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): May 8, 2013 (May 3, 2013)

 

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-4717   44-0663509

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

427 West 12th Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(816) 983-1303

(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.

Indentures

On May 3, 2013, Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the “KCSM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kansas City Southern (the “Company”), entered into (1) an Indenture (the “2020 Notes Indenture”) with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (“U.S. Bank”), pursuant to which KCSM issued $275.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.35% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and, (2) an Indenture (the “2023 Notes Indenture” and, together with the 2020 Notes Indenture, the “Indentures”) with U.S. Bank, as trustee, pursuant to which KCSM issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.0% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the “Notes”). See the discussion below under Item 2.03 for a description of the material terms and conditions of the Indentures.

Registration Rights Agreement

On May 3, 2013, KCSM entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers, pursuant to which KCSM agreed, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, to use its reasonable best efforts to:

 

   

file a registration statement with respect to a registered offer to exchange the Notes for new exchange notes having terms identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions); and

 

   

use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete the registered exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) within 270 days after the May 3, 2013 closing date of the offering of the Notes.

KCSM has agreed to promptly commence the Exchange Offer upon the effectiveness of the exchange registration statement.

The above description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of that agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3.

 

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

The Notes are unsecured and senior obligations of KCSM. The 2020 Notes bear interest at a rate of 2.35% per annum and the 2023 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.0% per annum. Interest is payable semiannually in cash on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning November 15, 2013, to persons who are the registered holders of the Notes at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1, respectively. The 2020 Notes will mature on May 15, 2020 and the 2023 Notes will mature on May 15, 2023. KCSM has agreed to pay Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indentures) as necessary such that all payments made to holders of Notes shall be free of withholding tax.

KCSM, at its option, may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to April 15, 2020, with respect to the 2020 Notes, and February 15, 2023, with respect to the 2023 Notes, in each case, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the applicable Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the applicable Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis as set forth in the


applicable Indenture and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the redemption date. On or after April 15, 2020, with respect to the 2020 Notes, and February 15, 2023, with respect to the 2023 Notes, the applicable Notes may be redeemed, at KCSM’s option, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of applicable Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the redemption date. The Notes will also be subject to redemption, in whole, but not in part, at KCSM’s option at any time at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the applicable Notes plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts owing thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, in the event KCSM becomes or would become obligated to pay, any Additional Amounts in excess of those attributable to a withholding tax rate of 4.9% as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws of Mexico.

Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, KCSM may redeem Notes that are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes issued at a redemption price of 100% of such Notes principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the redemption date.

The Indentures limit the ability of KCSM to incur liens on any stock or indebtedness of significant subsidiaries. In the event of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Indentures), KCSM will be required to make an offer to each holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part of that holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

In addition, under the Indentures, the Notes issued thereunder may be declared immediately due and payable by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Notes then outstanding if certain events of default occur and are continuing under the Indenture. Subject to certain qualifications and applicable grace periods as set forth in the Indenture, the events of default include the following:

 

   

KCSM fails to pay the principal or any premium on a Note on its due date;

 

   

KCSM fails to pay interest or any Additional Amounts on any Note within 30 days of its due date;

 

   

KCSM defaults in the performance of, or breach of, any covenant of the applicable Indenture and such default continues for a period of 90 days after written notice by the trustee or the holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes;

 

   

certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in each Indenture with respect to KCSM or its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indentures); or

 

   

the termination of KCSM’s rights under the Concession Title (as defined in the Indentures) which result in a material adverse effect on KCSM or the commandeering of the Northeast Rail Lines.

The above descriptions of the Indentures are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Indentures copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On May 3, 2013, KCSM accepted for purchase (the “Early Settlement”) all of its 8% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “8% Notes”) and its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “6.625% Notes” and,


together with the 8% Notes, the “Any and All Notes”) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 23, 2013, in connection with KCSM’s previously announced cash tender offers and consent solicitations for the Any and All Notes. Following the Early Settlement, the provisions of the supplemental indentures (the “Supplemental Indentures”) executed on April 23, 2013, which eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default included in the indentures governing the Any and All Notes, became operative.

The above descriptions of the Supplemental Indentures are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Supplemental Indentures, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.4 and 4.5.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On May 3, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the early settlement by KCSM of the cash tender offers for its Any and All Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Description

  4.1    2020 Notes Indenture, dated May 3, 2013
  4.2    2023 Notes Indenture, dated May 3, 2013
  4.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 3, 2013
  4.4    8% Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated April 23, 2013
  4.5    6.625% Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated April 23, 2013
99.1    Press Release, dated May 3, 2013 announcing early settlement by KCSM of the cash tender offers for its Any and All Notes


SIGNATURES

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

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

Name:   Michael W. Cline
Title:   Vice President-Finance & Treasurer

Date: May 8, 2013


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Number

  

Description

  4.1    2020 Notes Indenture, dated May 3, 2013
  4.2    2023 Notes Indenture, dated May 3, 2013
  4.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 3, 2013
  4.4    8% Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated April 23, 2013
  4.5    6.625% Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated April 23, 2013
99.1    Press Release, dated May 3, 2013 announcing early settlement by KCSM of the cash tender offers for its Any and All Notes

EXECUTION COPY

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.,

as the Company,

and

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Registrar

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of May 3, 2013

 

 

2.35% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Sections

  

Indenture Sections

§ 310(a)(1)    7.10
         (a)(2)    7.10
         (b)    7.03; 7.08
§ 311    7.03
§ 313(a)    7.06
         (c)    7.05; 7.06
§ 314(a)    4.06; 12.02
         (a)(4)    1.01 “Officer’s Certificate”
         (c)(1)    12.03
         (c)(2)    12.03
         (e)    1.01 “Officer’s Certificate,” “Opinion of Counsel”
§ 315(a)-(d)    7.02
§ 316(a)    6.06
         (b)    6.07
§ 317(a)(1)    6.08
         (a)(2)    6.09
§ 318(a)    12.01
         (c)    12.01

 

Note: The Cross-Reference Table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

  

  

  

SECTION 1.01 Definitions

     1   

SECTION 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     9   

SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction

     10   

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

  

  

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating

     10   

SECTION 2.02 Restrictive Legends

     12   

SECTION 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Denominations

     14   

SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent

     15   

SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     15   

SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange

     16   

SECTION 2.07 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

     16   

SECTION 2.08 Special Transfer Provisions

     18   

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes

     21   

SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes

     21   

SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes

     22   

SECTION 2.12 Cancellation

     22   

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers

     22   

SECTION 2.14 Defaulted Interest

     22   

SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes

     23   

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

  

  

SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption

     23   

SECTION 3.02 Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes

     23   

SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee

     24   

SECTION 3.04 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

     24   

SECTION 3.05 Notice of Redemption

     24   

SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption

     25   

SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price

     25   

SECTION 3.08 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption

     26   

SECTION 3.09 Notes Redeemed in Part

     26   

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

  

  

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes

     26   

 

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SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency

     26   

SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Liens

     27   

SECTION 4.04 Change of Control

     27   

SECTION 4.05 Notice of Defaults

     28   

SECTION 4.06 Reports

     28   

SECTION 4.07 Statement as to Compliance

     29   

SECTION 4.08 Additional Amounts

     29   

SECTION 4.09 Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores

     32   

SECTION 4.10 Listing

     32   

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

  

  

SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.

     32   

SECTION 5.02 Successor Substituted

     33   

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  

  

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default

     33   

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration

     34   

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies

     34   

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults

     34   

SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority

     35   

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits

     35   

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     35   

SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee

     35   

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     36   

SECTION 6.10 Priorities

     36   

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs

     36   

SECTION 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     37   

SECTION 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     37   

SECTION 6.14 Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     37   

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

  

  

SECTION 7.01 General

     37   

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee

     38   

SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee

     39   

SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer

     39   

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Default

     39   

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders

     39   

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity

     39   

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee

     40   

SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

     41   

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility

     41   

SECTION 7.11 Money Held in Trust

     41   

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

  

  

SECTION 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     42   

SECTION 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     42   

SECTION 8.03 Covenant Defeasance

     42   

SECTION 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

     43   

SECTION 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

     44   

SECTION 8.06 Repayment to Company

     45   

SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement

     45   

ARTICLE NINE

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

  

SECTION 9.01 Satisfaction and Discharge

     46   

SECTION 9.02 Application of Trust Money

     47   

ARTICLE TEN

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

  

  

SECTION 10.01 Without Consent of Holders

     47   

SECTION 10.02 With Consent of Holders

     48   

SECTION 10.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent

     49   

SECTION 10.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     50   

SECTION 10.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

     50   

SECTION 10.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

     50   

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

  

  

SECTION 11.01 Trust Indenture Act of 1939

     50   

SECTION 11.02 Notices

     50   

SECTION 11.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     52   

SECTION 11.04 Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion

     52   

SECTION 11.05 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar

     52   

SECTION 11.06 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day

     52   

SECTION 11.07 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

     52   

SECTION 11.08 Waiver of Immunity

     53   

SECTION 11.09 Currency Indemnity

     53   

SECTION 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     54   

SECTION 11.11 No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees

     54   

SECTION 11.13 Successors

     54   

SECTION 11.14 Counterpart Originals

     54   

SECTION 11.15 Separability

     54   

SECTION 11.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     54   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of May 3, 2013, between Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of Mexico (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), transfer agent (in such capacity, the “ Transfer Agent ”), principal paying agent (in such capacity, the “ Paying Agent ”) and registrar (in such capacity, the “ Registrar ”).

This Indenture will be subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the TIA (as defined herein) that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA.

The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 2.35% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.01 Definitions .

Additional Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08 hereof.

Additional Notes ” are additional notes issued by the Company having the same terms as the Notes, except for the public offering price and the issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date.

Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

Agent Members ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.07(a) hereof.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Authentication Order ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03 hereof.

Below Investment Grade Ratings Event ” means, on any day within the 60-day period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier


of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, that the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by two of the three Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the ratings event).

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or the executive committee thereof, if duly authorized to act with respect to this Indenture.

Business Day ” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York and on which banking institutions and trust companies are open for business in New York, New York.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in the equity of such Person, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

Certificated Notes ” means Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs to be issued and registered in certificated form without interest coupons.

Change of Control ” means the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than KCS and its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the total Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed measured by voting power rather than number of shares.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event.

Closing Date ” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

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

 

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Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article Five of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the date of redemption) (“ Remaining Life ”) of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, 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 the Notes.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

Concession Title ” means the Company’s right for a period of 30 years to be the exclusive provider (subject to certain trackage rights) of freight transportation services over the Northeast Rail Lines and for an additional 20 years to be a non-exclusive provider of such services granted by the Mexican government pursuant to the Concession Title, subject in all cases to the terms and conditions of the Concession Title, as in effect on June 23, 1997.

Consolidated Net Assets ” means total assets after deducting therefrom all current liabilities as set forth on the most recent publicly filed balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum Street, Hartford Connecticut 06103 - 1919.

Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03 hereof.

Debt ” means indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness.

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

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01 hereof.

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Exchange Notes ” means any securities of the Company containing terms identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that such Exchange Notes (i) shall be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) will not contain transfer restrictions) that are issued and exchanged for such Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.

Exchange Offer ” means the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Notes for the Notes.

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date, including those set forth in:

(1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

(2) the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

(3) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;

(4) such other statements by such other entities as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and

(5) the rules and regulations of the Commission governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the Commission.

All calculations and determinations based on GAAP contained in the Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, or participation in pools consisting solely of (or repurchase transactions relating to) obligations of or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

Holder ” means the registered holder of any Note on the Note Register.

 

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Indenture ” means this Indenture as originally executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

Interest Payment Date ” means each semiannual interest payment date on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2013.

Investment Grade ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P), a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch) and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

KCS ” means Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Legal Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02 hereof.

Mexican Withholding Tax ” has the meaning set forth in Article 4.08 hereof.

Mexico ” means the Estados Unidos Mexicanos (the United Mexican States) and any branch of power, ministry, department, authority or statutory corporation or other entity (including a trust), owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Estados Unidos Mexicanos or any of the foregoing or created by law as a public entity.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Northeast Rail Lines ” means that portion of the Mexican railroad system that is the subject of the Concession Title.

Note Register ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Notes ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture and, for purposes of this Indenture, all Notes and related Exchange Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

Offering Memorandum ” means the Company’s offering memorandum dated April 24, 2013, relating to the initial offering of the Notes.

 

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Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company or any Person listed as an attorney-in-fact in the written resolutions adopted by the shareholders of the Company.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any Officer.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. Each such Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).

Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any of them. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional Paying Agent.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Physical Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

principal ” of a debt security, including the Notes, means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity as shown on such debt security.

Private Placement Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

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

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

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (or their respective Affiliates that are primary Government Securities dealers) and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any Reference Treasury Dealer is not at the applicable time a primary Government Securities dealer (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer selected by it.

 

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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers.

Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement as defined and described in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Notes ” means the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes or Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, as applicable.

Regulation S Permanent Global Notes ” means a permanent Global Note in registered form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.

Regulation S Physical Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 hereof.

Regulation S Temporary Global Notes ” means a temporary Global Note in registered form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.

 

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Regulation S Temporary Global Notes Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(c) hereof.

Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any date of determination, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that, together with its Subsidiaries, (i) for the Company’s most recent fiscal year, accounted for more than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 10.0% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case as set forth on the Company’s most recently available consolidated financial statements for such fiscal year.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal is scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50.0% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbb), as in effect on the date this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 10.06 hereof.

Treasury Rate ” means, on any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant

 

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maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the related Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for that Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

United States Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.

U.S. Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

U.S. Person ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

U.S. Physical Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person, excluding, however, any class or kind of Capital Stock which has limited or restricted voting rights (i.e., having the power to vote for the election of a minority of the directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of each class) under the by-laws of such Person or under Mexican law.

SECTION 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

  (1) indenture securities ” means the Notes;

 

  (2) indenture security holder ” means a Holder;

 

  (3) indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;

 

  (4) indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and

 

  (5) obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.

 

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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

  (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

  (4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

 

  (5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

  (6) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

  (7) references to the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;

 

  (8) the terms “includes,” “including” or similar words shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”;

 

  (9) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”;

 

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

 

  (11) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have letters, notations, legends or endorsements required by

 

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law, stock exchange agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The Company shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes attached hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture. Each of the Company and the Trustee, by its execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agrees to the terms and provisions of the Notes applicable to it and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Global Notes ”), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of Regulation S Temporary Global Notes. Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof and the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel any such Regulation S Temporary Global Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Notes that are transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors which are not QIBs (other than in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S) shall be issued in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Physical Notes ”). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in the U.S. Global Notes shall be in the form of U.S. Physical Notes. Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes shall be in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Regulation S Physical Notes ”).

The Regulation S Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes are sometimes referred to as the “ Global Notes .”

Definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by its execution of such Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.02 Restrictive Legends . (a) Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (i) the U.S. Global Notes and each U.S. Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof and (ii) each Regulation S Global Note and each Regulation S Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof until receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto:

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT:

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (A)(1), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHED TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE NOTES,

 

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(E) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

(b) Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.

 

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(c) Regulation S Temporary Global Notes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN A U.S. GLOBAL NOTE OR A PHYSICAL NOTE. NO EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE EXCEPT ON OR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).

UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES, AN OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

SECTION 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Denominations . An Officer shall execute the Notes for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Company.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver for original issue Notes that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including Exchange Notes that may be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any Additional Notes at any time from time to time thereafter as provided for in this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.06, 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11 hereof.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

The Notes (including any Exchange Notes) shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served, which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York and any other jurisdiction where the Company deems necessary or appropriate. The Company shall cause the Registrar acting as agent of the Company to keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note Register ”). The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in the address of such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands for so long as such failure shall continue. The Company may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, or agent for service of notices and demands; provided , however , that neither the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the defeasance of the Notes or the discharge of this Indenture under Articles Eight or Nine hereof.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notices and demands. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request, the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Note Register.

SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Notes, the Company shall deposit with each Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent, if any, other than a Paying Agent that is a party to this Indenture to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and that such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying

 

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Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act as required by this Section 2.05.

SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange . The Notes are issuable only in registered form. A Holder may transfer a Note by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Note Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company shall treat the person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations (including an exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes), the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided that no exchanges of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until a Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and that any Notes that are exchanged for Exchange Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions hereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon transfers, exchanges or redemptions pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.09, 4.04 or 10.04).

The Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.04 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

SECTION 2.07 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The U.S. Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

 

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Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under any Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Note.

(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.08 hereof. In addition, U.S. Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes or the Regulation S Global Notes, respectively, if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the U.S. Global Notes or the Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request to the foregoing effect from the Depositary ( provided , however , that Regulation S Temporary Global Notes may not be exchanged for Physical Notes prior to (1) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (2) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required by Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B)).

(c) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the other Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

(d) In connection with any transfer pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 of a portion of the beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes to beneficial owners who are required to hold U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

(e) In connection with the transfer of the entire U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07, the U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall

 

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authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of U.S. Physical Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes, as the case may be, of authorized denominations.

(f) Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the U.S. Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) or (d) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d)(i)(x) and paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the U.S. Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(g) Any Regulation S Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Regulation S Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Regulation S Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(h) The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(i) QIBs that are beneficial owners of interests in a Global Note may receive Physical Notes (which shall bear the Private Placement Legend if required by Section 2.02 hereof) in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary; in connection with the execution, authentication and delivery of such Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records a decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note equal to the principal amount of such Physical Notes and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes having an equal aggregate principal amount.

SECTION 2.08 Special Transfer Provisions . Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S):

(i) If the Note to be transferred consists of (x) U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such

 

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information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A or (y) an interest in the U.S. Global Notes, the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of U.S. Physical Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of the documents referred to in clause (a)(i) of this Section 2.08 and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note so transferred.

(b) Transfers of Interests in the Regulation S Global Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of interests in the Regulation S Global Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes:

(i) Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless such transfer complies with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof, as the case may be; and

(ii) After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any such Note without any requirement to comply with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof or for any additional certification.

(c) Transfers Outside the United States in Compliance with Regulation S at Any Time . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a Holder outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S:

(i) The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Note outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S only upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto from the proposed transferor.

(ii) (A) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents required by clause (c)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and (B) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes or the U.S. Global Notes, as the case may be, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the amount of the U.S. Global Notes.

 

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(d) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S):

(i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the time period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect with respect to such transfer and such request is accompanied by a certificate of the transferor to such effect, or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and (B) if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being transferred is less than U.S.$250,000 at the time of such transfer, an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Company that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by clause (d)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

(e) Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless either (i) the circumstances contemplated by clause (d)(i)(x) of this Section 2.08 exist or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

(f) General . By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of Notes to a Person that is not a QIB, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the

 

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registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to determine, but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to, the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof or this Section 2.08. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided that the requirements of the second paragraph of Section 2.10 hereof are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee in replacing a Note. In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the maturity date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds such Note; provided , however , that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the

 

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satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor of the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.12 Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of them in accordance with its normal procedure. The Company shall not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers for the Notes.

SECTION 2.14 Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) interest on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. A special record date, as used in this Section 2.14 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

 

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SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes . The Company may issue Additional Notes under this Indenture. Each of the Notes issued on the Closing Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall each be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture; provided , however , that any Additional Notes that are not fungible with existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have a separate CUSIP, ISIN and other identifying number from the existing Notes.

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption . (a) Prior to April 15, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(b) On or after April 15, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(c) Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Company may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

SECTION 3.02 Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes . (a) The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the Company’s option at any time at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts owing thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, in the event the Company becomes or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to such Notes, any Additional Amounts in excess of those attributable to a withholding tax rate of 4.9% as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws (including any regulations or general rules promulgated thereunder) of Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or general rules, including a holding of a court of competent jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after April 24, 2013. The Company shall not, however, have the right to redeem Notes from a Holder pursuant to this Section 3.02 except to the extent that it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts to such Holder that are greater than the Additional Amounts that would be payable based on a Mexican withholding tax rate of 4.9%.

 

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(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption for taxation reasons as described in clause (a) of this Section 3.02, the Company will deliver to the Trustee:

 

  (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect the redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right of redemption for taxation reasons have occurred; and

 

  (ii) an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment.

Any such notice, after it is delivered to the Trustee, will be irrevocable.

SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.02 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price.

The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.03 in an Officer’s Certificate at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

SECTION 3.04 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to integral multiples of U.S.$1,000) of Notes that have denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 in principal amount; provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note shall be a minimum of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Registrar promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.

SECTION 3.05 Notice of Redemption . (a) Notices of redemption shall be mailed to Holders of the Notes to be redeemed by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes pursuant to Article Eight hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article Nine hereof and redemption notices may be mailed not less than three days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued with respect to Notes to be redeemed as set forth under clause (c) of Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

 

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(b) The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent in order to collect the Redemption Price;

(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the Holders is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date upon surrender of the Notes to the Paying Agent;

(vi) that, if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount (equal to integral multiples of U.S.$1,000) of such Note to be redeemed and that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be reissued; and

(vii) that, if any Note contains a CUSIP or ISIN number as provided in Section 2.13 hereof, no representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

(c) At the Company’s request (which request may be revoked by the Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 60 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to the Holders, the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such notice has been given.

SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender of any Notes to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date.

SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 12:00 p.m. New York City time on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05 hereof) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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SECTION 3.08 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption . If notice of redemption has been given in the manner provided above, the Notes or portion of Notes specified in such notice to be redeemed shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price stated therein, together with accrued interest to such Redemption Date, and on and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date, in which case the principal, until paid, shall bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Notes), such Notes shall cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any Note for redemption in accordance with a notice of redemption, such Note shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

SECTION 3.09 Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of any Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of such surrendered Note.

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes . The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is a Person other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them) holds at 12:00 p.m. New York City time on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, an installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the due date if the entity acting as Paying Agent complies with the last sentence of Section 2.05 hereof. As provided in Section 6.09 hereof, upon any bankruptcy or reorganization procedure related to the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them, the Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent in New York for the Notes.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes 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 address of the Trustee set forth in Section 11.02 hereof.

 

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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby initially designates the office of the Trustee at c/o U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., 100 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005 as such office of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.

SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Liens . If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries creates or permits any lien of any kind upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the issue date or thereafter acquired, of any Significant Subsidiary to secure any Debt (other than the Notes) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other person, the Company will cause the outstanding Notes to be secured equally and ratably with that Debt, unless the aggregate principal amount of all such secured Debt then outstanding would not exceed 10.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Assets. This Section 4.03 does not (i) restrict any other property of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) prohibit the sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, including any Significant Subsidiary.

SECTION 4.04 Change of Control Repurchase Event . (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a Repurchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following a Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to a Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall mail to each Holder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice:

(i) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event;

(ii) offering to repurchase the Notes;

(iii) setting forth the payment date for the repurchase of the Notes, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;

(iv) if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, stating that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice;

 

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(v) stating that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(vi) stating that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the repurchase price, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the repurchase offer will cease to accrue interest after the payment date specified in the notice; and

(vii) specifying the procedure for tendering Notes.

(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of such Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.04, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(c) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company set forth in this Indenture and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) notice of redemption for all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof.

SECTION 4.05 Notice of Defaults . In the event that the Company becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Company, promptly after it becomes aware thereof, will give written notice thereof to the Trustee.

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other information when and as the Company would be required to file with the Commission by Sections 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act if the Company were subject thereto, unless the Commission does not permit such filings, in which case the Company shall provide such reports and other information to the Trustee (within the same time periods that would be applicable if the Company were required and permitted to file reports with the Commission) and instruct the Trustee to mail such reports and other information to Holders at their addresses set forth on the Note Register. The Company shall supply the Trustee and each Holder of Notes or shall supply to the Trustee for forwarding to each such Holder, without cost to such Holder, copies of such reports and other information. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and each Holder shall be deemed to have been supplied the foregoing reports and other information at the time the Trustee or such Holder may electronically access such reports and other information by means of the Commission’s homepage on the internet or at the Company’s homepage on the internet.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes, beneficial owners of the Notes, bona fide prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers, upon their request, the reports described in clause (a) of this Section 4.06 and any other information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(c) Delivery of the reports and other information described in clause (a) of this Section 4.06 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports or other information 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 Officer’s Certificates).

SECTION 4.07 Statement as to Compliance . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company a written statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer or the secretary of the Company, which need not constitute an Officer’s Certificate, stating that a review has been conducted of the Company’s activities and those of its Subsidiaries and of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ performance under this Indenture and that, to the best of such person’s knowledge, the Company has fulfilled all obligations hereunder (or, if there has been a Default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof).

SECTION 4.08 Additional Amounts . Any and all payments made by the Company to the Holders, under or with respect to the Notes will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including any interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed or levied by or on behalf of Mexico or any political subdivision thereof or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter “ Mexican Withholding Taxes ”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Mexican Withholding Taxes is required by law or the administration thereof. In the event any Mexican Withholding Taxes are required to be so withheld or deducted, the Company will (i) pay such additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as will result in receipt by the Holders of such amounts as would have

 

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been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, (ii) deduct or withhold such Mexican Withholding Taxes and (iii) remit the full amount so deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing or other authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Additional Amounts shall be payable for or on account of:

(a) any Mexican Withholding Taxes which would not have been imposed or levied on a Holder but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes and Mexico or any political subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its jurisdiction (including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner (i) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof, (ii) maintaining or having maintained an office or permanent establishment therein or (iii) being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein) except for a connection solely arising from the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Note or the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Note or this Indenture;

(b) except as otherwise provided, any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, or personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed with respect to the Notes;

(c) any Mexican Withholding Taxes that are imposed or levied by reason of the failure by the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note to comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residency, identity or connection with Mexico which is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or general rule as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the imposition, withholding or deduction of any Mexican Withholding Taxes; provided that at least 60 days prior to (i) the first payment date with respect to which the Company shall apply this clause (c) and, (ii) in the event of a change in such certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other reporting requirement, the first payment date subsequent to such change, the Company shall have notified the Trustee, in writing, that the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes will be required to provide such certification, identification, information or documentation, declaration or other reporting;

(d) the presentation of such Note (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later, except to the extent that the Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note would have been entitled to Additional Amounts in respect of such Mexican Withholding Taxes on presenting such Note for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(e) any Mexican Withholding Taxes that are payable only by a method other than withholding or deduction from payment on the Notes; or

(f) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above.

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evidence described in clause (c) above would be materially more onerous, in form, in procedure or in the substance of information disclosed, to a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note (taking into account any relevant differences between United States and Mexican law, regulation or administrative practice) than comparable information or other applicable reporting requirements imposed or provided for under U.S. federal income tax law (including the United States—Mexico Income Tax Treaty), Treasury Regulations (including proposed Treasury Regulations) and administrative practice. In addition, the limitations on the Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in clause (c) above shall not apply if Rule 1.3.17.10 of the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution currently in force or a substantially similar successor of such rule is in effect, unless the provision of the certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other evidence described in clause (c) above is expressly required by statute, regulation, general rules or administrative practice in order to apply Rule 1.3.17.10 (or a substantially similar successor of such rule), the Company cannot obtain such certification, identification, information, or satisfy any other reporting requirements, on its own through reasonable diligence and the Company otherwise would meet the requirements for application of Rule 1.3.17.10 (or such successor of such rule). In addition, clause (c) above shall not be construed to require that a non-Mexican pension or retirement fund, a non-Mexican tax-exempt organization, a non-Mexican financial institution or any other Holder or beneficial owner of a Note register with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit for the purpose of establishing eligibility for an exemption from or reduction of Mexican Withholding Taxes.

(h) The Company will remit the full amount of any Mexican Withholding Taxes withheld to the applicable taxing authorities in accordance with applicable law. The Company will, upon written request, provide the Trustee, the Holders and the Paying Agent with a duly certified or authenticated copy of an original receipt of the payment of Mexican Withholding Taxes which the Company has withheld or deducted in respect of any payments made under or with respect to the Notes.

(i) In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to any Notes are based on Mexican Withholding Taxes in excess of the appropriate Mexican Withholding Taxes applicable to the Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes and, as a result thereof, such Holder or beneficial owner is entitled to make a claim for a refund of such excess, or credit such excess against Mexican taxes, then, to the extent it is able to do so without jeopardizing its entitlement to such refund or credit, such Holder or beneficial owner shall, by accepting the Notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title and interest to any claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company. By making such assignment and transfer, the Holder or beneficial owner makes no representation or warranty that the Company will be entitled to receive such claim for a refund or credit and incurs no other obligation with respect thereto (including executing or delivering any documents and paying any costs or expenses of the Company relating to obtaining such refund). Nothing contained in this paragraph shall interfere with the right of each Holder or beneficial owner of a Note to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note to claim any refund or credit or to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.

 

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(j) If the Company is obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes (other than Additional Amounts payable as of the date of this Indenture), the Company will, upon written request, deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts are payable and the amounts so payable.

(k) In addition, the Company will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and other similar duties (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed or levied by Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in respect of the creation, issue and offering of the Notes.

(l) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts in compliance with applicable law to maintain a paying agent for the Notes in a member state of the European Union that is not obliged to deduct or withhold tax pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive.

SECTION 4.09 Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores . Promptly after the date of this Indenture, the Company will furnish to the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of México all information necessary to complete the registration of the Notes in the Special Section of the National Registry of Securities.

SECTION 4.10 Listing . The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the listing of the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange.

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless:

 

  (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or that acquired or leased such property and the Company’s assets shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico (including, without limitation, a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada ), the United States of America or any jurisdiction of either such country and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

  (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

  (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other deposition and such supplemental indenture complies with this Section 5.01.

 

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SECTION 5.02 Successor Substituted . Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein.

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default . Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ”:

(a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;

(b) default in the payment of interest or Additional Amounts on any Note when due and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c) default in the performance of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default continues for a period of 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for:

(i) relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,

(ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets or those of its Significant Subsidiaries, or

(iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Company’s affairs or the affairs of any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

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(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries:

(i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law;

(ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets of those of any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

(iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; and

(f) (i) the Concession Title shall cease to grant to the Company the rights provided therein as of the date hereof and such cessation has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) (x) the Concession Title shall for any reason be terminated and not reinstated within 30 days or (y) rights provided therein which were originally exclusive to the Company shall become nonexclusive and the cessation of such exclusivity has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) the operations of the Northeast Rail Lines shall be commandeered or repossessed (a requisa ) for a period of 90 days or more.

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration . If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of all of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest, Additional Amounts or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults . Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.07 and 11.02 hereof, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note as specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided , however , that such waiver shall not extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in the giving of such direction; provided further that the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.05.

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits . A Holder may not institute any proceeding, judicial or other remedy, with respect to this Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(i) such Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes makes a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(v) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

For purposes of Section 6.05 hereof and this Section 6.06, the Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 316(a) in making any determination of whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes have concurred in any request or direction of the Trustee to pursue any remedy available to the Trustee or the Holders with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or otherwise under the law.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Holder’s Note on or after the respective due dates expressed on such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

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continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor of the Notes for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the Notes, and 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.

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them, its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Notes or upon any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, síndico , trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower 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 Notes 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 6.10 Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First : to the Trustee for all amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;

Second : to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes 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 Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

Third : to the Company, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking

 

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to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10.0% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

SECTION 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Notes in Section 2.09 hereof, 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 6.14 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 an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Six 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.

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01 General . The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the TIA and as set forth herein. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee need only perform those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not herein 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 Article Seven.

 

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SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee . Subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through (d):

(i) the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document;

(ii) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

(iii) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care;

(iv) 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, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(v) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

(vi) 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, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

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

 

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(viii) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it thereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(ix) 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 Notes and this Indenture; and

(x) 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, co-trustee, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311.

SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee (i) makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, (ii) shall not be accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the Notes and (iii) shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Default . If any Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c) notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders . Within 60 days after each April 15, beginning with April 15, 2014, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such April 15, if required by TIA Section 313(a).

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity . (a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee and each Paying Agent such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services. The compensation of the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and each Paying Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and advances incurred or made by the Trustee and each Paying Agent. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s or such Paying Agent’s agents and counsel.

 

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(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, its agents and officers, and each Agent against any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, judgments, actions, claims, suits, proceedings, such reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee, its agents and officers, or such Agent arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture; provided , however , that the Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, obligation, damage, penalty, judgment, action, suit, proceeding, reasonable cost or expense (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding (whether or not such indemnified party is designated a party to such proceeding) in which and to the extent that it is determined that the Trustee, its agents and officers, or any Agent acted with negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee and each Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any claim of which the Responsible Officer of the Trustee or an officer of such Agent has received written notice for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or any Agent to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder, unless the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee and such Agent, as the case may be, shall cooperate in the defense. Unless otherwise set forth herein, the Trustee or any Agent may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.

(c) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, in its capacity as Trustee or Paying Agent, except money or property held in trust by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes.

(d) If the Trustee or Paying Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

(e) The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee . (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee

 

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in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company. The Company may at any time remove the Trustee by Company Order given at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed removal.

(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance required by the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.08 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(d) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, immediately after the delivery of such written acceptance, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07 hereof, (i) the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, (ii) the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and (iii) the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

(e) If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) The Company shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

(g) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligation under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, trust company or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee herein.

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility . This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1). The Trustee (together with its parent) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$25.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

SECTION 7.11 Money Held in Trust . The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article Eight and Article Nine of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.

SECTION 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge .

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest, Additional Amounts or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article Two and Section 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) this Article Eight.

Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

SECTION 8.03 Covenant Defeasance .

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Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.07 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(c) hereof will not constitute an Event of Default.

SECTION 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance .

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest, Additional Amounts and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that:

(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; and

 

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(C) that the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Mexican federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Mexican federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax or Mexican federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax and Mexican federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article Eight to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06 Repayment to Company .

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, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to 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, will thereupon cease; provided, however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE NINE

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 9.01 Satisfaction and Discharge .

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated thereunder, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes issued thereunder that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest and Additional Amounts to the Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

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

(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at Stated Maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(b) of this Section 9.01, the provisions of Sections 8.06 and 9.02 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 9.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 9.02 Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes 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; provided that such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE TEN

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 10.01 Without Consent of Holders . Notwithstanding Section 10.02 hereof, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder:

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

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, as applicable;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of such Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in such Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture; or

(7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 10.02 With Consent of Holders . (a) Except as set forth in Section 10.01 and 10.02(b) hereof, this Indenture and the Notes issued hereunder may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).

(b) Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof, may not (with respect to any such Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

(ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iii) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Note;

(v) reduce the percentage or principal amount of outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend this Indenture or waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or waive certain Defaults;

(vi) waive a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Amounts on, the Notes; or

(vii) modify Section 4.08 hereof in a manner adverse to the Holders.

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

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SECTION 10.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent . Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of its Note. Such revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 10.02(b) hereof. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 10.02(b) hereof, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.

 

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SECTION 10.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Note thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 10.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc . The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Ten is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment, supplement or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the rights of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 10.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Ten shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA. After the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be a part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 11.02 Notices . Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company :   

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

c/o Kansas City Southern

Overnight Courier Address:    U.S. Mail Address:
427 West 12 th Street    P.O. Box 219335
Kansas City, MO 64105    Kansas City, MO 64121-9335
Facsimile: (816) 984-119    Attention: Treasurer
Attention: Treasurer   

 

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if to the Trustee :   
U.S. Bank National Association   
Corporate Trust Services   
225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor   
Hartford, CT 06103-1919   
Attention: Michael M. Hopkins   

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices or communications to a Holder shall be deemed to have been given upon the mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such notices to Holders at their registered addresses as recorded in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed in the Notes for the giving of such notice. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. From and after the date the Notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Company will also provide notices to Holders as required by the rules of such exchange for so long as it is required by its rules.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 11.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. All communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective when actually received by the Trustee.

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SECTION 11.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, if the Trustee so requests:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 11.04 Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, 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

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 11.05 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 11.06 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day . If an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note, as the case may be, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or date of maturity of such Note; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity, as the case may be.

SECTION 11.07 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service . Each of the parties hereto agrees that the Notes and this Indenture will be governed by the laws

 

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of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York for purposes of all legal actions and proceedings instituted in connection with the Notes and this Indenture, and waives any objection which it may now have or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding and any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile. Each of the parties hereto expressly waives the right to the jurisdiction of any other courts by reason of their present or future domicile or by any other reason. The Company has appointed C T Corporation, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, as the Company’s authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action.

SECTION 11.08 Waiver of Immunity . To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture.

SECTION 11.09 Currency Indemnity . U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Company under or in connection with the Notes, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or otherwise) by any Holder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Company shall only constitute a discharge to the Company to the extent of the dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that dollar amount is less than the dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the Company shall indemnify the recipient against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Company shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.09, it will be sufficient for the Holder to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of U.S. dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. dollars on such date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Company’s other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note.

 

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SECTION 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 11.11 No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees . No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under this Indenture or for any claim based on this Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any of the Notes issued hereunder or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

SECTION 11.13 Successors . All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.14 Counterpart Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Indenture by facsimile, .pdf attachment, email or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.

SECTION 11.15 Separability . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 11.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this 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 and provisions hereof.

 

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

 

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

Name:   Michael W. Upchurch
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in-fact
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

Name:   Michael W. Cline
Title:   Treasurer and Attorney-in-fact
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Registrar
By:  

/s/ Kathy L. Mitchell

Name:   Kathy L. Mitchell
Title:   Vice President

Indenture Signature Page


EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

2.35% Senior Notes due 2020

[CUSIP] [                    ]

[                    ]

[CINS] [                    ]

[ISIN] [                    ]

No. U.S.$        

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of Mexico (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of U.S.$        ] [set forth on the Schedule of Exchange of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] on May 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

Date:     Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.
    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:
    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the 2.35% Senior Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

2.35% Senior Notes

 

1. Principal and Interest .

The Company will pay the principal of this Note on May 15, 2020.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date at the rate of 2.35% per annum.

Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on May 1 or November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date[, commencing November 15, 2013]. 1

Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum borne by the Notes to the extent lawful and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

2. Method of Payment .

The Company will pay principal as provided above and interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes as provided above on each Interest Payment Date to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company will not make payment to the Holder unless this Note is surrendered to a Paying Agent.

The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and, as provided above, interest (and Additional Amounts, if any) in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check payable in such money. The Company may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Note Register). If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

1   With respect to Notes issued on the Closing Date.

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar .

Initially, the Trustee will act as authenticating agent, Paying Agent in New York and Registrar. The Company may appoint or change any authenticating agent, Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.

 

4. Indenture; Limitations .

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as paying agent (“ Paying Agent ”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

5. Optional Redemption .

Prior to April15, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

On or after April 15, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Company may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

 

6. Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes .

(a) The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the Company’s option at any time at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount, plus

 

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accrued interest and Additional Amounts owing thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, in the event the Company becomes or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to such Notes, any Additional Amounts in excess of those attributable to a withholding tax rate of 4.9% as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws (including any regulations or general rules promulgated thereunder) of Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or general rules, including a holding of a court of competent jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after April 24, 2013. The Company shall not, however, have the right to redeem Notes from a Holder pursuant to this Section 6 except to the extent that it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts to such Holder that are greater than the Additional Amounts that would be payable based on a Mexican withholding tax rate of 4.9%.

(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption for taxation reasons as described in clause (a) of this Section 6, the Company will deliver to the Trustee:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect the redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right of redemption for taxation reasons have occurred; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment.

Any such notice, after it is delivered to the Trustee, will be irrevocable.

 

7. Partial Redemption .

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

 

8. Notice of Redemption .

Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 5 or 6 hereof will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as it appears in the Note Register. Notes in original denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue and the principal amount shall remain constant (using the principal amount as of the Redemption Date) on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

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9. Repurchase upon Change of Control Repurchase Event .

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Repurchase Event, each Holder shall have the right to require the repurchase of its Notes by the Company in cash pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of repurchase plus accrued interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

A notice of such Change of Control Repurchase Event will be mailed within 30 days after any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs or, at the Company’s option, prior to the Change of Control, but after public announcement of such Change of Control, to each Holder of the Notes with a copy to the Trustee. Notes in original denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 may be sold to the Company in part. On and after the Change of Control Payment Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes surrendered for purchase by the Company, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the repurchase price.

 

10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 of principal amount and multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes 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. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed is made.

 

11. Persons Deemed Owners .

A Holder shall be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.

 

12. Unclaimed Money .

If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

 

13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity .

The Company’s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of U.S. dollars or Government Securities sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.

 

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14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any Holder.

 

15. Restrictive Covenants .

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company, among other things, to create or permit any lien or merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of its assets. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

16. Successor Persons .

When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor person will be released from those obligations.

 

17. Defaults and Remedies .

The following events constitute “Events of Default” under the Indenture: (a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise; (b) default in the payment of interest or Additional Amounts on any Note when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; (c) the Company defaults in the performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or under this Note (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default or breach continues for a period of 90 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes; (d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (i) relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets or those of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Company’s affairs or the affairs of any of its Significant Subsidiaries and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days; (e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian,

 

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trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets of those of any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; and (f) (i) the Concession Title shall cease to grant to the Company the rights provided therein as of the date hereof and such cessation has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) (x) the Concession Title shall for any reason be terminated and not reinstated within 30 days or (y) rights provided therein which were originally exclusive to the Company shall become nonexclusive and the cessation of such exclusivity has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) the operations of the Northeast Rail Lines shall be commandeered or repossessed ( a requisa ) for a period of 90 days or more.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, or premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable.

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

18. Additional Amounts .

Any payments by the Company under or with respect to the Notes may require the payment of Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 4.08 of the Indenture.

 

19. 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 and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

20. No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees .

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under the Indenture or for any claim based on the Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any of the Notes or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

 

21. Authentication .

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

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22. Abbreviations .

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants 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).

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., c/o Kansas City Southern, 427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105, Attention: Treasurer.

 

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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]

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

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.

 

 

Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee

 

 

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

                                                                                                                    attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED

ON ALL NOTES OTHER THAN EXCHANGE NOTES,

REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTES AND

REGULATION S PHYSICAL NOTES]

In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of an effective registration statement or (ii) the end of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

[ Check One ]

 

¨  (a)      this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

or

 

¨  (b)      this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.08 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, check the Box:   ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, state the amount: U.S.$        

Date:

 

Your Signature:   

 

   (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is U.S.$         . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Certificated Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
Principal
Amount
   Amount of
increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian
           
           
           

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Certificate

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

 

Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the  “Company”)

2.35% Senior Notes due 2020

 
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter relates to U.S.$         principal amount of Notes represented by a Note (the “ Legended Note ”) which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such Legended Note. Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities on behalf of) a person outside the United States to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the legended certificate for an unlegended certificate representing an identical principal amount of Notes, all in the manner provided for in the Indenture.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Holder]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Certificate to Be Delivere

din Connection with Transfers

Pursuant to Regulation S

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

 

Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the  “Company”)

2.35% Senior Notes due 2020

 
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our proposed sale of U.S.$         aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“ Regulation S ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(A) if the offer of the Notes was made prior to the expiration of the distribution compliance period, the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person;

(B) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

(C) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;

(D) no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested parry in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly Yours,
[Name of Transferor]

 

By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT D

Form of Certificate to be

Delivered in Connection with

Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors

(Other Than Outside the United States in Reliance on Regulation S)

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

 

Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the  “Company”)

2.35% Senior Notes due 2020

 
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Dear Sirs:

In connection with our proposed purchase of U.S.$         aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that:

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “Indenture”), relating to the Notes and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.

 

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3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

4. We are purchasing notes having a minimum purchase price of not less than U.S.$250,000 for our own account or for any separate account for which we are acting.

5. We are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities Act (an “institutional accredited investor”) able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the notes.

6. Any purchase of Notes by us will be for our own account or for the account of one or more other institutional accredited investors for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion (and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) or as fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each of which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion; or we are a “bank” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a “savings and loan association” or other institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, that is acquiring the Notes as fiduciary for the account of one or more institutions for which we exercise sole investment discretion.

7. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the notes.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXECUTION COPY

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.,

as the Company,

and

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Registrar

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of May 3, 2013

 

 

3.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Sections

  

Indenture Sections

§ 310(a)(1)    7.10
         (a)(2)    7.10
         (b)    7.03; 7.08
§ 311    7.03
§ 313(a)    7.06
         (c)    7.05; 7.06
§ 314(a)    4.06; 12.02
         (a)(4)    1.01 “Officer’s Certificate”
         (c)(1)    12.03
         (c)(2)    12.03
         (e)    1.01 “Officer’s Certificate,” “Opinion of Counsel”
§ 315(a)-(d)    7.02
§ 316(a)    6.06
         (b)    6.07
§ 317(a)(1)    6.08
         (a)(2)    6.09
§ 318(a)    12.01
         (c)    12.01

 

Note:   The Cross-Reference Table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE ONE   

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

  

  

SECTION 1.01   Definitions      1   
SECTION 1.02   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      9   
SECTION 1.03   Rules of Construction      10   
ARTICLE TWO   
THE NOTES   
SECTION 2.01   Form and Dating      10   
SECTION 2.02   Restrictive Legends      12   
SECTION 2.03   Execution, Authentication and Denominations      14   
SECTION 2.04   Registrar and Paying Agent      15   
SECTION 2.05   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      15   
SECTION 2.06   Transfer and Exchange      16   
SECTION 2.07   Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes      16   
SECTION 2.08   Special Transfer Provisions      18   
SECTION 2.09   Replacement Notes      21   
SECTION 2.10   Outstanding Notes      21   
SECTION 2.11   Temporary Notes      22   
SECTION 2.12   Cancellation      22   
SECTION 2.13   CUSIP Numbers      22   
SECTION 2.14   Defaulted Interest      22   
SECTION 2.15   Issuance of Additional Notes      23   
ARTICLE THREE   
REDEMPTION   
SECTION 3.01   Optional Redemption      23   
SECTION 3.02   Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes      23   
SECTION 3.03   Notices to Trustee      24   
SECTION 3.04   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      24   
SECTION 3.05   Notice of Redemption      24   
SECTION 3.06   Effect of Notice of Redemption      25   
SECTION 3.07   Deposit of Redemption Price      25   
SECTION 3.08   Payment of Notes Called for Redemption      26   
SECTION 3.09   Notes Redeemed in Part      26   
ARTICLE FOUR   
COVENANTS   
SECTION 4.01   Payment of Notes      26   

 

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SECTION 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency      26   
SECTION 4.03   Limitation on Liens      27   
SECTION 4.04   Change of Control      27   
SECTION 4.05   Notice of Defaults      28   
SECTION 4.06   Reports      28   
SECTION 4.07   Statement as to Compliance      29   
SECTION 4.08   Additional Amounts      29   
SECTION 4.09   Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores      32   
SECTION 4.10   Listing      32   
ARTICLE FIVE   
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION   
SECTION 5.01   When Company May Merge, Etc.      32   
SECTION 5.02   Successor Substituted      33   
ARTICLE SIX   
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES   
SECTION 6.01   Events of Default      33   
SECTION 6.02   Acceleration      34   
SECTION 6.03   Other Remedies      34   
SECTION 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults      34   
SECTION 6.05   Control by Majority      35   
SECTION 6.06   Limitation on Suits      35   
SECTION 6.07   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      35   
SECTION 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee      35   
SECTION 6.09   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      36   
SECTION 6.10   Priorities      36   
SECTION 6.11   Undertaking for Costs      36   
SECTION 6.12   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      37   
SECTION 6.13   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      37   
SECTION 6.14   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      37   
ARTICLE SEVEN   
TRUSTEE   
SECTION 7.01   General      37   
SECTION 7.02   Certain Rights of Trustee      38   
SECTION 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee      39   
SECTION 7.04   Trustee’s Disclaimer      39   
SECTION 7.05   Notice of Default      39   
SECTION 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders      39   
SECTION 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity      39   
SECTION 7.08   Replacement of Trustee      40   
SECTION 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.      41   
SECTION 7.10   Eligibility      41   
SECTION 7.11   Money Held in Trust      41   

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT   
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   
SECTION 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      42   
SECTION 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge      42   
SECTION 8.03   Covenant Defeasance      42   
SECTION 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      43   
SECTION 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      44   
SECTION 8.06   Repayment to Company      45   
SECTION 8.07   Reinstatement      45   
ARTICLE NINE   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   
SECTION 9.01   Satisfaction and Discharge      46   
SECTION 9.02   Application of Trust Money      47   
ARTICLE TEN   
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS   
SECTION 10.01   Without Consent of Holders      47   
SECTION 10.02   With Consent of Holders      48   
SECTION 10.03   Revocation and Effect of Consent      49   
SECTION 10.04   Notation on or Exchange of Notes      50   
SECTION 10.05   Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.      50   
SECTION 10.06   Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      50   
ARTICLE ELEVEN   
MISCELLANEOUS   
SECTION 11.01   Trust Indenture Act of 1939      50   
SECTION 11.02   Notices      50   
SECTION 11.03   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      52   
SECTION 11.04   Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion      52   
SECTION 11.05   Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar      52   
SECTION 11.06   Payment Date Other Than a Business Day      52   
SECTION 11.07   Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction      52   
SECTION 11.08   Waiver of Immunity      53   
SECTION 11.09   Currency Indemnity      53   
SECTION 11.10   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      54   
SECTION 11.11   No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees      54   
SECTION 11.13   Successors      54   
SECTION 11.14   Counterpart Originals      54   
SECTION 11.15   Separability      54   
SECTION 11.16   Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.      54   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of May 3, 2013, between Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of Mexico (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), transfer agent (in such capacity, the “ Transfer Agent ”), principal paying agent (in such capacity, the “ Paying Agent ”) and registrar (in such capacity, the “ Registrar ”).

This Indenture will be subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the TIA (as defined herein) that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA.

The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 3.00% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND RULES OF

CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.01 Definitions .

Additional Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08 hereof.

Additional Notes ” are additional notes issued by the Company having the same terms as the Notes, except for the public offering price and the issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date.

Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, authenticating agent or co-Registrar.

Agent Members ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.07(a) hereof.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Authentication Order ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03 hereof.

Below Investment Grade Ratings Event ” means, on any day within the 60-day period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier


of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, that the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by two of the three Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the ratings event).

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or the executive committee thereof, if duly authorized to act with respect to this Indenture.

Business Day ” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York and on which banking institutions and trust companies are open for business in New York, New York.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in the equity of such Person, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

Certificated Notes ” means Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs to be issued and registered in certificated form without interest coupons.

Change of Control ” means the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than KCS and its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the total Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed measured by voting power rather than number of shares.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Ratings Event.

Closing Date ” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

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

 

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Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article Five of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the date of redemption) (“ Remaining Life ”) of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, 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 the Notes.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

Concession Title ” means the Company’s right for a period of 30 years to be the exclusive provider (subject to certain trackage rights) of freight transportation services over the Northeast Rail Lines and for an additional 20 years to be a non-exclusive provider of such services granted by the Mexican government pursuant to the Concession Title, subject in all cases to the terms and conditions of the Concession Title, as in effect on June 23, 1997.

Consolidated Net Assets ” means total assets after deducting therefrom all current liabilities as set forth on the most recent publicly filed balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum Street, Hartford Connecticut 06103 - 1919.

Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03 hereof.

Debt ” means indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness.

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

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01 hereof.

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Exchange Notes ” means any securities of the Company containing terms identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that such Exchange Notes (i) shall be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) will not contain transfer restrictions) that are issued and exchanged for such Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.

Exchange Offer ” means the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Notes for the Notes.

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date, including those set forth in:

(1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

(2) the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

(3) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;

(4) such other statements by such other entities as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and

(5) the rules and regulations of the Commission governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the Commission.

All calculations and determinations based on GAAP contained in the Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, or participation in pools consisting solely of (or repurchase transactions relating to) obligations of or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

Holder ” means the registered holder of any Note on the Note Register.

 

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Indenture ” means this Indenture as originally executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

Interest Payment Date ” means each semiannual interest payment date on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2013.

Investment Grade ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P), a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch) and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

KCS ” means Kansas City Southern, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Legal Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02 hereof.

Mexican Withholding Tax ” has the meaning set forth in Article 4.08 hereof.

Mexico ” means the Estados Unidos Mexicanos (the United Mexican States) and any branch of power, ministry, department, authority or statutory corporation or other entity (including a trust), owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Estados Unidos Mexicanos or any of the foregoing or created by law as a public entity.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Northeast Rail Lines ” means that portion of the Mexican railroad system that is the subject of the Concession Title.

Note Register ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Notes ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture and, for purposes of this Indenture, all Notes and related Exchange Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

Offering Memorandum ” means the Company’s offering memorandum dated April 24, 2013, relating to the initial offering of the Notes.

 

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Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company or any Person listed as an attorney-in-fact in the written resolutions adopted by the shareholders of the Company.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any Officer.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. Each such Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).

Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any of them. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional Paying Agent.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Physical Note ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

principal ” of a debt security, including the Notes, means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity as shown on such debt security.

Private Placement Legend ” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

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

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

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (or their respective Affiliates that are primary Government Securities dealers) and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any Reference Treasury Dealer is not at the applicable time a primary Government Securities dealer (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer selected by it.

 

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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04 hereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers.

Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement as defined and described in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Notes ” means the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes or Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, as applicable.

Regulation S Permanent Global Notes ” means a permanent Global Note in registered form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.

Regulation S Physical Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 hereof.

Regulation S Temporary Global Notes ” means a temporary Global Note in registered form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.

 

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Regulation S Temporary Global Notes Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(c) hereof.

Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any date of determination, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that, together with its Subsidiaries, (i) for the Company’s most recent fiscal year, accounted for more than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 10.0% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case as set forth on the Company’s most recently available consolidated financial statements for such fiscal year.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal is scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50.0% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbb), as in effect on the date this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 10.06 hereof.

Treasury Rate ” means, on any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant

 

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maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the related Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for that Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

United States Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.

U.S. Global Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

U.S. Person ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

U.S. Physical Notes ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person, excluding, however, any class or kind of Capital Stock which has limited or restricted voting rights (i.e., having the power to vote for the election of a minority of the directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of each class) under the by-laws of such Person or under Mexican law.

SECTION 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

  (1) indenture securities ” means the Notes;

 

  (2) indenture security holder ” means a Holder;

 

  (3) indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;

 

  (4) indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and

 

  (5) obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.

 

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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

  (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

  (4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

 

  (5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

  (6) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

  (7) references to the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;

 

  (8) the terms “includes,” “including” or similar words shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”;

 

  (9) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”;

 

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

 

  (11) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have letters, notations, legends or endorsements required by

 

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law, stock exchange agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The Company shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes attached hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture. Each of the Company and the Trustee, by its execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agrees to the terms and provisions of the Notes applicable to it and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Global Notes ”), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of Regulation S Temporary Global Notes. Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof and the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel any such Regulation S Temporary Global Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Notes that are transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors which are not QIBs (other than in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S) shall be issued in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Physical Notes ”). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in the U.S. Global Notes shall be in the form of U.S. Physical Notes. Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof in exchange for interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes shall be in the form of permanent Certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ Regulation S Physical Notes ”).

The Regulation S Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes are sometimes referred to as the “ Global Notes .”

Definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by its execution of such Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.02 Restrictive Legends . (a) Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (i) the U.S. Global Notes and each U.S. Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof and (ii) each Regulation S Global Note and each Regulation S Physical Note shall bear the legend set forth below on the face thereof until receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto:

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT:

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (A)(1), (2) (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHED TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE NOTES,

 

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(E) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

(b) Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.

 

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(c) Regulation S Temporary Global Notes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN A U.S. GLOBAL NOTE OR A PHYSICAL NOTE. NO EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE EXCEPT ON OR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).

UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES, AN OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

SECTION 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Denominations . An Officer shall execute the Notes for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Company.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver for original issue Notes that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including Exchange Notes that may be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any Additional Notes at any time from time to time thereafter as provided for in this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.06, 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11 hereof.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

The Notes (including any Exchange Notes) shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served, which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York and any other jurisdiction where the Company deems necessary or appropriate. The Company shall cause the Registrar acting as agent of the Company to keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note Register ”). The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in the address of such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands for so long as such failure shall continue. The Company may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, or agent for service of notices and demands; provided , however , that neither the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the defeasance of the Notes or the discharge of this Indenture under Articles Eight or Nine hereof.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notices and demands. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request, the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Note Register.

SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Notes, the Company shall deposit with each Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent, if any, other than a Paying Agent that is a party to this Indenture to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and that such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying

 

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Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act as required by this Section 2.05.

SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange . The Notes are issuable only in registered form. A Holder may transfer a Note by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Note Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company shall treat the person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations (including an exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes), the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided that no exchanges of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until a Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and that any Notes that are exchanged for Exchange Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions hereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon transfers, exchanges or redemptions pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.09, 4.04 or 10.04).

The Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.04 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

SECTION 2.07 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The U.S. Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

 

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Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under any Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Note.

(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.08 hereof. In addition, U.S. Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes or the Regulation S Global Notes, respectively, if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the U.S. Global Notes or the Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request to the foregoing effect from the Depositary ( provided , however , that Regulation S Temporary Global Notes may not be exchanged for Physical Notes prior to (1) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (2) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required by Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B)).

(c) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the other Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

(d) In connection with any transfer pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 of a portion of the beneficial interests in the U.S. Global Notes to beneficial owners who are required to hold U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

(e) In connection with the transfer of the entire U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07, the U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall

 

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authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of U.S. Physical Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes, as the case may be, of authorized denominations.

(f) Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the U.S. Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) or (d) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d)(i)(x) and paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the U.S. Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(g) Any Regulation S Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Regulation S Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (e) of Section 2.08 hereof, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Regulation S Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.

(h) The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(i) QIBs that are beneficial owners of interests in a Global Note may receive Physical Notes (which shall bear the Private Placement Legend if required by Section 2.02 hereof) in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary; in connection with the execution, authentication and delivery of such Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records a decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note equal to the principal amount of such Physical Notes and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes having an equal aggregate principal amount.

SECTION 2.08 Special Transfer Provisions . Unless and until a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S):

(i) If the Note to be transferred consists of (x) U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such

 

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information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A or (y) an interest in the U.S. Global Notes, the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of U.S. Physical Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of the documents referred to in clause (a)(i) of this Section 2.08 and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note so transferred.

(b) Transfers of Interests in the Regulation S Global Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of interests in the Regulation S Global Notes or Regulation S Physical Notes:

(i) Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless such transfer complies with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof, as the case may be; and

(ii) After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any such Note without any requirement to comply with Section 2.08(a) or Section 2.08(c) hereof or for any additional certification.

(c) Transfers Outside the United States in Compliance with Regulation S at Any Time . The following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to a Holder outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S:

(i) The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Note outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S only upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto from the proposed transferor.

(ii) (A) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents required by clause (c)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and (B) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes or the U.S. Global Notes, as the case may be, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the amount of the U.S. Global Notes.

 

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(d) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors . The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a U.S. Physical Note or an interest in the U.S. Global Notes to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding transfers outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S):

(i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the time period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect with respect to such transfer and such request is accompanied by a certificate of the transferor to such effect, or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and (B) if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being transferred is less than U.S.$250,000 at the time of such transfer, an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Company that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by clause (d)(i) of this Section 2.08 and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.

(e) Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless either (i) the circumstances contemplated by clause (d)(i)(x) of this Section 2.08 exist or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

(f) General . By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of Notes to a Person that is not a QIB, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the

 

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registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to determine, but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to, the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof or this Section 2.08. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided that the requirements of the second paragraph of Section 2.10 hereof are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee in replacing a Note. In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the maturity date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds such Note; provided , however , that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the

 

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satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor of the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.12 Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of them in accordance with its normal procedure. The Company shall not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers for the Notes.

SECTION 2.14 Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) interest on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. A special record date, as used in this Section 2.14 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

 

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SECTION 2.15 Issuance of Additional Notes . The Company may issue Additional Notes under this Indenture. Each of the Notes issued on the Closing Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall each be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture; provided , however , that any Additional Notes that are not fungible with existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have a separate CUSIP, ISIN and other identifying number from the existing Notes.

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption . (a) Prior to February 15, 2023, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(b) On or after February 15, 2023, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

(c) Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Company may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

SECTION 3.02 Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes . (a) The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the Company’s option at any time at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts owing thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, in the event the Company becomes or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to such Notes, any Additional Amounts in excess of those attributable to a withholding tax rate of 4.9% as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws (including any regulations or general rules promulgated thereunder) of Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or general rules, including a holding of a court of competent jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after April 24, 2013. The Company shall not, however, have the right to redeem Notes from a Holder pursuant to this Section 3.02 except to the extent that it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts to such Holder that are greater than the Additional Amounts that would be payable based on a Mexican withholding tax rate of 4.9%.

 

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(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption for taxation reasons as described in clause (a) of this Section 3.02, the Company will deliver to the Trustee:

 

  (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect the redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right of redemption for taxation reasons have occurred; and

 

  (ii) an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment.

Any such notice, after it is delivered to the Trustee, will be irrevocable.

SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.02 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price.

The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.03 in an Officer’s Certificate at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).

SECTION 3.04 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to integral multiples of U.S.$1,000) of Notes that have denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 in principal amount; provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note shall be a minimum of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Registrar promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.

SECTION 3.05 Notice of Redemption . (a) Notices of redemption shall be mailed to Holders of the Notes to be redeemed by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes pursuant to Article Eight hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article Nine hereof and redemption notices may be mailed not less than three days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued with respect to Notes to be redeemed as set forth under clause (c) of Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

 

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(b) The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent in order to collect the Redemption Price;

(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the Holders is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date upon surrender of the Notes to the Paying Agent;

(vi) that, if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount (equal to integral multiples of U.S.$1,000) of such Note to be redeemed and that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be reissued; and

(vii) that, if any Note contains a CUSIP or ISIN number as provided in Section 2.13 hereof, no representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

(c) At the Company’s request (which request may be revoked by the Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 60 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to the Holders, the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such notice has been given.

SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender of any Notes to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date.

SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 12:00 p.m. New York City time on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05 hereof) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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SECTION 3.08 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption . If notice of redemption has been given in the manner provided above, the Notes or portion of Notes specified in such notice to be redeemed shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price stated therein, together with accrued interest to such Redemption Date, and on and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date, in which case the principal, until paid, shall bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Notes), such Notes shall cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any Note for redemption in accordance with a notice of redemption, such Note shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

SECTION 3.09 Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of any Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of such surrendered Note.

ARTICLE FOUR

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes . The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is a Person other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them) holds at 12:00 p.m. New York City time on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, an installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be considered paid on the due date if the entity acting as Paying Agent complies with the last sentence of Section 2.05 hereof. As provided in Section 6.09 hereof, upon any bankruptcy or reorganization procedure related to the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them, the Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent in New York for the Notes.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes 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 address of the Trustee set forth in Section 11.02 hereof.

 

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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby initially designates the office of the Trustee at c/o U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., 100 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005 as such office of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.

SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Liens . If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries creates or permits any lien of any kind upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the issue date or thereafter acquired, of any Significant Subsidiary to secure any Debt (other than the Notes) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other person, the Company will cause the outstanding Notes to be secured equally and ratably with that Debt, unless the aggregate principal amount of all such secured Debt then outstanding would not exceed 10.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Assets. This Section 4.03 does not (i) restrict any other property of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) prohibit the sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, including any Significant Subsidiary.

SECTION 4.04 Change of Control Repurchase Event . (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a Repurchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following a Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to a Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall mail to each Holder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice:

(i) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event;

(ii) offering to repurchase the Notes;

(iii) setting forth the payment date for the repurchase of the Notes, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;

(iv) if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, stating that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice;

 

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(v) stating that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(vi) stating that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the repurchase price, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the repurchase offer will cease to accrue interest after the payment date specified in the notice; and

(vii) specifying the procedure for tendering Notes.

(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of such Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.04, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(c) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company set forth in this Indenture and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) notice of redemption for all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof.

SECTION 4.05 Notice of Defaults . In the event that the Company becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Company, promptly after it becomes aware thereof, will give written notice thereof to the Trustee.

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other information when and as the Company would be required to file with the Commission by Sections 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act if the Company were subject thereto, unless the Commission does not permit such filings, in which case the Company shall provide such reports and other information to the Trustee (within the same time periods that would be applicable if the Company were required and permitted to file reports with the Commission) and instruct the Trustee to mail such reports and other information to Holders at their addresses set forth on the Note Register. The Company shall supply the Trustee and each Holder of Notes or shall supply to the Trustee for forwarding to each such Holder, without cost to such Holder, copies of such reports and other information. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and each Holder shall be deemed to have been supplied the foregoing reports and other information at the time the Trustee or such Holder may electronically access such reports and other information by means of the Commission’s homepage on the internet or at the Company’s homepage on the internet.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes, beneficial owners of the Notes, bona fide prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers, upon their request, the reports described in clause (a) of this Section 4.06 and any other information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(c) Delivery of the reports and other information described in clause (a) of this Section 4.06 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports or other information 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 Officer’s Certificates).

SECTION 4.07 Statement as to Compliance . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company a written statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer or the secretary of the Company, which need not constitute an Officer’s Certificate, stating that a review has been conducted of the Company’s activities and those of its Subsidiaries and of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ performance under this Indenture and that, to the best of such person’s knowledge, the Company has fulfilled all obligations hereunder (or, if there has been a Default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof).

SECTION 4.08 Additional Amounts . Any and all payments made by the Company to the Holders, under or with respect to the Notes will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including any interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed or levied by or on behalf of Mexico or any political subdivision thereof or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter “ Mexican Withholding Taxes ”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Mexican Withholding Taxes is required by law or the administration thereof. In the event any Mexican Withholding Taxes are required to be so withheld or deducted, the Company will (i) pay such additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as will result in receipt by the Holders of such amounts as would have

 

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been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, (ii) deduct or withhold such Mexican Withholding Taxes and (iii) remit the full amount so deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing or other authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Additional Amounts shall be payable for or on account of:

(a) any Mexican Withholding Taxes which would not have been imposed or levied on a Holder but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes and Mexico or any political subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its jurisdiction (including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner (i) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof, (ii) maintaining or having maintained an office or permanent establishment therein or (iii) being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein) except for a connection solely arising from the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Note or the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Note or this Indenture;

(b) except as otherwise provided, any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, or personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed with respect to the Notes;

(c) any Mexican Withholding Taxes that are imposed or levied by reason of the failure by the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note to comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residency, identity or connection with Mexico which is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or general rule as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the imposition, withholding or deduction of any Mexican Withholding Taxes; provided that at least 60 days prior to (i) the first payment date with respect to which the Company shall apply this clause (c) and, (ii) in the event of a change in such certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other reporting requirement, the first payment date subsequent to such change, the Company shall have notified the Trustee, in writing, that the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes will be required to provide such certification, identification, information or documentation, declaration or other reporting;

(d) the presentation of such Note (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later, except to the extent that the Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note would have been entitled to Additional Amounts in respect of such Mexican Withholding Taxes on presenting such Note for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(e) any Mexican Withholding Taxes that are payable only by a method other than withholding or deduction from payment on the Notes; or

(f) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitations on the Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in clause (c) above shall not apply if the provision of the certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other

 

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evidence described in clause (c) above would be materially more onerous, in form, in procedure or in the substance of information disclosed, to a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note (taking into account any relevant differences between United States and Mexican law, regulation or administrative practice) than comparable information or other applicable reporting requirements imposed or provided for under U.S. federal income tax law (including the United States - Mexico Income Tax Treaty), Treasury Regulations (including proposed Treasury Regulations) and administrative practice. In addition, the limitations on the Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in clause (c) above shall not apply if Rule 1.3.17.10 of the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution currently in force or a substantially similar successor of such rule is in effect, unless the provision of the certification, identification, information, documentation, declaration or other evidence described in clause (c) above is expressly required by statute, regulation, general rules or administrative practice in order to apply Rule 1.3.17.10 (or a substantially similar successor of such rule), the Company cannot obtain such certification, identification, information, or satisfy any other reporting requirements, on its own through reasonable diligence and the Company otherwise would meet the requirements for application of Rule 1.3.17.10 (or such successor of such rule). In addition, clause (c) above shall not be construed to require that a non-Mexican pension or retirement fund, a non-Mexican tax-exempt organization, a non-Mexican financial institution or any other Holder or beneficial owner of a Note register with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit for the purpose of establishing eligibility for an exemption from or reduction of Mexican Withholding Taxes.

(h) The Company will remit the full amount of any Mexican Withholding Taxes withheld to the applicable taxing authorities in accordance with applicable law. The Company will, upon written request, provide the Trustee, the Holders and the Paying Agent with a duly certified or authenticated copy of an original receipt of the payment of Mexican Withholding Taxes which the Company has withheld or deducted in respect of any payments made under or with respect to the Notes.

(i) In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to any Notes are based on Mexican Withholding Taxes in excess of the appropriate Mexican Withholding Taxes applicable to the Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes and, as a result thereof, such Holder or beneficial owner is entitled to make a claim for a refund of such excess, or credit such excess against Mexican taxes, then, to the extent it is able to do so without jeopardizing its entitlement to such refund or credit, such Holder or beneficial owner shall, by accepting the Notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title and interest to any claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company. By making such assignment and transfer, the Holder or beneficial owner makes no representation or warranty that the Company will be entitled to receive such claim for a refund or credit and incurs no other obligation with respect thereto (including executing or delivering any documents and paying any costs or expenses of the Company relating to obtaining such refund). Nothing contained in this paragraph shall interfere with the right of each Holder or beneficial owner of a Note to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Holder or beneficial owner of a Note to claim any refund or credit or to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.

 

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(j) If the Company is obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes (other than Additional Amounts payable as of the date of this Indenture), the Company will, upon written request, deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts are payable and the amounts so payable.

(k) In addition, the Company will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and other similar duties (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed or levied by Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in respect of the creation, issue and offering of the Notes.

(l) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts in compliance with applicable law to maintain a paying agent for the Notes in a member state of the European Union that is not obliged to deduct or withhold tax pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive.

SECTION 4.09 Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores . Promptly after the date of this Indenture, the Company will furnish to the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of México all information necessary to complete the registration of the Notes in the Special Section of the National Registry of Securities.

SECTION 4.10 Listing . The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the listing of the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange.

ARTICLE FIVE

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless:

 

  (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or that acquired or leased such property and the Company’s assets shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico (including, without limitation, a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada ), the United States of America or any jurisdiction of either such country and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

  (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

  (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other deposition and such supplemental indenture complies with this Section 5.01.

 

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SECTION 5.02 Successor Substituted . Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein.

ARTICLE SIX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default . Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ”:

(a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;

(b) default in the payment of interest or Additional Amounts on any Note when due and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c) default in the performance of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default continues for a period of 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for:

(i) relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,

(ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets or those of its Significant Subsidiaries, or

(iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Company’s affairs or the affairs of any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days;

 

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(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries:

(i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law;

(ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets of those of any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

(iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; and

(f) (i) the Concession Title shall cease to grant to the Company the rights provided therein as of the date hereof and such cessation has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) (x) the Concession Title shall for any reason be terminated and not reinstated within 30 days or (y) rights provided therein which were originally exclusive to the Company shall become nonexclusive and the cessation of such exclusivity has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) the operations of the Northeast Rail Lines shall be commandeered or repossessed (a requisa ) for a period of 90 days or more.

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration . If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of all of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest, Additional Amounts or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults . Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.07 and 11.02 hereof, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note as specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided , however , that such waiver shall not extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in the giving of such direction; provided further that the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.05.

SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits . A Holder may not institute any proceeding, judicial or other remedy, with respect to this Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(i) such Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes makes a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(v) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

For purposes of Section 6.05 hereof and this Section 6.06, the Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 316(a) in making any determination of whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes have concurred in any request or direction of the Trustee to pursue any remedy available to the Trustee or the Holders with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or otherwise under the law.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Holder’s Note on or after the respective due dates expressed on such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

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continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor of the Notes for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the Notes, and 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.

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them, its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Notes or upon any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, síndico , trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower 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 Notes 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 6.10 Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First : to the Trustee for all amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;

Second : to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes 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 Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

Third : to the Company, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking

 

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to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10.0% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

SECTION 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 6.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Notes in Section 2.09 hereof, 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 6.14 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 an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Six 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.

ARTICLE SEVEN

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01 General . The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the TIA and as set forth herein. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee need only perform those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not herein 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 Article Seven.

 

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SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee . Subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through (d):

(i) the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document;

(ii) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

(iii) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care;

(iv) 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, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(v) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

(vi) 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, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

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

 

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(viii) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it thereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(ix) 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 Notes and this Indenture; and

(x) 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, co-trustee, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311.

SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee (i) makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, (ii) shall not be accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the Notes and (iii) shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Default . If any Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c) notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured; provided , however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders . Within 60 days after each April 15, beginning with April 15, 2014, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such April 15, if required by TIA Section 313(a).

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity . (a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee and each Paying Agent such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services. The compensation of the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and each Paying Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and advances incurred or made by the Trustee and each Paying Agent. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s or such Paying Agent’s agents and counsel.

 

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(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, its agents and officers, and each Agent against any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, judgments, actions, claims, suits, proceedings, such reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee, its agents and officers, or such Agent arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture; provided , however , that the Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, obligation, damage, penalty, judgment, action, suit, proceeding, reasonable cost or expense (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of any kind whatsoever which may be incurred by the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding (whether or not such indemnified party is designated a party to such proceeding) in which and to the extent that it is determined that the Trustee, its agents and officers, or any Agent acted with negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee and each Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any claim of which the Responsible Officer of the Trustee or an officer of such Agent has received written notice for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or any Agent to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder, unless the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee and such Agent, as the case may be, shall cooperate in the defense. Unless otherwise set forth herein, the Trustee or any Agent may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.

(c) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, in its capacity as Trustee or Paying Agent, except money or property held in trust by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes.

(d) If the Trustee or Paying Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

(e) The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee . (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

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in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company. The Company may at any time remove the Trustee by Company Order given at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed removal.

(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance required by the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.08 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(d) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, immediately after the delivery of such written acceptance, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07 hereof, (i) the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, (ii) the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and (iii) the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

(e) If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) The Company shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

(g) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligation under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, trust company or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee herein.

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility . This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1). The Trustee (together with its parent) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$25.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

SECTION 7.11 Money Held in Trust . The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article Eight and Article Nine of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.

SECTION 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge .

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest, Additional Amounts or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article Two and Section 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) this Article Eight.

Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

SECTION 8.03 Covenant Defeasance .

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Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.07 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(c) hereof will not constitute an Event of Default.

SECTION 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance .

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest, Additional Amounts and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that:

(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; and

 

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(C) that the Holders of the outstanding Notes of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Mexican federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Mexican federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (or Opinions of Counsel) confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax or Mexican federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax and Mexican federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article Eight to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06 Repayment to Company .

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, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to 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, will thereupon cease; provided, however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE NINE

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 9.01 Satisfaction and Discharge .

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated thereunder, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes issued thereunder that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest and Additional Amounts to the Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

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

(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at Stated Maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(b) of this Section 9.01, the provisions of Sections 8.06 and 9.02 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 9.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 9.02 Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes 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; provided that such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE TEN

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 10.01 Without Consent of Holders . Notwithstanding Section 10.02 hereof, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder:

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

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, as applicable;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of such Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in such Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture; or

(7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 10.02 With Consent of Holders . (a) Except as set forth in Section 10.01 and 10.02(b) hereof, this Indenture and the Notes issued hereunder may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).

(b) Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof, may not (with respect to any such Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

(ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iii) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;

(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Note;

(v) reduce the percentage or principal amount of outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend this Indenture or waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or waive certain Defaults;

(vi) waive a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Amounts on, the Notes; or

(vii) modify Section 4.08 hereof in a manner adverse to the Holders.

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

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SECTION 10.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent . Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of its Note. Such revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 10.02(b) hereof. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 10.02(b) hereof, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.

 

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SECTION 10.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Note thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 10.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Ten is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall sign such amendment, supplement or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the rights of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 10.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Ten shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA. After the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, this Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be a part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 11.02 Notices . Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company :  

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

c/o Kansas City Southern

 
Overnight Courier Address:   U.S. Mail Address:
427 West 12 th Street   P.O. Box 219335
Kansas City, MO 64105   Kansas City, MO 64121-9335
Facsimile: (816) 984-119   Attention: Treasurer
Attention: Treasurer  

 

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if to the Trustee :

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices or communications to a Holder shall be deemed to have been given upon the mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such notices to Holders at their registered addresses as recorded in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed in the Notes for the giving of such notice. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. From and after the date the Notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Company will also provide notices to Holders as required by the rules of such exchange for so long as it is required by its rules.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 11.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. All communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective when actually received by the Trustee.

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SECTION 11.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, if the Trustee so requests:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 11.04 Statements Required in a Certificate or an Opinion . Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, 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

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 11.05 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 11.06 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day . If an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note, as the case may be, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or date of maturity of such Note; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date of maturity, as the case may be.

SECTION 11.07 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service . Each of the parties hereto agrees that the Notes and this Indenture will be governed by the laws

 

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of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York for purposes of all legal actions and proceedings instituted in connection with the Notes and this Indenture, and waives any objection which it may now have or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding and any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile. Each of the parties hereto expressly waives the right to the jurisdiction of any other courts by reason of their present or future domicile or by any other reason. The Company has appointed C T Corporation, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, as the Company’s authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action.

SECTION 11.08 Waiver of Immunity . To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture.

SECTION 11.09 Currency Indemnity . U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Company under or in connection with the Notes, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or otherwise) by any Holder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Company shall only constitute a discharge to the Company to the extent of the dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that dollar amount is less than the dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the Company shall indemnify the recipient against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Company shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.09, it will be sufficient for the Holder to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of U.S. dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. dollars on such date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Company’s other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note.

 

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SECTION 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 11.11 No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees . No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under this Indenture or for any claim based on this Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any of the Notes issued hereunder or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

SECTION 11.13 Successors . All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.14 Counterpart Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Indenture by facsimile, .pdf attachment, email or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.

SECTION 11.15 Separability . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 11.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this 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 and provisions hereof.

 

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

 

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

Name:   Michael W. Upchurch
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in-fact
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

Name:   Michael W. Cline
Title:   Treasurer and Attorney-in-fact
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Registrar
By:  

/s/ Kathy L. Mitchell

Name:   Kathy L. Mitchell
Title:   Vice President

Indenture Signature Page


EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the Indenture]

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

3.00% Senior Notes due 2023

[CUSIP] [                    ]

[                    ]

[CINS] [                    ]

[ISIN] [                    ]

No.      U.S.$         

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of Mexico (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of U.S.$         ] [set forth on the Schedule of Exchange of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] on May 15, 2023.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

Date:     Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.
    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:
    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the 3.00% Senior Notes described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.

3.00% Senior Notes

 

1. Principal and Interest .

The Company will pay the principal of this Note on May 15, 2023.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date at the rate of 3.00% per annum.

Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on May 1 or November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date[, commencing November 15, 2013]. 1

Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum borne by the Notes to the extent lawful and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

2. Method of Payment .

The Company will pay principal as provided above and interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes as provided above on each Interest Payment Date to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company will not make payment to the Holder unless this Note is surrendered to a Paying Agent.

The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and, as provided above, interest (and Additional Amounts, if any) in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check payable in such money. The Company may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Note Register). If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

1   With respect to Notes issued on the Closing Date.

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar .

Initially, the Trustee will act as authenticating agent, Paying Agent in New York and Registrar. The Company may appoint or change any authenticating agent, Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.

 

4. Indenture; Limitations .

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as paying agent (“ Paying Agent ”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

5. Optional Redemption .

Prior February 15, 2023, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then-current Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

On or after February 15, 2023, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Company may redeem Notes which are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer in an amount up to 2.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and any Additional Amounts to but excluding the Redemption Date.

 

6. Redemption for Change in Withholding Taxes .

(a) The Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the Company’s option at any time at a Redemption Price of 100% of their principal amount, plus

 

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accrued interest and Additional Amounts owing thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date, in the event the Company becomes or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to such Notes, any Additional Amounts in excess of those attributable to a withholding tax rate of 4.9% as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws (including any regulations or general rules promulgated thereunder) of Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or general rules, including a holding of a court of competent jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after April 24, 2013. The Company shall not, however, have the right to redeem Notes from a Holder pursuant to this Section 6 except to the extent that it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts to such Holder that are greater than the Additional Amounts that would be payable based on a Mexican withholding tax rate of 4.9%.

(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption for taxation reasons as described in clause (a) of this Section 6, the Company will deliver to the Trustee:

(i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect the redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right of redemption for taxation reasons have occurred; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment.

Any such notice, after it is delivered to the Trustee, will be irrevocable.

 

7. Partial Redemption .

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of U.S.$2,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part.

 

8. Notice of Redemption .

Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 5 or 6 hereof will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as it appears in the Note Register. Notes in original denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue and the principal amount shall remain constant (using the principal amount as of the Redemption Date) on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

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9. Repurchase upon Change of Control Repurchase Event .

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Repurchase Event, each Holder shall have the right to require the repurchase of its Notes by the Company in cash pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of repurchase plus accrued interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

A notice of such Change of Control Repurchase Event will be mailed within 30 days after any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs or, at the Company’s option, prior to the Change of Control, but after public announcement of such Change of Control, to each Holder of the Notes with a copy to the Trustee. Notes in original denominations larger than U.S.$2,000 may be sold to the Company in part. On and after the Change of Control Payment Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes surrendered for purchase by the Company, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the repurchase price.

 

10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 of principal amount and multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes 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. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed is made.

 

11. Persons Deemed Owners .

A Holder shall be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.

 

12. Unclaimed Money .

If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

 

13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity .

The Company’s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of U.S. dollars or Government Securities sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.

 

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14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any Holder.

 

15. Restrictive Covenants .

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company, among other things, to create or permit any lien or merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of its assets. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

16. Successor Persons .

When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor person will be released from those obligations.

 

17. Defaults and Remedies .

The following events constitute “Events of Default” under the Indenture: (a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise; (b) default in the payment of interest or Additional Amounts on any Note when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; (c) the Company defaults in the performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or under this Note (other than a default specified in clause (a) or (b) above), and such default or breach continues for a period of 90 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes; (d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (i) relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets or those of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Company’s affairs or the affairs of any of its Significant Subsidiaries and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days; (e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, síndico , custodian,

 

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trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets of those of any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; and (f) (i) the Concession Title shall cease to grant to the Company the rights provided therein as of the date hereof and such cessation has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) (x) the Concession Title shall for any reason be terminated and not reinstated within 30 days or (y) rights provided therein which were originally exclusive to the Company shall become nonexclusive and the cessation of such exclusivity has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) the operations of the Northeast Rail Lines shall be commandeered or repossessed ( a requisa ) for a period of 90 days or more.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, or premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable.

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

18. Additional Amounts .

Any payments by the Company under or with respect to the Notes may require the payment of Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 4.08 of the Indenture.

 

19. 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 and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

20. No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees .

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes issued under the Indenture or for any claim based on the Indenture or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any of the Notes or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Company or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.

 

21. Authentication .

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

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22. Abbreviations .

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants 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).

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., c/o Kansas City Southern, 427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105, Attention: Treasurer.

 

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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]

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

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.

 

 

 

Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee

 

 

 

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

                                                                                                                     attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED

ON ALL NOTES OTHER THAN EXCHANGE NOTES,

REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTES AND

REGULATION S PHYSICAL NOTES]

In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of an effective registration statement or (ii) the end of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

[ Check One ]

 

¨  (a) this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

or

 

¨  (b) this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.08 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, check the Box: ¨

If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, state the amount: U.S.$        

Date:

 

Your Signature:   

 

  

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is U.S.$        . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Certificated Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease in
Principal
Amount
   Amount of
increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian
           
           
           

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Certificate

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

 

Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the  “Company”)

3.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter relates to U.S.$         principal amount of Notes represented by a Note (the “ Legended Note ”) which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such Legended Note. Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”), relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities on behalf of) a person outside the United States to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the legended certificate for an unlegended certificate representing an identical principal amount of Notes, all in the manner provided for in the Indenture.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Holder]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Certificate to Be Delivered

in Connection with Transfers

Pursuant to Regulation S

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

  Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the “Company”) 3.00% Senior Notes due 2023  
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our proposed sale of U.S.$         aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“ Regulation S ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(A) if the offer of the Notes was made prior to the expiration of the distribution compliance period, the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person;

(B) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

(C) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;

(D) no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested parry in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]

 

By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT D

Form of Certificate to be

Delivered in Connection with

Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors

(Other Than Outside the United States in Reliance on Regulation S)

             ,         

U.S. Bank National Association

Corporate Trust Services

225 Asylum Street, 23 rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Attention: Michael M. Hopkins

 

 

Re: Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (the  “Company”)

3.00% Senior Notes due 2023

 
 

(the “Notes”)

 

Dear Sirs:

In connection with our proposed purchase of U.S.$        aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that:

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2013 (the “Indenture”), relating to the Notes and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.

 

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3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

4. We are purchasing notes having a minimum purchase price of not less than U.S.$250,000 for our own account or for any separate account for which we are acting.

5. We are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities Act (an “institutional accredited investor”) able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the notes.

6. Any purchase of Notes by us will be for our own account or for the account of one or more other institutional accredited investors for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion (and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) or as fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each of which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for each of which we exercise sole investment discretion; or we are a “bank” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a “savings and loan association” or other institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, that is acquiring the Notes as fiduciary for the account of one or more institutions for which we exercise sole investment discretion.

7. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the notes.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN de MÉXICO, S.A. de C.V.

U.S.$275,000,000 2.35% Senior Notes Due 2020;

and

U.S.$450,000,000 3.00% Senior Notes Due 2023

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

May 3, 2013

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

  INCORPORATED

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

as the Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Initial Purchasers”), U.S.$ 275,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.35% Senior Notes Due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and U.S.$ 450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Senior Notes Due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the “Notes”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchasers dated April 24, 2013 (the “Purchase Agreement”) relating to the initial purchase (the “Initial Purchase”) of the 2020 Notes and the 2023 Notes. To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Company agrees with you for your benefit and (i) with respect to the 2020 Notes, the benefit of the holders from time to time of the (2020 Notes and (ii) with respect to the 2023 Notes, the benefit of the holders from time to time of the 2023 Notes (in each case including the Initial Purchasers), as follows:

1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

“2020 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the 2020 Notes, dated as of May 3, 2013, between the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.


“2023 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the 2023 Notes, dated as of May 3, 2013, between the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and paying agent, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the first issuance of the Notes.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of the 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and the date on which Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include the Initial Purchasers) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New Notes any Notes that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Notes.

 

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“Final Memorandum” shall mean the Offering Memorandum, dated April 24, 2013, relating to the Notes, including any and all exhibits and appendices thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein as of such date.

“FINRA Rules” shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

“Holder” shall mean the holders from time to time of the applicable series of Notes (including the Initial Purchasers).

“Indenture” shall mean either the 2020 Indenture or the 2023 Indenture, as applicable.

“Initial Purchase” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes outstanding and registered under a Registration Statement.

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Registration Statement.

“New Notes” shall mean debt securities of the Company identical in all material respects to the applicable series of Notes (except that the transfer restrictions shall be modified or eliminated, as appropriate) to be issued under the applicable Indenture.

“Notes” shall mean each of the 2020 Notes and the 2023 Notes, as individual series of notes and not collectively.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Notes or the New Notes covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the proposed offer or offers of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Notes that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of the New Notes.

 

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“Registrable Notes” shall mean (i) Notes other than those that have been (A) registered under a Registration Statement and exchanged or otherwise disposed of in accordance therewith or (B) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission and (ii) any New Notes, the resale of which by the Holder thereof requires compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act.

“Registration Default Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Notes or the New Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) hereof.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Notes or New Notes, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee under the applicable Indenture.

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Notes in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

2. Registered Exchange Offer . (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act and to complete the Registered Exchange Offer within 270 days of the Closing Date.

(b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Notes for New Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, acquires the New Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Notes and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Notes from and after

 

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their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States.

(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not more than 40 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);

(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, supplemented and amended as required, under the Act to ensure that it is available for sales of New Notes by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee, or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes (in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

(vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company is conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991); and (B) including a representation that the Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Notes to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the Company’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Notes; and

(vii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(i) accept for exchange all Notes tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

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(ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Notes so accepted for exchange; and

(iii) cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Notes a principal amount of New Notes equal to the principal amount of the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Notes (i) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that:

(i) any New Notes to be received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Notes or the New Notes within the meaning of the Act; and

(iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company;

and to make such other representations as may be necessary under applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of the Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the Act available.

(f) If, in the reasonable opinion of the Initial Purchasers, an Initial Purchaser is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of the Initial Purchasers, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers or the person purchasing New Notes registered under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from the Initial Purchasers, in exchange for such Notes, a like principal amount of New Notes. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such New Notes as for New Notes issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.

3. Shelf Registration . (a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company determines upon advice of its outside counsel that it is not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated

 

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within 270 days of the date hereof; (iii) any Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer other than by reason of such Holder being an Affiliate of the Company; (iv) based on their reasonable opinion, the Initial Purchasers so request with respect to Notes that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer that are held by them following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, such request being in writing and delivered to the Company; or (v) in the case that the Initial Purchasers participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or acquire New Notes pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, in their reasonable opinion the Initial Purchasers do not receive freely tradeable New Notes in exchange for Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment (it being understood that (A) the requirement that the Initial Purchasers deliver a Prospectus containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Act in connection with sales of New Notes acquired in exchange for such Notes shall result in such New Notes being not “freely tradeable” and (B) the requirement that an Exchanging Dealer deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of New Notes acquired in the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities shall not result in such New Notes being not “freely tradeable”), the Company shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

(b) (i) The Company shall as promptly as practicable file with the Commission and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Act within 270 days after the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Notes or the New Notes, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided , however , that no Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) shall be entitled to have the Notes held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder (it being understood that Holders who would have received freely transferable Notes pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer had they not (A) failed to duly tender their Notes for exchange pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer (other than the Initial Purchasers in connection with Notes held by them constituting any portion of an unsold allotment), or otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of the Registered Exchange Offer as provided in Section 2 hereof or (B) failed to furnish to the Company such information as the Company may request in accordance with Section 4(o) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, shall not retain any rights under this Agreement, including any right to have Notes owned by them included in any Shelf Registration Statement); and provided further that, with respect to New Notes received by the Initial Purchasers in exchange for Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Company may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K of the Act, as applicable, in satisfaction of its obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.

(ii) The Company shall, except as permitted under Section 4(k)(ii), keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is

 

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declared effective by the Commission until (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the earlier date upon which all the Notes or New Notes, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(iii) The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

4. Additional Registration Procedures . In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply with respect to the applicable Notes.

(a) The Company shall:

(i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Majority Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably propose;

(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

(iii) if requested by the Initial Purchasers, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

(b) The Company shall ensure that:

(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

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(c) The Company shall advise the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) of this Section 4(c) shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;

(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(d) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the Preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement

 

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and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Notes in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

(g) The Company shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated by reference therein, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(h) The Company shall promptly deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchasers, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Notes covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Notes pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Notes or the New Notes for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

(j) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Notes or Notes to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Notes or New Notes.

(k) (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (ii) through (v) of Section 4(c) above, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 hereof shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) hereof to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Notes and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

 

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(ii) Upon the happening of any event of the kind described in Section (c)(v) hereof, or the determination by the Company that, in its reasonable judgment and upon written advice of counsel, the continued effectiveness and use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the disclosure of confidential information or interfere with any financing, acquisition, reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Notes or New Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(f) hereof (or a notice from the Company that such Holder may resume use of the existing Prospectus), and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Notes current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have (A) received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or (B) a notice permitting use of the existing Prospectus. The Company may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions may not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there may not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

(l) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the Notes or the New Notes, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Notes or New Notes, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(m) The Company shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 90 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 180 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

(n) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

(o) The Company may require each Holder of Notes to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Notes of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

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(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Notes, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall:

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Notes to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided , however , that, if any such records, documents or other information are related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably considered by the Company to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, the Company need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company;

(ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, legal counsel, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that such information may not be used for any other purpose than due diligence and provided further , however , that any information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, legal counsel, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Notes registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

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(v) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Notes registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any; provided that such letters need not be addressed to any Holder to whom, in the reasonable opinion of the Company’s independent public accountants, addressing such letter is not permissible under applicable accounting standards, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company; and

(vii) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement, (A) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (B) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing.

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 4(q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

(r) In the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall:

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, and any legal counsel, accountant or other agent retained by the Initial Purchasers, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided , however , that, if any such records, documents or other information is related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, the Company need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and the Company;

(ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or any such attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that such information may not be used for any purpose other than due diligence and provided further , however, that any information that is designated in writing by the

 

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Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Initial Purchasers or any such attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Initial Purchasers, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel, addressed to the Initial Purchasers, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel;

(v) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, or if requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel in lieu of a comfort letter, an agreed-upon procedures letter under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 35, covering matters requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel; and

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k) hereof and with conditions customarily contained in underwriting agreements;

provided , however , that the Company will be required to perform the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) only upon the reasonable request by the Initial Purchasers to the Company or the reasonable request in writing to the Company by one or more Broker-Dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company in writing that they anticipate they will receive New Notes for their own account in the Registered Exchange Offer for Notes that were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities, and, based on the position of the Commission as described in Section 2(e) hereof, will be required to satisfy the prospectus delivery obligation under the Act in connection with the resale of such New Notes; and provided further , that the Company will not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period exceeding the Exchange Offer Registration Period, and such Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with resales contemplated in this Section 4(r); and provided further , that the Company will be

 

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obligated to deal only with one entity representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, unless it elects not to act as such representative, and to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be the counsel to the Initial Purchasers, unless such counsel elects not to so act, and to cause to be delivered only one, if any, comfort letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the expiration of the Registered Exchange Offer and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, if any, effected during the period specified above.

The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 4(r) shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange Offer and the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of any physical certificates representing the Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange for physical certificates representing the New Notes, the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Notes so exchanged that such Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the New Notes. In no event shall the Notes be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

(t) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to confirm that the ratings issued to the Notes prior to their initial sale will apply to the Notes or the New Notes, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

(u) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Notes or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Notes or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules.

(v) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Notes or the New Notes, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

5. Registration Expenses . The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall initially be Shearman & Sterling LLP, but which may, with the written consent of the Initial Purchasers, be another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to act as counsel for the Holders of both series of Notes in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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6. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement, the Initial Purchasers and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and employees of each such Holder, the Initial Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder, the Initial Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, including all documents incorporated by reference therein or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification specifically for inclusion therein; provided further , however, that with respect to any untrue statement or omission of a material fact made in any preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder occurs under the circumstance where it shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (i) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, (ii) the Company had previously furnished copies of the Prospectus to such Holder prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Notes or New Notes and (iii) such loss, claim, damage or liability results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, to such person, a copy of the Prospectus; and provided further , however, that the Company shall not be liable to an indemnified party with respect to any Prospectus or Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereof to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action of such indemnified party arises out of, or is based upon, (i) the use of any Registration Statement during a period when a stop order has been issued by the Commission in respect thereof or (ii) the use of the Prospectus during a period when the use of the Prospectus has been suspended in accordance with the instructions of the Company because of the discovery of any untrue statement or omission of a material fact therein, provided that all Holders of Notes or New Notes received prior written notice of such stop order or suspension and such indemnified party knowingly and voluntarily continued to use such Prospectus or Registration Statement.

 

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This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

(b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including the Initial Purchasers, but only if such Initial Purchaser is a Holder, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the

 

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institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Purchase and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall the Initial Purchasers be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Notes, or in the case of New Notes, applicable to the Notes that were exchangeable into such New Notes, nor shall any Holder be responsible, in the aggregate for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Notes were sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission which resulted in such Losses, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (i) the total net proceeds from the Initial Purchase (before deducting expenses) as set forth on the cover page of the Final Memorandum and (ii) the total amount of additional interest which the Company was not required to pay as a result of registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions less any expenses reimbursed pursuant to Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Notes or New Notes, as applicable, registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the

 

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one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes or New Notes sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this Section 6.

(e) The provisions of this Section 6 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

7. Underwritten Registrations . (a) If any series of the Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders of such series.

(b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

8. Registration Defaults . If any of the following events shall occur, then the Company shall pay liquidated damages (the “Registration Default Damages”) to the Holders of the applicable series of Notes in respect of such Notes as follows:

(a) if on or prior to the 270th day following the Closing Date, neither the Registered Exchange Offer has been completed nor the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective, in each case with respect to the applicable series of Notes, then Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the Registrable Notes of such series at a rate of 0.25% per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the interest payment provisions of such Notes; or

(b) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement, then commencing on the day the Registration Statement ceases to be effective, Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the Registrable Notes of the applicable series at a rate of 0.25% per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the interest payment provisions of such Notes;

 

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provided , however , that (i) upon completion of the Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of paragraph (a) above), or (ii) upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of paragraph (b) above), Registration Default Damages shall cease to accrue.

9. No Inconsistent Agreements . The Company has not entered into, and agrees not to enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

10. Amendments and Waivers . With respect to any series of Notes, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes of such series outstanding; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of the Initial Purchasers hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of the Initial Purchasers against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided further , that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 8 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided further that the provisions of this Section 10 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given with respect to the Holders of a series of Notes, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder of Notes of such series. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing provisos), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Notes or New Notes, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.

11. Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the registrar under the applicable Indenture;

 

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(b) if to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

(c) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

The Initial Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

12. Remedies . Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the applicable Indenture or, in the case of a Holder who is an Initial Purchaser, in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

13. Successors . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Notes and the New Notes. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Notes and the New Notes, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

14. Jurisdiction . Each of the parties hereto agrees that any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Each of the parties hereto expressly waives the right to the jurisdiction of any other courts by reason of their present or future domicile or by any other reason. The Company hereby appoints C T Corporation, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Holder or the Initial Purchasers, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Holder or the Initial Purchasers, or by any person who controls any Holder or the Initial Purchasers, and expressly accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of

 

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process upon the Company. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding. To the extent that the Company may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

15. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Initial Purchasers could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due from it to any Initial Purchaser shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Initial Purchaser of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Initial Purchaser may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Initial Purchaser against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, such Initial Purchaser agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder.

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

17. Third Party Beneficiary . The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile or electronic .pdf shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.

19. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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20. Applicable Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

21. Severability . In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

22. Notes Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Notes or New Notes is required hereunder, Notes or New Notes, as applicable, held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Notes or New Notes if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Notes or New Notes) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Very truly yours,
Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V.
By:  

/s/ Rodrigo Flores

  Name:   Rodrigo Flores
  Title:   Attorney-in-fact

[ Signature page to KCSM Registration Rights Agreement ]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

  Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Initial Purchasers.
By:   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:  

/s/ Maria Sramek

  Name:   Maria Sramek
  Title:   Executive Director
By:  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

  Incorporated

By:  

/s/ Jay Johnston

  Name:   Jay Johnston
  Title:   Managing Director
By:   Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/ Yurij Slyz

  Name:   Yurij Slyz
  Title:   Executive Director

[ Signature page to KCSM Registration Rights Agreement ]


ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180 days after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution”.

Registration Rights Agreement


ANNEX B

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. See “Plan of Distribution”.

Registration Rights Agreement


ANNEX C

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The company has agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180 days after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

The company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers. New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities. Any broker-dealer that resells new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

For a period of 180 days after the expiration date, the company will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.]

Registration Rights Agreement


ANNEX D

Rider A

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

Rider B

If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Notes in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Notes and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes nor will it have any such arrangements or understandings upon consummation of the Exchange Offer. If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes, it represents that the Notes to be exchanged for New Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.4

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of April 23, 2013 (the “ Effective Date ”), between KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V., a variable capital corporation ( sociedad anónima de capital variable ) organized under the laws of Mexico (the “ Company ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Trustee ”), as trustee under the indenture referred to below.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “ Indenture ”) dated as of January 22, 2010, providing for the issuance of 8% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated April 10, 2013 (the “ Offer to Purchase ”), the Company offered to purchase (the “ Tender Offer ”) all outstanding Notes and solicited consents to the amendments to the Indenture described herein (the “ Amendments ”);

WHEREAS, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have consented to the Amendments by tendering and not withdrawing their Notes and by delivering the related consents pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase, as evidenced by a certificate of D.F. King & Co., Inc. of even date hereof;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are entering into this First Supplemental Indenture in order to set forth the Amendments; and

WHEREAS, this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and the Trustee.

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

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE

1.01. Amendments to Defined Terms in the Indenture . Any defined term appearing in Section 1.01 of the Indenture, and all references thereto, that is used solely in the sections, subsections or provisions of the Indenture deleted from the Indenture by virtue of Section 1.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety from Section 1.01 of the Indenture and from any other section, subsection or provision of the Indenture or the Notes in which such defined term may appear.

1.02. Amendments to the Indenture . Effective as of the Effective Date, the Indenture is amended as set forth herein.


(a) The lead in to the first paragraph of SECTION 3.01 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption . The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after February 1, 2014 and prior to maturity, upon not less than 3 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first class mail to each Holder’s last address as it appears in the Note Register, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages, if any, and any Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 4.20) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date that is at or prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing February 1 of the years set forth below:”

(b) SECTION 3.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.02, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date. The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.03 in an Officers’ Certificate at least 4 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).”

(c) The first paragraph of SECTION 3.06 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.06 Notice of Redemption . With respect to any redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, at least 3 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, and with respect to any redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.02, at least six days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first class mail to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.”

(d) The last paragraph of SECTION 3.06 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“At the Company’s request (which request may be revoked by the Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 4 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to the Holders, the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such notice has been given.”

(e) Each of the following Sections of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”:

S ECTION  4.03 Limitation on Indebtedness .

S ECTION  4.04 Limitation on Restricted Payments .

S ECTION  4.05 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

S ECTION  4.06 Limitation on the Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.

S ECTION  4.07 Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.

S ECTION  4.08 Limitation on Transactions with Stockholders and Affiliates.

 

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S ECTION  4.09 Limitation on Liens .

S ECTION  4.10 Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions.

S ECTION  4.13 Existence .

S ECTION  4.14 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims .

S ECTION  4.15 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance .

S ECTION  4.16 Notice of Defaults .

S ECTION  4.19 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws .

S ECTION  4.21 Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores .

(f) SECTION 4.17 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 4.17 Compliance Certificates. The Company shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA to the extent applicable.”

(g) SECTION 4.18 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 4.18 Commission Reports and Reports to Holders . The Company shall comply with Section 314(a) of the TIA to the extent applicable.”

(h) SECTION 5.01 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc . The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless: (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or that acquired or leased such property and assets of the Company shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico (including, without limitation, a sociedad responsabilidad limitada), the United States of America or any jurisdiction of either such country and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company on all of the Notes and under this Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with; provided, however, that any such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing limitations.”

(i) Each of SECTIONS 6.01(d), (e), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

 

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(j) Each of SECTIONS 8.02(C), (D) and (E) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

(k) The lead in to the first paragraph of SECTION 8.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 8.03 Defeasance of Certain Obligations . The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.11 and 4.12, in each case with respect to the outstanding Notes, if:”

(l) Each of SECTIONS 8.03(iii), (iv) and (v) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

(m) SECTION 9.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent . Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.02, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.”

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

2.01. Ratification of Indenture, Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. Upon the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance herewith. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under the Indenture of the Company and the Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced thereunder, subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Notes theretofore issued for any and all purposes.

 

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2.02. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service . This First Supplemental Indenture will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York for purposes of all legal actions and proceedings instituted in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Company hereby waives any objection which it may now have or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding and any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile.

2.03. Trustee Acceptance . The Trustee accepts the amendment of the Indenture effected by this First Supplemental Indenture, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, as hereby amended, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee in the performance of its duties and obligations under the Indenture, as hereby amended. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee has no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals of fact herein contained which shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.

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

2.05. Counterparts . 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.

2.06. Definitions, Effect of Headings . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. The section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

2.07. Effectiveness of First Supplemental Indenture . This First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon execution hereof by all parties hereto. All of the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture other than Article I hereof will become operative on, and simultaneously with, the time that this First Supplemental Indenture becomes effective. Article I of this First Supplemental Indenture will become operative upon, and simultaneously with, and shall have no force or effect prior to the purchase by the Company (the “ Purchase Date ”) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding pursuant to the Tender Offer.

2.08. Termination . Prior to the Purchase Date, the Company may terminate this First Supplemental Indenture upon written notice to the Trustee.

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

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

  Name:   Michael W. Upchurch
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in-fact
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Name:   Michael W. Cline
  Title:   Treasurer and Attorney-in-fact

 

Signature Page – KCSM First Supplemental Indenture – 8% Senior Notes


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Kathy L. Mitchell

  Name:   Kathy L. Mitchell
  Title:   Vice President

 

Signature Page – KCSM First Supplemental Indenture – 8% Senior Notes

Exhibit 4.5

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of April 23, 2013 (the “ Effective Date ”), between KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V., a variable capital corporation ( sociedad anónima de capital variable ) organized under the laws of Mexico (the “ Company ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Trustee ”), as trustee under the indenture referred to below.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “ Indenture ”) dated as of December 20, 2010, providing for the issuance of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated April 10, 2013 (the “ Offer to Purchase ”), the Company offered to purchase (the “ Tender Offer ”) all outstanding Notes and solicited consents to the amendments to the Indenture described herein (the “ Amendments ”);

WHEREAS, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have consented to the Amendments by tendering and not withdrawing their Notes and by delivering the related consents pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase, as evidenced by a certificate of D.F. King & Co., Inc. of even date hereof;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are entering into this First Supplemental Indenture in order to set forth the Amendments; and

WHEREAS, this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and the Trustee.

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

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE

1.01. Amendments to Defined Terms in the Indenture . Any defined term appearing in Section 1.01 of the Indenture, and all references thereto, that is used solely in the sections, subsections or provisions of the Indenture deleted from the Indenture by virtue of Section 1.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety from Section 1.01 of the Indenture and from any other section, subsection or provision of the Indenture or the Notes in which such defined term may appear.

1.02. Amendments to the Indenture . Effective as of the Effective Date, the Indenture is amended as set forth herein.


(a) The lead in to the first paragraph of SECTION 3.01 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.01 Optional Redemption . The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after December 15, 2015 and prior to maturity, upon not less than 3 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first class mail to each Holder’s last address as it appears in the Note Register, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages, if any, and any Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 4.20) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date that is at or prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing December 15 of the years set forth below:”

(b) SECTION 3.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.02, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date. The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.03 in an Officers’ Certificate at least 4 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).”

(c) The first paragraph of SECTION 3.06 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 3.06 Notice of Redemption . With respect to any redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, at least 3 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, and with respect to any redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.02, at least six days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first class mail to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.”

(d) The last paragraph of SECTION 3.06 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“At the Company’s request (which request may be revoked by the Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 4 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to the Holders, the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such notice has been given.”

(e) Each of the following Sections of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”:

S ECTION  4.03 Limitation on Indebtedness .

S ECTION  4.04 Limitation on Restricted Payments .

S ECTION  4.05 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

S ECTION  4.06 Limitation on the Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.

S ECTION  4.07 Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.

S ECTION  4.08 Limitation on Transactions with Stockholders and Affiliates.

 

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S ECTION  4.09 Limitation on Liens .

S ECTION  4.10 Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions.

S ECTION  4.13 Existence .

S ECTION  4.14 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims .

S ECTION  4.15 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance .

S ECTION  4.16 Notice of Defaults .

S ECTION  4.19 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws .

S ECTION  4.21 Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores .

S ECTION  4.22 Listing .

(f) SECTION 4.17 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 4.17 Compliance Certificates. The Company shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA to the extent applicable.”

(g) SECTION 4.18 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 4.18 Commission Reports and Reports to Holders . The Company shall comply with Section 314(a) of the TIA to the extent applicable.”

(h) SECTION 5.01 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc . The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless: (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or that acquired or leased such property and assets of the Company shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico (including, without limitation, a sociedad responsabilidad limitada), the United States of America or any jurisdiction of either such country and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company on all of the Notes and under this Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with; provided, however, that any such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing limitations.”

 

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(i) Each of SECTIONS 6.01(d), (e), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

(j) Each of SECTIONS 8.02(C), (D) and (E) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

(k) The lead in to the first paragraph of SECTION 8.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 8.03 Defeasance of Certain Obligations . The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.11 and 4.12, in each case with respect to the outstanding Notes, if:”

(l) Each of SECTIONS 8.03(iii), (iv) and (v) of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the words “[Eliminated in its entirety]”.

(m) SECTION 9.03 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in lieu thereof with the following:

“SECTION 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consent . Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.02, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.”

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

2.01. Ratification of Indenture, Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. Upon the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance herewith. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under the Indenture of the Company and the Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be

 

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determined, exercised and enforced thereunder, subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Notes theretofore issued for any and all purposes.

2.02. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service . This First Supplemental Indenture will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York for purposes of all legal actions and proceedings instituted in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Company hereby waives any objection which it may now have or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding and any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile.

2.03. Trustee Acceptance . The Trustee accepts the amendment of the Indenture effected by this First Supplemental Indenture, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, as hereby amended, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee in the performance of its duties and obligations under the Indenture, as hereby amended. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee has no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals of fact herein contained which shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.

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

2.05. Counterparts . 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.

2.06. Definitions, Effect of Headings . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. The section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

2.07. Effectiveness of First Supplemental Indenture . This First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon execution hereof by all parties hereto. All of the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture other than Article I hereof will become operative on, and simultaneously with, the time that this First Supplemental Indenture becomes effective. Article I of this First Supplemental Indenture will become operative upon, and simultaneously with, and shall have no force or effect prior to the purchase by the Company (the “ Purchase Date ”) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding pursuant to the Tender Offer.

2.08. Termination . Prior to the Purchase Date, the Company may terminate this First Supplemental Indenture upon written notice to the Trustee.

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

 

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Upchurch

  Name:   Michael W. Upchurch
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Attorney-in-fact
By:  

/s/ Michael W. Cline

  Name:   Michael W. Cline
  Title:   Treasurer and Attorney-in-fact

 

Signature Page – KCSM First Supplemental Indenture – 6.625% Senior Notes


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Kathy L. Mitchell

  Name:   Kathy L. Mitchell
  Title:   Vice President

 

Signature Page – KCSM First Supplemental Indenture – 6.625% Senior Notes

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Contact: William H. Galligan, (816) 983-1551, bgalligan@kcsouthern.com

KCS COMPLETES EARLY SETTLEMENT OF KCSM’S CASH TENDER OFFERS FOR ITS 8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018 AND ITS 6.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

Kansas City, Mo., May 3, 2013 — Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) (NYSE:KSU) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (“KCSM”), has completed the early settlement of its previously announced cash tender offers (the “Any and All Tender Offers”) for KCSM’s 8% Senior Notes due 2018 and KCSM’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Any and All Notes”). KCSM funded the early settlement with a portion of the proceeds from its $725 million offering of senior notes completed on May 3, 2013.

KCSM accepted for purchase all Any and All Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 23, 2013 (the “Early Tender Deadline”). Holders of the Any and All Notes were paid the applicable Total Consideration listed in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn after the Early Tender Deadline but at or prior to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on May 7, 2013, and accepted for purchase will be eligible to receive only the “Tender Offer Consideration,” which is the applicable Total Consideration minus an early tender payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

Title of Security

   CUSIP
Numbers
     Outstanding
Aggregate
Principal
Amount

(millions)
     Principal
Amount

Tendered at
Early Tender
Deadline
     Total
Consideration (1)
     Total
Consideration
For All Notes
Accepted for
Purchase
 

8% Senior Notes due 2018

     485161AH6       $ 300.0       $ 237,202,000       $ 1,094.51       $ 259,619,961   

6.625% Senior Notes due 2020

     485161AK9       $ 185.0       $ 180,970,000       $ 1,182.88       $ 214,065,794   

 

(1) Per $1,000 principal amount accepted for purchase.

KCSM is concurrently offering to purchase (the “Maximum Tender Offer” and, together with the Any and All Tender Offers, the “Tender Offers”) an amount of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Maximum Tender Offer Notes”) such that the aggregate consideration paid to holders of the Maximum Tender Offer Notes does not exceed $650.0 million less the aggregate amount of consideration (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) paid or payable by KCSM to the holders of its Any and All Notes validly tendered, not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Any and All Tender Offers. Subject to terms and conditions of the Tender Offers set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated April 10, 2013 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and applicable law, acceptance of Maximum Tender Offer Notes is subject to proration as described in the Offer to Purchase.


The Tender Offers expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on May 7, 2013, unless otherwise extended by KCSM.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the Tender Offers. Persons with questions regarding any of the Tender Offers should contact BofA Merrill Lynch toll-free at (888) 292-0070 or collect at (980) 387-3907 (attention: Liability Management Group). Requests for documents should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information and Tender Agent for the Tender Offers, at (800) 829-6551 or (212) 269-5550 and by email: kcs@dfking.com .

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect to any of the Any and All Notes or the Maximum Tender Offer Notes. The Tender Offers are being made solely by the Offer to Purchase.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’s North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are not based upon historical information. Readers can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of such verbs as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” or similar verbs or conjugations of such verbs. Such forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to management and management’s perception thereof as of the date of this news release. However, such statements are dependent on and, therefore, can be influenced by, a number of external variables over which management has little or no control, including: domestic and international economic conditions; interest rates; the business environment in industries that produce and consume rail freight; competition and consolidation within the transportation industry; fluctuation in prices or availability of key materials, in particular diesel fuel; labor difficulties, including strikes and work stoppages; credit risk of customers and counterparties and their failure to meet their financial obligation; the outcome of claims and litigation; legislative and regulatory developments; political and economic conditions in Mexico and the level of trade between the United States and Mexico; changes in securities and capital markets; disruptions to KCSM’s technology infrastructure, including its computer systems; natural events such as severe weather, hurricanes and floods; acts of terrorism or risk of terrorist activities; war or risk of war; and other factors affecting the operation of the business of KCS and KCSM. More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by Kansas City Southern and Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including their most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved. As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. KCS and KCSM are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or alter their forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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