received by such Holder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

Section 1.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

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

 

Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.09. Separability Clause .

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

Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.11. Governing Law .

This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

Section 1.12. Legal Holidays .

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

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Section 1.13. No Security Interest Created .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located.

Section 1.14. Liability Solely Corporate .

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or in any supplemental indenture or in any Debt Security or Coupon, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby shall be had against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or any such predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that all such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities.

ARTICLE TWO

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01. Forms Generally .

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one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or Coupons.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons attached.

The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons.

Section 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the series of Debt Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

By    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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Section 2.03. Securities in Global Form .

If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form (a “Global Note”), such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.

Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

ARTICLE THREE

THE DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series .

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

(1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

(2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07);

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date or dates (or the method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time);

(4) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving such notice;

(5) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) or the principal London office of the Trustee (in the case of Bearer Securities), where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein;

(6) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(7) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

 

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(8) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.04);

(9) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

(10) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of Debt Securities of the series;

(11) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, as provided in Section 3.05(b) or otherwise and the circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;

(12) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered under such procedure;

(13) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Debt Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.05;

(14) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt Securities are

 

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denominated or so payable without such election, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made;

(15) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03;

(16) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(17) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof);

(18) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any;

(19) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

(20) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01;

(21) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

(22) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons

 

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entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, and (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the series;

(23) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c); and

(24) whether the Debt Securities of the series will be convertible into shares of Equity Securities, and if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Article Sixteen, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible, including the Conversion Price and the conversion period; and

(25) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution 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.

 

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Section 3.02. Denominations .

In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars.

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

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

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons; provided , however , that, in connection with its sale during the “restricted period” (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided , further , that a Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Euro-clear Operator or to CEDEL a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If

 

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any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or 3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been approved and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

(1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee in connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons;

(2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in a supplemental indenture, the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); and

(4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee and delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled

 

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to the benefit of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to such other exceptions as counsel shall request and as to which the Trustee shall not reasonably object.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer Securities of any series.

No Debt Security or Coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04. Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities .

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed,

 

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typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities. Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, and with one or more Coupons or without Coupons, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein.

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions; provided , however , that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided , further , that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such series.

(b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Bearer Security in global form (a “temporary Global Note”). The Company shall execute, and upon

 

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Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate, any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as described below, a “permanent Global Note”) upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct.

On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary Global Note (the “Exchange Date”), the Debt Securities represented by such temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without interest coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, at its principal office in London (or at such other place specified outside the United States pursuant to Section 3.01) and following such surrender, the Trustee shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for the accounts of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for credit to the respective accounts at the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall have been cancelled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euro-clear Operator,

 

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as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of interest, if any.

The delivery to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Company and the Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note, executed by the Company. At any time, on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Debt Security represented by a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent

 

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Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the Debt Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided , however , that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth day following receipt by the Trustee of such notice with respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, and the Trustee shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note.

Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead be made as provided in such temporary Global Note.

 

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Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture.

Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by the Trustee to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, or by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.04.

With respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with a Company Request and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to

 

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the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form.”

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

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If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall make available such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

Section 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange .

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

 

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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such

 

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payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange.

(c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities.

(d) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04(b) or 3.06. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those exchanges expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders and not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities .

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office (in the case of Registered Securities) or at its principal London office (in the case of Bearer Securities), or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution.

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Coupon in accordance with its terms; provided , however , that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto.

Upon the issuance of any new Debt 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 respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

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

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

Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(a) Interest on any Registered Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder.

(b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or, if agreeable to the Trustee, by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an account in the United States.

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

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of

 

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Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency or Currency unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Registered Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

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

(d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05 not more than 25 days and not less than 20 days prior to the date of the proposed payment.

 

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

In the case of any Registered Security of any series that is convertible, which Registered Security is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Registered Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Registered Security (or one or more predecessor Registered Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Registered Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Registered Security shall not be payable.

Section 3.08. Cancellation .

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder 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 Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee unless the Company shall request otherwise. The acquisition of any Debt Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, have been duly presented to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

 

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Section 3.09. Computation of Interest .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.10. Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities .

(a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency.

 

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(b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable.

(c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election, to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.10.

(d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such

 

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election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date. The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date.

(e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency, the ECU or any other Currency unit in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such other Currency unit was used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below.

(f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.10.

(g) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.

(h) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.

 

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(i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A “Component Currency” shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.

A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency unit, including but not limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such Currency unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

“Election Date” shall mean the record date with respect to any payment date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16 days prior to the Maturity.

 

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(j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to the ECU or any other Currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

(k) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have performed it, or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.

Section 3.11. Judgments .

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such Debt Security, then such conversion shall be made at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency unit due hereunder or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under such Debt Security so that in any event the Company’s obligations hereunder or under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or distribution.

Section 3.12. Exchange Upon Default .

If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the maturity date thereof the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the bearer or holder of such permanent Global Note duly executed and authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity date as set out in such permanent Global Note.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

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expressly provided for or expressly provided for in the terms of the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) 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 Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (B), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or

 

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Redemption Date, as the case may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest (1) theretofore 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 12.04 or (2) paid to any state pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws; provided , however , in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

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

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.01, 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 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 12.04, shall survive. If, after the deposit referred to in Section 4.01 has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.01 was made, or (y) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which the deposit was made or elected to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that the deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the Currency in which such payment is made.

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either

 

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directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Events of Default .

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security or any payment with respect to the Coupons, if any, of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) default in the performance of any other term or provision of any Indebtedness of the Company (other than Debt Securities of such series) that results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable if the amount of such Indebtedness which shall have

 

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become or shall have been declared due and payable as a result of such default is in excess of $10,000,000, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or defaults and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to clause (21) of Section 3.01.

 

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Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay

 

  (A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such series,

 

  (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

 

  (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

 

  (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; provided , however , that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall be paid in Dollars;

 

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and

(2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has 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.

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

The Company covenants that if

(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

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

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities or matured Coupons, for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursement, or advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons, 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 Debt Securities and Coupons wherever situated.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

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the making of such payments directly to such 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 6.07 other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith.

Nothing herein contained 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 Debt Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or Coupons .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel other than any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances which result from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected .

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

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

 

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THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.

Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits .

No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon 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 hereunder, unless

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

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

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

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

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

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

 

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Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest .

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to convert any Debt Security that is convertible and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 5.09. 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 the Company, the Trustee and such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred 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 hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture 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.

 

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Section 5.12. Control by Holders .

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 Debt Securities of such series, provided, that

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

(2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults .

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs .

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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 other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section had 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 Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,

(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 provisions 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.

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this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of 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.

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

(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

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

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

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

Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults .

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt

 

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Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of such series; and provided , further , that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(3) with respect to Debt Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 45 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture.

Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, 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;

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

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

 

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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel 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 hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

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

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided , however , that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; and

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent (including any agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities .

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

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Section 6.05. May Hold Debt Securities .

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money in any Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement .

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation in Dollars for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee in Dollars upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may result from its negligence or bad faith; and

(3) to indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

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As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities and Coupons.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting 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. The following indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described herein for purposes of clause (1) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act: the Indenture dated as of June 15, 1985 between the Company and Trustee providing for the issuance of an unlimited amount of unsecured debt securities.

Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

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 under Section 6.11.

 

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(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 6.08 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

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

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

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or

 

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Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, 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 Debt Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07.

 

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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in any such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to or received by or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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

 

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(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 corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

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 obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such obligor).

Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and

 

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delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 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 said supervising or examining authority, then for 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 corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt

 

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Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series.

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

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

By    
  As Authenticating Agent

 

By    
  Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and

 

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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided , however , that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided , however , that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series.

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2).

(b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

 

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(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written inquest of such applicants, mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion.

If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

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and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b).

Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee .

(a) Within 60 days after January 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 1995, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 7.03, a brief report dated such date with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):

(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its qualifications under Section 6.08;

(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the date of such report;

(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 311(b)(2),(3),(4) or (6) of the Trust Indenture Act;

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(6) any additional issue of Debt Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and

(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Debt Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02.

(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series (whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02 (a)) for which it acts as the Trustee, as hereinafter provided, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee for each series shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.

(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be transmitted by mail:

(1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders of Registered Securities appear in the Security Register;

(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

(3) except in the cases of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7.03, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a).

 

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(d) 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 Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.04. Reports by Company .

The Company will:

(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and regulations;

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01. Acts of Holders .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.

Section 8.02. Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder .

The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the Person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced to the Trustee, (2) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other Person to the Trustee, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been cancelled or paid.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

 

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The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

Section 8.03. Persons Deemed Owners .

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security or Coupon.

Section 8.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound .

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amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons.

ARTICLE NINE

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01. Purposes of Meetings .

A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five;

(2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

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Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee .

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders .

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting .

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a) a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.05. Regulations .

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

 

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The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of such series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting.

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06. Voting .

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

 

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Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting .

Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

ARTICLE TEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided , however , that the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of or by the Company, other than consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property.

Section 10.02 Successor Corporation to be Substituted; Securities to be Secured in Certain Events .

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principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and Coupons and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and in the event of any such sale or conveyance, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor corporation which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 10.01) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities and Coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Sun Company, Inc. any or all of the Debt Securities and Coupons issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities and Coupons which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities and Coupons which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities and Coupons had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, or upon any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property of the Company to any other corporation, any of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary would thereupon become subject to any mortgage, lien or pledge which would not otherwise be permitted by this Indenture without making effective provision for securing the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the Company prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, will secure such series of Outstanding Debt Securities equally and ratably with any other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary then entitled thereto, by a direct lien on such property prior to all liens other than any theretofore existing thereon.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities and Coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 10.03 Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee .

The Trustee, subject to Section 6.01 and 6.03, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities contained; or

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

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

(4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable, and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

 

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(6) to secure the Debt Securities; or

(7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or

(8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or

(10) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to the requirements of Article Sixteen, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

 

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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03 or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 12.09, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; 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 and Section 12.09, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7).

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

 

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series.

Section 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

Section 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 11.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act .

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

Section 11.06. Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series.

 

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Section 11.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture .

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TWELVE

COVENANTS

Section 12.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

Section 12.02. Officer’s Certificate as to Default .

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Article and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.

 

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Section 12.03. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series which are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01); provided , however , that if the Debt Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt 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

 

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location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) and at the place specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided , however , that, if the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

Section 12.04. Money for Debt 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 Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of

as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

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Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date (but if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day before each due date) of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

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

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after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 12.05. [Intentionally Omitted]

Section 12.06. Purchase of Debt Securities by Company .

If the Debt Securities of a series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will not purchase any Debt Securities of that series by private treaty at a price (exclusive of expenses and accrued interest) which exceeds 120% of the mean of the nominal quotations of the Debt Securities of that series as shown in The Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last trading day preceding the date of purchase.

Section 12.07. Limitation on Liens .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from incurring any indebtedness; provided that the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Debt”) secured by mortgage, lien, pledge or other encumbrance upon any Restricted Property without effectively providing that the Debt Securities of all series (excluding any series of Debt Securities with respect to which the property securing such Debt is not Restricted Property, but including, if the Company so determines, any other indebtedness or obligation then existing and any other indebtedness or obligation, thereafter created, ranking equally with the Debt Securities of all series) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured, except that the foregoing provisions shall not apply to:

 

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(a) mortgages, liens, pledges or other encumbrances (hereinafter in this Article Twelve called “Mortgages”) on property to secure all or part of the cost of exploration, drilling or development thereof or all or part of the cost of altering or repairing equipment used in connection therewith or (in case of property which is, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, substantially unimproved for the use intended by the Company) all or part of the cost of improvement thereof, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose;

(b) Mortgages which secure only indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Company, to one or more Subsidiaries or to the Company and one or more Subsidiaries;

(c) Mortgages on the property of any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary;

(d) Mortgages on any property to secure Debt or other indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities, other forms of industrial revenue bond financing or Debt issued or guaranteed by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either; or

(e) In the case of any series of Debt Securities, any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Mortgage existing at the date Debt Securities of such series are first issued, or any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) or of any Debt secured thereby, provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement Mortgage shall be limited to all or part of substantially the same property which secured the Mortgage extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.07, the Company and any one or more Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate principal amount which, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Debt of the Company and its Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions (not including Debt permitted to the secured under clauses (a) through (e)) and the aggregate Value of the Sale and Lease-Back Transactions in existence at such time (not including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions described in Section 12.08(a) or as to which the Company has complied with Section 12.08(b)) does not at the time of issuance, assumption, or guarantee thereof exceed 5%

 

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of the Stockholders’ Equity in the Company and its consolidated subsidiary companies as shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to shareholders of the Company. For this purpose “Stockholders’ Equity” shall mean the aggregate of (however designated) capital, capital stock, capital surplus, capital in excess of par value of stock, earned surplus and net income retained for use in the business, after deducting the costs of the shares of stock of the Company held in its treasury.

The following types of transactions, among others, shall not be deemed to create Debt secured by Mortgages:

(1) The sale or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment or as an overriding royalty, and

(2) Mortgages required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States, and State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, or to secure partial, progress, advance or any other payments to the Company or any Subsidiary by the United States, any State or any department, agency or instrumentality of either pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.

Section 12.08. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions .

The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any Restricted Domestic Subsidiary will enter into any arrangement with any Person, or to which any Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any Restricted Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property (in this Article Twelve called “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”) unless either:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Domestic Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.07, to incur Debt in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, secured by Mortgage on the property to be leased, without equally and ratably securing all series of Debt Securities with respect to which such property is Restricted Property, or

 

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(b) the Company (and in any such case the Company covenants and agrees that it will do so) during or immediately after the expiration of four months after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (whether made by the Company or a Restricted Domestic Subsidiary) applies to the voluntary retirement of Funded Debt of the Company (including Debt Securities) an amount equal to the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, less the principal amount of Debt Securities delivered, within four months after the effective date of such arrangement, to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and the principal amount of other Funded Debt voluntarily retired by the Company within such four month period, excluding retirements of Debt Securities and other Funded Debt as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions or by payment at maturity.

For purposes of Section 12.07 and this Section 12.08, the term “Value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (1) the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction or (2) the fair value in the opinion of the Board of Directors of such property at the time of entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, in either case divided first by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.

Section 12.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants .

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01, 10.02, 12.07 and 12.08 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

Section 13.01. Applicability of Article .

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 13.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

Section 13.03. Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed .

Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized

 

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denomination for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series.

If any Debt Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Debt Security so selected, the converted portion of such Debt Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Debt Securities which have been converted during a selection of Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

Section 13.04. Notice of Redemption .

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

 

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All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

(4) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

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

(6) in the case of Debt Securities of any series that is convertible, the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the principal of the Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion,

(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,

(8) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made, and

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Section 13.05. Deposit of Redemption Price .

On or prior to (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least One Business Day prior to) the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, 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 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 13.06. Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities, so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest; and provided , further , that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.07.

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

If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a

 

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deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.

Section 13.07. Debt Securities Redeemed in Part .

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, 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 Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SINKING FUNDS

Section 14.01. Applicability of Article .

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms

 

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of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

Section 14.02. Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities .

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 14.03. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund .

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and shall also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to be so delivered. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

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Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.06.

On or before (but, if payment is to be made outside the United States, at least one Business Day prior to) each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum, in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

 

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Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided , however , that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

DEFEASANCE

Section 15.01. Applicability of Article .

If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the defeasance of Debt Securities of a series, and if the Debt Securities of such series are Registered Securities and denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or Currencies or for Bearer Securities may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Section 15.02. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations .

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obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.01, 10.02, 12.07 and 12.08 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

(1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest, principal, and premium are due;

(2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

(3) such deposit will 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;

(4) if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

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the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date; and

(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 12.03 and 15.03 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;

 

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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 interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Section 15.03. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust .

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.02 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt 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 Holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 15.04. Repayment to Company .

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02.

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

CONVERSION

Section 16.01. Applicability; Conversion Privilege .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Equity Securities. Each reference in this Article to a “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” refers to the Debt Securities of a particular series that is convertible into Equity Securities, and references to a “Coupon” or “Coupons”

 

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refer to the Coupons appertaining to the Debt Securities of such series. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, if two or more series of Debt Securities with conversion privileges are outstanding at any time, (i) the provisions of this Article shall be applied separately to each such series, and (ii) references to the Trustee refer to the Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article Sixteen, all or any part (if the portion to be converted and the remaining portion of such Debt Security are in authorized denominations for that series of Debt Securities) of such Debt Security into shares of Equity Securities, at any time during the period specified in the terms of the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01, at the Conversion Price in effect on the date of conversion, or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

Section 16.02. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares .

(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, each Debt Security of such series to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Equity Securities. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Equity Securities at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Equity Securities or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c). The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of any Equity Security and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.03(4), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of such Equity Security on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

(b) Before any Holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Equity Securities, such Holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, or, in the case of Bearer Securities, together with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached

 

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thereto, at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, outside of the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities), and shall give written notice to the Company at said office or place that he elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which he wishes the certificate or certificates for Equity Securities to be issued.

If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Equity Securities which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable after the surrender of a Debt Security for conversion, issue and deliver at said office or place to the Holder of a Debt Security or to his nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Equity Securities to which he shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which he would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Equity Securities while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Equity Securities shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register.

(c) If, at the time of surrender pursuant to Section 16.02(a), the Holder of a Bearer security is unable to produce all unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such conversion may be effected if the Bearer Securities to be surrendered for conversion are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided , however , that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.

 

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(d) A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Equity Securities issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Holder or Holders of such Equity Securities as of the close of business on such date.

(e) In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.08), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security, together, in the case of Bearer Securities, with any unmatured Coupons and matured Coupons in default attached thereto.

Section 16.03. Adjustment of Conversion Price for Equity Securities .

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Equity Securities shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(1) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such class of Equity Security, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a smaller number of shares of that Equity Security, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of an Equity Security into a greater number of shares of that Equity Security or (iv) make a distribution in shares of an Equity Security to holders of such Equity Security, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the Holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Equity Securities immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of capital stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record date (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03(1) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.03(1), each Holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the

 

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kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

(2) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are Outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of such Equity Security (or securities convertible into shares of such Equity Security) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Equity Security at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into such Equity Security as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into such Equity Security and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into such Equity Security divided by (y) the number of shares of such Equity Security initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted, so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of such Equity Security offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of such Equity Security outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares or securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares or securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into such Equity Security) would purchase at such Current Market Price of such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

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(3) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all or substantially all holders of shares of a class of its Equity Securities into which Debt Securities are convertible (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and such Equity Security is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (to the extent paid from current or retained earnings of the Company) or (ii) dividends payable in shares of such Equity Security for which adjustment is made under Section 16.03(1)) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.03(2)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of such Equity Security on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of such Equity Security less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of such Equity Security (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided , however , that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a Holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into such Equity Security unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this section as a dividend on such Equity Security. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(4) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.03(1), 16.03(2) and 16.03(3), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of an Equity Security, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of an Equity Security or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of a class of an Equity Security for United States Federal income tax purposes.

 

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(5) In any case in which this Section 16.03 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.05) issuing to the Holder of any Debt Securities converted after such record date the shares of the Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Equity Security and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided , however , that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

(6) All calculations under this Section 16.03 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share or security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.03, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.03 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

(7) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.03, the Holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of an Equity Security into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to an Equity Security contained in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 16.03, and the provision of Sections 16.01, 16.02 and 16.04 through 16.09 with respect to the Equity Securities shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

 

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(8) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or the stated value of the Preference Stock or (ii) subject to 16.03(5) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

Section 16.04. Consolidation or Merger of the Company .

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value) in, outstanding shares of an Equity Security or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, then each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Equity Securities into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Sixteen (and assuming such holder of the Equity Security failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.04. The provisions of this Section 16.04 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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Section 16.05. Notice of Adjustment .

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

(1) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Debt Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

Section 16.06. Notice In Certain Events .

In case:

(1) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

(2) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

(3) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen;

then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the Holders of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 1.05, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen, or, if a

 

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record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record of an Equity Security entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Sixteen is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Equity Security of record shall be entitled to exchange their Equity Securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section.

Section 16.07. Company To Reserve Equity Securities; Registration; Listing .

(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of its Equity Securities, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Equity Securities as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable Outstanding Debt Securities into such Equity Securities at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided , however , that-nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Equity Securities which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the Equity Securities to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Equity Securities remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Equity Securities in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities. The Company covenants that all shares of Equity Securities which may be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities will upon issue be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in Section 16.08, taxes with respect to the issue thereof.

 

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(b) If any shares of Equity Securities which would be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such

conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company further covenants that so long as the Equity Securities shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debt Securities, and the Company will endeavor to list the shares of Equity Securities required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon any other national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Equity Securities are listed at the time of such delivery.

Section 16.08. Taxes on Conversion .

The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Debt Securities shall be made without charge to the converting Holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof, and the Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Equity Securities or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered (in the case of Registered Securities), and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 16.09. Conversion After Record Date .

If any Registered Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Registered Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the Holder of such Registered Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Registered Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Registered Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Registered Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period, in which case, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, no interest payment shall be made on such Interest Payment Date to the Holders of such Registered Security on such record date) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds and in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable or another Currency acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities being

 

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surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.09 and Section 16.02(c), no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions or interest on the Equity Securities issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

Section 16.10. Company Determination Final .

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article shall be conclusive if made in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this Article, absent manifest error.

Section 16.11. Trustee’s Disclaimer .

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment of the Conversion Price should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation and shall not be accountable as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

SUN COMPANY, INC.
By:   /s/ Richard L. Cartlidge
 

 

Title:   Comptroller

 

Attest:
/s/ Donald J. Ainsworth
Title: Corporate Secretary
Seal

 

CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By:   /s/ P. DeFelice
 

 

Title: Vice President

 

Attest:
/s/ Shelagh Gallagher
Title: Assistant Vice President
Seal

 

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA    )
   : SS.:
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA    )

On the 19th day of May, 1994, before me personally came Donald J. Ainsworth, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; that he is the Corporate Secretary of Sun Company, Inc., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation, that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/ Thomas Brownlie, Jr.

Notary Public

 

SEAL

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK    )
   : SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )

On the 19th day of May, 1994, before me personally came P. DeFelice, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 47-09 169th Street, Flushing, N.Y. 11358; that he is a Vice President of Citibank, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/ Jeffrey Berger
Notary Public

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EXHIBIT A

[FORMS OF CERTIFICATION]

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY

PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY

OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]

CERTIFICATE

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below            principal amount of the above captioned Debt Securities held by you for our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the Company’s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

 

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This certificate excepts and does not relate to             principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary Global Note for definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent Global Note cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:             , 19            

[To be dated no earlier than the

10th day before the Exchange Date]

 

By:  
 

 

 

As, or as agent for, the beneficial owner(s) of the portion of the temporary Global Note to which this certificate relates.

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR AND

CEDEL, S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF

A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE]

CERTIFICATE

[Insert title or sufficient description

of Securities to be delivered]

The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof,             principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or the Company’s agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

 

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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

“United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its “possessions” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated:             , 19            

[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date]

By:                                                                                                                                            

      [MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW

      YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator of

      the Euro-Clear System] [CEDEL, S.A.]

 

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Exhibit 4.9

Execution Copy

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This First Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of October 5, 2012, is by and among Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and its successors (“ ETP ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A. under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , the Company has duly issued its 9.00% Debentures due 2024 (the “ Debentures ”), in the original aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1994, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”);

WHEREAS , Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental thereto to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture so long as such provision does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect;

WHEREAS , a matter or question has arisen regarding the applicability of Section 10.01 of the Indenture to ETP’s acquisition of the Company on the date hereof, the Company desires to make provisions with respect to such matter or question and has requested the Trustee to join with the Company and ETP in entering into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding ETP as a co-obligor under the Notes as permitted by Section 11.01(11) of the Indenture; and

WHEREAS , the Company has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Section 1.02 of the Indenture, and the Company has satisfied all other conditions required under Article Eleven of the Indenture to enable the Company, ETP and the Trustee to enter into this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, ETP and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. ETP as Co-Obligor . ETP hereby agrees to become a co-obligor of the Notes with the same obligations and duties as the Company under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), and with the same rights, benefits and privileges of the Company thereunder.


2. Company Obligations . For the avoidance of doubt, the Company confirms that, notwithstanding the addition of ETP as a co-obligor of the Notes, (i) the Company is not being discharged from any of its obligations or covenants under the Indenture or the Notes and (ii) the Company’s obligations and duties under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, but not limited to, the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), and the Company’s rights, benefits and privileges thereunder shall continue.

3. Rules of Interpretation . The rules of interpretation set forth in the Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein.

4. Effectiveness of Supplemental Indenture . Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, ETP and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be amended and supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes and each Holder shall be bound thereby.

5. Ratification of Indenture . The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

6. Governing Law . THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SAID STATE.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

10. The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and ETP.

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

SUNOCO, INC.
By:   /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
By:   Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., its general partner
By:   Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., its general partner
By:   /s/ Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Name: Martin Salinas, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2024 Debentures)


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ George J. Rayzis
  Name: George J. Rayzis
  Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture (2024 Notes)

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   LOGO

ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS AND SUNOCO ANNOUNCE

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MERGER

DALLAS and PHILADELPHIA, October 5, 2012 — Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) and Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) today announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of ETP, with and into Sunoco, with Sunoco surviving the merger as a subsidiary of ETP.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Sunoco shareholders were able to receive, for each Sunoco common share they owned, a combination of $25.00 in cash and 0.5245 of an ETP common unit (the “Standard Mix of Consideration”). In lieu of receiving this Standard Mix of Consideration, Sunoco shareholders, for each Sunoco common share they owned, could make an election to receive $50.00 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) or 1.0490 ETP common units (the “Unit Consideration”), with such Cash Consideration and Unit Consideration subject to proration in accordance with the merger agreement. Because the Cash Consideration was oversubscribed, all holders making a cash election will have their Cash Consideration prorated and a portion of it will be substituted with ETP common units in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement. Based on the final results of the merger consideration elections:

 

   

holders of approximately 2.59% of outstanding Sunoco shares, or approximately 2,711,665 shares, elected to and will receive the Standard Mix of Consideration;

 

   

holders of approximately 72.37% of outstanding Sunoco shares, or approximately 75,844,918 shares, elected the Cash Consideration and will receive $26.47 in cash and 0.493730 of an ETP common unit;

 

   

holders of approximately 4.24% of outstanding Sunoco shares, or approximately 4,449,502 shares, elected to and will receive the Unit Consideration; and

 

   

holders of approximately 20.80% of outstanding Sunoco shares, or approximately 21,801,776 shares, made no election, and will receive the Standard Mix of Consideration.

In the aggregate, Sunoco shareholders will receive 50% of the merger consideration in cash and 50% in ETP common units. The total consideration to be paid in cash will be approximately $2.6 billion and the total consideration to be paid in equity will be approximately 54,971,724 ETP common units.

Effective with the opening of the market today, Sunoco ceased to be a publicly traded company and its common stock discontinued trading on the NYSE.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to ETP, with Latham & Watkins LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP having acted as legal counsel.


Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Sunoco and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz acted as legal counsel.

Other Transaction Details

In accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, contemporaneously with the closing of the merger, Sunoco contributed to ETP $2.0 billion in cash and the equity interests of Sunoco Partners LLC (which currently holds the 2% general partner interest, incentive distribution rights, and a 32.4% limited partner interest in Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. (“SXL”)), in exchange for 90,706,000 newly issued Class F units of ETP. Additionally, immediately following the closing of the merger, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (“ETE”) contributed its interest in Southern Union Company (“Southern Union”) to ETP Holdco Corporation (“ETP Holdco”), in exchange for a 60% equity interest in ETP Holdco. In conjunction with ETE’s contribution, ETP contributed its interest in Sunoco (exclusive of its interest in SXL) to ETP Holdco and retained a 40% equity interest in ETP Holdco.

As a result of the merger and the above transactions, ETP and ETE own an indirect 40% and 60% equity interest, respectively, in both Sunoco and Southern Union, while ETP owns the general partner interests, incentive distribution rights and a 32.4% limited partner interest in SXL.

In connection with the merger and the above transactions, ETP has agreed to become a co-obligor on approximately $965 million of aggregate principal amount of Sunoco’s existing senior notes and debentures.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.  (NYSE:ETP) is a publicly traded partnership owning and operating a diversified portfolio of energy assets. ETP has pipeline operations in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Utah and West Virginia and owns the largest intrastate pipeline system in Texas. ETP currently has natural gas operations that include approximately 24,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines, treating and processing assets, and three storage facilities located in Texas. ETP also holds a 70 percent interest in Lone Star NGL, a joint venture that owns and operates NGL storage, fractionation and transportation assets in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. ETP’s general partner is owned by ETE. For more information, visit the ETP website at  www.energytransfer.com .

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.  (NYSE:ETE) is a publicly traded partnership, which owns the general partner and 100 percent of the incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) of ETP and approximately 52.5 million ETP limited partner units; and owns the general partner and 100 percent of the IDRs of Regency Energy Partners LP (NYSE:RGP) and approximately 26.3 million Regency limited partner units. The ETE family of companies owns approximately 45,000 miles of natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines. For more information, visit the ETE website at  www.energytransfer.com .

Sunoco, Inc. is a leading logistics and retail company, with a network of approximately 4,900 retail locations in 23 states.

Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SXL), headquartered in Philadelphia, is a master limited partnership that owns and operates a logistics business consisting of a geographically diverse portfolio of complementary pipeline, terminalling and crude oil acquisition and marketing assets. The Refined Products Pipelines consist of approximately 2,500 miles of refined products pipelines located in the northeast, midwest and southwest United States, and equity interests in


four refined products pipelines. The Crude Oil Pipelines consist of approximately 5,400 miles of crude oil pipelines, located principally in Oklahoma and Texas. The Terminal Facilities consist of approximately 42 million shell barrels of refined products and crude oil terminal capacity (including approximately 22 million shell barrels of capacity at the Nederland Terminal on the Gulf Coast of Texas and approximately 5 million shell barrels of capacity at the Eagle Point terminal on the banks of the Delaware River in New Jersey). The Crude Oil Acquisition and Marketing business involves the acquisition and marketing of crude oil and is principally conducted in Oklahoma and Texas and consists of approximately 190 crude oil transport trucks and approximately 120 crude oil truck unloading facilities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future, including statements regarding the anticipated benefits and other aspects of the transaction described above, that are forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the management teams of ETE, ETP, Sunoco or SXL. Among those is the risk that the anticipated benefits from the transaction described above cannot be fully realized. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by ETE, ETP, Sunoco and SXL. None of ETE, ETP, Sunoco or SXL undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.

Contacts

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

Investor Relations:

Brent Ratliff: 214-981-0700

or

Media Relations:

Vicki Granado: 214-599-8785

Thomas Golembeski: 215-977-6298