As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2015

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

General Dynamics Corporation*

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 13-1673581

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513

(703) 876-3000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Gregory S. Gallopoulos, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513

(703) 876-3000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Joseph P. Gromacki, Esq.

Jason M. Casella, Esq.

Jenner & Block LLP

353 N. Clark Street

Chicago, Illinois 60654-3456

(312) 222-9350

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.   ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.   x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Unit

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Debt Securities

  (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)

Guarantees (2)

               

 

 

(1) An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices is being registered pursuant to this registration statement. The registrant is deferring payment of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 456(b) under the Securities Act and is omitting this information in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act.
(2) No separate consideration will be received for any guarantees. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate fee is required to be paid in respect of the guarantees of the debt securities which are being registered concurrently. The guarantees will not be traded separately.

 

 

 


*TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact name of

Registrant as specified

in its charter

  

State or other

jurisdiction of

incorporation

or organization

   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.
  

Address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of Registrant’s

principal executive offices

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC

   Delaware    43-1273477   

100 Newport Avenue Extension

Quincy, Massachusetts 02171

(617) 786-8300

Bath Iron Works Corporation

   Maine    39-1343528   

700 Washington Street

Bath, Maine 04530

(207) 443-3311

Electric Boat Corporation

   Delaware    51-0369496   

75 Eastern Point Road

Groton, Connecticut 06340-4989

(860) 433-3000

General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation

   Delaware    16-1190245   

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513

(703) 876-3000

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc.

   Delaware    54-0582680   

38500 Mound Road

Sterling Heights, Michigan 48310-3268

(586) 825-4000

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.

   Virginia    06-1458069   

11399 16th Court North, Suite 200

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

(727) 578-8100

General Dynamics-OTS, Inc.

   Delaware    54-1828437   

11399 16th Court North, Suite 200

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

(727) 578-8100

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

   Delaware    13-3554834   

500 Gulfstream Road

Savannah, Georgia 31408

(912) 965-3000

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

   Nevada    95-2076637   

P.O. Box 85278

San Diego, California 92186-5278

(619) 544-3400


PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

DEBT SECURITIES

GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

We may offer from time to time our debt securities in one or more series pursuant to this prospectus. The debt securities may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries identified in this prospectus on terms to be determined at the time of the applicable offering. This prospectus contains summaries of the general terms of these securities. We will provide specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus, which may also supplement, update or amend information contained in this document. You should carefully read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by reference, before you invest in any of the securities.

We may sell these securities on a continuous or delayed basis directly, through agents, dealers or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of these methods. We reserve the sole right to accept, and together with any agents, dealers and underwriters, reserve the right to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of securities. If any agents, dealers or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities offered by this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth any applicable commissions or discounts. Our net proceeds from the sale of securities also will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We have not yet determined whether any of the other securities that may be offered by this prospectus will be listed on any exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market. If we decide to seek listing of any of such securities upon issuance, the prospectus supplement relating to those securities will disclose the exchange, quotation system or market on which the securities will be listed.

 

 

Investment in any securities offered by this prospectus involves risk. See “ Risk Factors ” beginning on page 2 of this prospectus, in our periodic reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The date of this prospectus is March 24, 2015


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

About this Prospectus

  1   

Special Note on Forward-Looking Statements

  1   

Where You Can Find More Information

  2   

General Dynamics Corporation

  2   

Risk Factors

  2   

Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

  3   

Use of Proceeds

  3   

Description of the Debt Securities and Guarantees

  3   

Plan of Distribution

  10   

Legal Matters

  10   

Experts

  10   

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is a part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell the securities described in this prospectus from time to time and in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us together with the additional information described below under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

We have not authorized any agent, dealer, underwriter or other person to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us. You should not rely upon any information or representation not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they relate, and we are not making an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.

References to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” are to General Dynamics Corporation, unless expressly indicated otherwise. References to “General Dynamics” mean General Dynamics Corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including the Guarantors. “Guarantors” means, initially, American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, Bath Iron Works Corporation, Electric Boat Corporation, General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.

SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this prospectus and in the information incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking statements, which are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “scheduled,” “outlook,” “estimates,” “should” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These include but are not limited to projections of revenues, earnings, operating margins, segment performance, cash flows, contract awards, aircraft production, deliveries and backlog. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:

 

    general U.S. and international political and economic conditions;

 

    decreases in U.S. government defense spending or changing priorities within the defense budget and impacts of the Budget Control Act of 2011, including sequester;

 

    termination or restructuring of government contracts due to unilateral government action;

 

    differences in anticipated and actual program performance, including the ability to perform under long-term fixed-price contracts within estimated costs, and performance issues with key suppliers and subcontractors;

 

    expected recovery on contract claims and requests for equitable adjustment;

 

    changing customer demand or preferences for business aircraft, including the effects of economic conditions on the business-aircraft market;

 

    potential for changing prices for energy and raw materials; and

 

    the status or outcome of legal and/or regulatory proceedings.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date such statements are made.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that we file at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an internet site at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically, including General Dynamics Corporation. Except as expressly set forth in the paragraph below, we are not incorporating the contents of the SEC website into this prospectus.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede this information. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC (File No. 001-03671) and any future filings made with the SEC by us under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, until we sell all of the securities (other than filings or portions of filings that are furnished under applicable SEC rules rather than filed):

 

    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 filed on February 9, 2015.

You may request a copy of these filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning the office of:

General Dynamics Corporation

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Telephone: (703) 876-3000

You may also find additional information about us, including the documents mentioned above, on our website at www.generaldynamics.com. The information included on or linked to this website or any website referred to in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus is not a part of this prospectus.

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION

The Company is a Delaware corporation formed in 1952 as successor to the Electric Boat Company. General Dynamics is an aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; communications and information technology systems and solutions; and shipbuilding.

General Dynamics operates through four business groups – Aerospace, Combat Systems, Information Systems and Technology and Marine Systems.

Our principal executive offices are located at 2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513 and our telephone number is (703) 876-3000.

RISK FACTORS

Investment in any securities offered pursuant to this prospectus involves risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the other information contained in this prospectus, as updated by our subsequent filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the risk factors and other information contained in the applicable prospectus supplement before acquiring any of such securities.

 

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CONSOLIDA TED RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table shows our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     20.2         18.8         2.8         15.6         15.6   

For the purpose of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of pre-tax income from continuing operations, adjusted to add back fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of pre-tax interest on all indebtedness and an estimate of interest within rental expense.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus and any prospectus supplement for general corporate purposes, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. General corporate purposes may include additions to working capital, capital expenditures, refinancing of existing indebtedness including commercial paper, repayment of debt, and financing of possible acquisitions, investments or stock repurchases.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES

The following description of the debt securities outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities and guarantees. This information may not be complete in all respects and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable indenture and its associated documents. The specific terms of any series of debt securities and related guarantees will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. If so described in a prospectus supplement, the terms of that series of debt securities may differ from the general description of terms presented below.

This prospectus sets forth some of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities and the guarantees. We will describe the particular terms of any series of debt securities and related guarantees, and the extent to which the general terms set forth below may apply, in the prospectus supplement relating to such securities.

The debt securities may be issued from time to time in series under an indenture dated as of March 24, 2015, by and among the Company, the guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. Wherever defined terms are used but not defined in this section of the prospectus, those terms have the meanings assigned to them in the indenture, it being intended that those defined terms will be incorporated herein by reference. This indenture does not limit the amount of debt securities that may be issued thereunder and will govern debt securities up to the aggregate principal amount that we may authorize from time to time. Any such limit applicable to a particular series of debt securities will be specified in the prospectus supplement relating to that series. The debt securities may be guaranteed by certain subsidiary guarantors under the guarantees described below.

Definitions

The following are certain terms defined in the indenture:

“Attributable Debt” means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable, at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining term thereof (excluding any subsequent renewal or other extension options held by the lessee), discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at the rate of 15% per annum, compounded monthly. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period will be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, services, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges and contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty in an amount which is less than the total discounted net amount of rent required to be paid from the later of the first date upon which such lease may be so terminated or the date of the determination of such net amount of rent, as the case may be, such net amount will also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent will be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.

“Consolidated Assets” means the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

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“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, a subsidiary of the Company whose assets exceed ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated Assets as of the date of such determination. However, the board of directors of the Company may declare any subsidiary of the Company to be a Material Subsidiary.

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

“Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant or warehouse, together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof, owned by the Company or any Material Subsidiary and located in the United States, the gross book value of which on the date as of which the determination is being made is an amount which exceeds 2% of Consolidated Assets, but not including any property financed through the issuance of any tax exempt governmental obligation, or any such manufacturing plant or warehouse or any portion thereof or any such fixture (together, with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof) which, in the opinion of the board of directors of the Company, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a single enterprise.

General Terms

All of the debt securities:

 

    will be our general obligations;

 

    will rank equally with each other and all of our other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt; and

 

    will be guaranteed by the guarantees of each of the Guarantors, which guarantees will rank equally with each other in respect of the debt securities and in respect of all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt of such Guarantors.

The indenture provides for the issuance of debt securities in one or more series. Each time that we issue a new series of debt securities, the prospectus supplement relating to that series will specify the particular terms of those debt securities. Those terms may include but are not limited to the following:

 

    the designation, issue, date and authorized denominations of such debt securities;

 

    the aggregate principal amount offered and any limit on any future issues of additional debt of the same series;

 

    the public offering price of such debt securities;

 

    the date or dates on which such debt securities will mature, which may be fixed or extendible;

 

    the rate or rates at which such debt securities will bear interest, which may be at a fixed or floating rate, if any;

 

    the dates on which such interest, if any, will be payable;

 

    the index used to determine any payments to be made on the debt securities;

 

    the terms of any mandatory or optional redemption, including pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions;

 

    the date or dates, if any, on which, and the price or prices at which we are obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous provisions, to redeem, or at the option of the holders, to purchase, such series of debt securities and other related terms and provisions;

 

    whether such debt securities are to be issued in the form of global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary with respect to such global securities; and

 

    any other terms of such series.

Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, debt securities will only be issued in fully registered form, without coupons. Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, the principal amount of the debt securities will be payable at the corporate trust office of the trustee in New York, New York. No service charge will be made on any security holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of debt securities, unless otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement for that series of debt securities; provided, however, that we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charges payable in connection therewith.

Certificated Debt Securities

        Each debt security will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), or a nominee of the Depositary (we will refer to any debt security represented by a global debt security as a “book-entry debt security”), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any debt security represented by a certificated security as a “certificated debt security”), as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as described under “Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System” below, book-entry debt securities will not be issuable in certificated form.

 

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Payment of Interest and Exchange

You may transfer or exchange certificated debt securities at the office or agency of the Company in accordance with the terms of the indenture. You may transfer certificated debt securities and the right to receive the principal of, premium and interest on certificated debt securities only by surrendering the old certificate representing those certificated debt securities, and we will execute, and the trustee will authenticate and deliver, a new certificate to the new holder.

Global Debt Securities and Book-Entry System

Each global debt security representing book-entry debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary.

The Depositary has indicated it intends to follow the following procedures with respect to book-entry debt securities.

Ownership of beneficial interests in book-entry debt securities will be limited to persons that have accounts with the Depositary for the related global debt security (“participants”) or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a global debt security, the Depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the accounts of the participants with the respective principal amounts of the book-entry debt securities represented by the global debt security beneficially owned by such participants. The accounts to be credited will be designated by any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of the book-entry debt securities. Ownership of book-entry debt securities will be shown on, and the transfer of the ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary for the related global debt security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in book-entry debt securities.

So long as the Depositary for a global debt security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global debt security, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the book-entry debt securities represented by such global debt security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as described herein, beneficial owners of book-entry debt securities will not be entitled to have securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of a certificate in definitive form representing securities and will not be considered the owners or holders of those securities under the indenture. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder under the indenture, each person beneficially owning book-entry debt securities must rely on the procedures of the Depositary for the related global debt security and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which that person owns its interest.

We understand, however, that under existing industry practice, the Depositary will authorize the persons on whose behalf it holds a global debt security to exercise certain rights of holders of debt securities, and the indenture provides that we, the trustee and our respective agents will treat as the holder of a debt security the persons specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to that global debt security for purposes of obtaining any consents or directions required to be given by holders of the debt securities pursuant to the indenture.

We will make payments of principal of, and premium and interest on book-entry debt securities to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of the related global debt security. Neither we, the trustee nor any other agent of ours or agent of the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a global debt security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

We expect that the Depositary, upon receipt of any payment of principal of, premium or interest on a global debt security, will immediately credit the accounts of the participants with payments in amounts proportionate to the respective amounts of book-entry debt securities held by each participant as shown on the records of the Depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in book-entry debt securities held through those participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.

We will issue certificated debt securities in exchange for each global debt security if the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not appointed by us within 90 days. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have any of the book-entry debt securities of any series represented by one or more global debt securities and, in that event, we will issue certificated debt securities in exchange for the global debt securities of that series. Global debt securities will also be exchangeable by the holders for certificated

 

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debt securities if an event of default with respect to the book-entry debt securities represented by those global debt securities has occurred and is continuing. Any certificated debt securities issued in exchange for a global debt security will be registered in such name or names as the Depositary will instruct the trustee. We expect that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the Depositary from participants with respect to ownership of book-entry debt securities relating to such global debt security.

We have obtained the foregoing information in this section concerning the Depositary and its book-entry system from sources we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information.

Defeasance

The indenture provides that we (and to the extent applicable, the Guarantors), at our option:

 

    will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of any series of debt securities, except in each case for, among other things, the rights of holders of debt securities to receive, from a trust fund, payments in respect of such securities when such payments are due and certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust; or

 

    will no longer be obligated to comply with the covenants described below under “— Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer” and “— Covenants of the Company,” and the Event of Default described in the fourth bullet point under “— Events of Default; Notice and Waiver” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to such series of debt securities;

in each case, if we deposit with the trustee, in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the debt securities of such series, money or the equivalent in securities of the U.S. government or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, or a combination thereof, which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay all the principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase or redemption obligations with respect to such series on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of such series.

To exercise any such option, we are required, among other things, to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that:

 

    the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the holders of such series to recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes and, in the case of securities being discharged pursuant to the first bullet point above, accompanied by a ruling, if then required, to such effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service; and

 

    the creation of the defeasance trust would not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

In addition, we are required to deliver to the trustee an officer’s certificate stating that such deposit was not made by us with the intent of preferring the holders of the debt securities over other creditors of ours or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding our creditors or others.

Events of Default; Notice and Waiver

The indenture provides that, if an Event of Default (as defined below) with respect to any series of debt securities issued thereunder occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series may declare the principal of all the debt securities of such series, and all accrued interest, to be due and payable immediately; provided, however, if an Event of Default described in the fifth bullet point below occurs and is continuing, the principal of and any interest on the debt securities of such series then outstanding shall become immediately due and payable.

“Events of Default” in respect of any series are defined in the indenture as being:

 

    default in payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on debt securities of such series when due at their stated maturity and in the case of technical or administrative difficulties, only if such default persists for a period of more than three Business Days;

 

    default for 30 days in payment of any interest due with respect to such series;

 

    default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation when due by the terms of such series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

    default for 90 days after written notice to us (or the Guarantors, if applicable) by the trustee or to us (or the Guarantors, if applicable) and the trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty pertaining to debt securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which, or the breach of which, would otherwise constitute an Event of Default);

 

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    certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization with respect to us or any of our Material Subsidiaries or the entry of an order ordering the winding up or liquidation of our affairs or the affairs of our Material Subsidiaries; and

 

    any guarantee by a Material Subsidiary ceases for any reason to be, or is asserted in writing by any such Material Subsidiary or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms except to the extent contemplated by the indenture and any such guarantee.

Any additions, deletions or other changes to the Events of Default that will be applicable to a series of debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series of debt securities.

The indenture provides that the trustee will, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the debt securities of any series, give to the holders of the debt securities of such series notice of all uncured and unwaived defaults known to it; provided, however, that except in the case of default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, on any of the debt securities of such series or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment or analogous obligation relating to the debt securities of such series, the trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of the debt securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of an Event of Default described in the fourth bullet point above, no such notice to the holders of the debt securities of such series shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of the trustee’s duty to notify holders of defaults, the term “default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to debt securities of such series.

The trustee is entitled, subject to the duty of the trustee during an Event of Default to act with the required standard of care, to be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the holders of the debt securities of such series before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the indenture at the request of holders of the debt securities of such series.

The indenture provides that the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting proceedings for remedies available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee in respect of such series, subject to certain conditions.

In certain cases, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may waive, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of such series, any past default with respect to the debt securities of such series except, among other things, a default not theretofore cured in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, on any of the debt securities of such series or payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to such debt securities.

Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer

We will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, lease, convey or transfer all or substantially all of our properties and assets to any Person, if upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer we are not the surviving corporation, unless:

 

    the Person formed by such consolidation or into which we are merged or the Person that acquires by sale, lease, conveyance or transfer all or substantially all of our properties and assets will be organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, and (if such Person is not the Company) will expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the trustee, in form satisfactory to the trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the debt securities and the performance of every covenant of the indenture (as supplemented from time to time) on our part to be performed or observed;

 

    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, will have happened and be continuing; and

 

    we have delivered to the trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable article of the indenture and that we have complied with all conditions precedent relating to such transaction.

In such event, we will be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the indenture and the debt securities, and may be liquidated and dissolved. The successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which we are merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or transfer is made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of ours under the indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company in the indenture.

 

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Modification of the Indenture

The Company, when authorized by a board resolution, and the trustee, at any time and from time to time, may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities, enter into indentures supplemental to the indenture for, among others, one or more of the following purposes:

 

    to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Guarantor;

 

    to add to our covenants, or the covenants of the Guarantors, or to surrender any of our rights or powers, or the rights or powers of the Guarantors, for the benefit of the holders of debt securities of any or all series;

 

    to cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the indenture; provided that any such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series;

 

    with certain exceptions, to add to the indenture any provisions that may be expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

 

    to establish the form of any security, to provide for the issuance and set forth the terms of any series of debt securities and/or to add to the rights of the holders of the debt securities of any series;

 

    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment of any successor trustee;

 

    to provide any additional Events of Default;

 

    to provide for the issuance of debt securities in coupon or in fully registered form;

 

    to secure any series of debt securities under the indenture’s limitation on liens or otherwise; or

 

    to evidence the addition of any subsidiary as a Guarantor or the release of any Guarantor and its obligations pursuant to the indenture.

The indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, when authorized by a board resolution, and the trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture, voting as a single class, to execute supplemental indentures by adding any provisions to or changing or eliminating any of the provisions of the indenture or modifying the rights of the holders of the debt securities of each such series under the indenture, except that no such supplemental indenture may, without the consent of each holder of each outstanding debt security affected by such supplemental indenture, among other things:

 

    change the fixed maturity of any debt securities;

 

    reduce the principal amount thereof;

 

    reduce the interest thereon or change the method of computing the interest thereon on any date;

 

    change the currency or place of any payment;

 

    amend or modify the terms of any of the guarantee provisions of the indenture in a manner adverse to the holders; or

 

    reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any such supplemental indenture.

Covenants of the Company

The following covenants will apply to each series of debt securities:

Liens

The indenture provides that neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary will incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness for money borrowed that is secured by a lien on any of its Principal Property or on shares of stock or indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary without securing the debt securities equally and ratably with such indebtedness for so long as any such indebtedness is secured. Exceptions include, among others:

 

    liens for taxes not yet due or being contested;

 

    liens imposed by law, such as mechanics’ liens, and other similar liens;

 

    easements and similar liens not impairing the use or value of the property involved;

 

    liens existing as of the date of the indenture;

 

    liens created by subsidiaries of ours to secure indebtedness of such subsidiaries to us or to one or more other subsidiaries of ours;

 

    liens affecting property of a Person existing at the time it is acquired by us;

 

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    liens on any property existing at the time of acquisition thereof or incurred to finance the purchase price thereof;

 

    liens on any property to secure all or part of the cost of improvements or construction thereon;

 

    liens on shares of stock, indebtedness or other securities of a Person that is not the Company or a subsidiary of ours;

 

    liens to extend, renew or replace any liens referred to above; and

 

    other liens arising in connection with our indebtedness and our subsidiaries’ indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount for us and our subsidiaries, together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties (with the exception of the transactions that are excluded as described in “— Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions” below), not exceeding at the time such lien is issued, created or assumed 10% of our Consolidated Assets.

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

The indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any Material Subsidiary to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction covering any Principal Property that was or is owned or leased by the Company or a Material Subsidiary and that has been or is to be sold or transferred more than 120 days after the completion of construction and commencement of full operation of such Principal Property.

However, a sale and leaseback transaction of this kind will not be prohibited if:

 

    Attributable Debt of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries in respect of the sale and leaseback transaction and all other sale and leaseback transactions entered into after the date when the Company first issued securities pursuant to the indenture (other than any sale and leaseback transactions that are otherwise permitted or excepted), plus the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness secured by liens on Principal Properties then outstanding (excluding any indebtedness secured by liens that are otherwise permitted under the indenture) without equally and ratably securing the debt securities, would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Assets;

 

    an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer or the Attributable Debt of the Principal Property sold (as determined by the Company) is applied within 150 days to the voluntary retirement of debt securities or other indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness subordinated to the debt securities) or indebtedness of a Material Subsidiary, for money borrowed, maturing more than 12 months after the voluntary retirement;

 

    the lease is for a period not exceeding three years and by the end of which it is intended that the use of such Principal Property by the lessee will be discontinued; or

 

    the lease is with the Company or another Material Subsidiary.

Guarantees

Each of the Guarantors, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, will fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee to each holder of debt securities and to the trustee and its successors and assigns:

 

    the full and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of ours under the indenture (including obligations to the trustee) and the debt securities; and

 

    the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of ours under the indenture and the debt securities.

Such guarantees will constitute guarantees of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection.

The obligations of each Guarantor under the indenture will be unconditional irrespective of the absence or existence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against us or each other or any waiver or amendment of the provisions of the indenture or the debt securities to the extent that any such action or similar action would otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor (except that each such waiver or amendment will be effective in accordance with its terms).

The obligations of the Guarantors to make any payments may be satisfied by causing us to make such payments.

Each of the Guarantors further agrees to waive presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company and also waives diligence, notice of acceptance of its guarantee, presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest for nonpayment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company and any right to require a proceeding first against us. These obligations will be unaffected by any failure or policy of the trustee to exercise any right under the indenture or under any series of debt securities.

 

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If any holder of any debt security or the trustee is required by a court or otherwise to return to us, any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to us or any of the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the trustee or such holder, the guarantee of such Guarantors, to the extent discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

The indenture provides that the guarantee of each Guarantor is limited to the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor without rendering its guarantee voidable under applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

In the event:

 

    of a merger, consolidation or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor (other than a merger or consolidation with, or sale or disposition of assets to, us or another of our subsidiaries); or

 

    there occurs a transfer, sale or other disposition of the voting stock of a Guarantor whereby such Guarantor ceases to constitute a subsidiary of ours,

then in any such case such Guarantor or the entity acquiring the assets (in the event of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor), will be released and relieved of any obligations under its guarantee. Upon our delivery to the trustee of an officer’s certificate to the effect of the foregoing, such Guarantor will be discharged from all further liability and obligation under the indenture and the trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its guarantee.

Governing Law

The indenture, the debt securities and the guarantees will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Trustee

The Bank of New York Mellon is the trustee under the indenture. The trustee is a depository for funds and performs other services for, and transacts other banking business with, us in the normal course of business.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the offered securities through agents, through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers or through a combination of any of these methods of sale. We will identify the specific plan of distribution, including any underwriters, dealers, agents or direct purchasers and their compensation in a prospectus supplement.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the offered securities will be passed on for the Company and the Guarantors by Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of General Dynamics Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus and in the registration statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following is a statement of the estimated expenses (other than underwriting compensation) to be incurred by us in connection with an offering of securities registered under this registration statement.

 

SEC registration fee

$               *   

Rating agency fees

  **   

Printing

  **   

Legal fees and expenses

  **   

Trustee fees

  **   

Accounting fees and expenses

  **   

Miscellaneous

  **   
  

 

 

 

Total

$ **   
  

 

 

 

 

* To be paid on a pay-as-you go basis pursuant to Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act.
** These fees are calculated based on the specific securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Corporation, General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation and certain Guarantors, such being Electric Boat Corporation, General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 (“Section 145”) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as may be amended from time to time (the “DGCL”), provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any of its directors or officers who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any third party proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e., one by or in the right of a corporation), the corporation is permitted to indemnify directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense or settlement of an action or suit if they acted in good faith and in a manner that they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that the defendant directors or officers are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.

Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such person in defending any such action, suit or proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by it of an undertaking of such person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145.

The Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that it will indemnify its current and former directors and officers from and against all liabilities and reasonable expenses that they incur in connection with or resulting from any claims, actions, suits or proceedings to the extent that indemnification is not inconsistent with Delaware law. The Corporation also provides directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the acts and omissions of its directors and officers. In order to be entitled to indemnification under the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, a director or officer of the Corporation must be

 

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wholly successful with respect to the claim, action, suit or proceeding or have acted in good faith in what he or she reasonably believed to be the best interests of the Corporation, or with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, must have had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Prior to the final disposition of a claim, action, suit or proceeding, the Corporation will advance expenses incurred by a current or former director or officer if the director or officer provides the Corporation with an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if he or she is not entitled to indemnification after the final disposition.

The Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Corporation’s directors will not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duties as directors except (a) for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL, which makes directors liable for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or (d) for transactions from which directors derive improper personal benefit. While this provision provides directors with protection from awards for monetary damages for breaches of their duty of care, it does not eliminate that duty.

The Bylaws of Electric Boat Corporation, General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation provide for the indemnification of all current and former directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. Additionally, prior to the final disposition of an action, suit or proceeding, these corporations will advance expenses incurred by a current or former director or officer if the director or officer provides the respective corporation with an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if he or she is not entitled to indemnification after the final disposition.

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, a Guarantor, is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as may be amended from time to time (“DE LLC Act”), provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a Delaware limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Section 18-1101 of the DE LLC Act provides that a Delaware limited liability company may, to the extent that, at law or in equity, a member or manager or other person has duties (including fiduciary duties) to a limited liability company or to another member or manager or to another person that is a party to or is otherwise bound by a limited liability company agreement, the member’s or manager’s or other person’s duties may be expanded or restricted or eliminated by provisions in the limited liability company agreement. However, to the extent that the limited liability company agreement seeks to restrict or limit the liabilities of such person, Section 18-1101 of the DE LLC Act prohibits it from eliminating liability for any act or omission that constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

The limited liability company agreement of American Overseas Marine Company, LLC provides for the indemnification of any and all liability for any act performed by the member or any director or officer to the maximum extent permitted by the DE LLC Act. Furthermore, these provisions are to be liberally construed in favor of indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in advance of its final disposition. As set forth in the limited liability company agreement of American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, each director and officer shall have the fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the DGCL.

Bath Iron Works Corporation

Bath Iron Works Corporation (“Bath Iron Works”) is incorporated under the laws of the State of Maine. Sections 852 and 857 of the Maine Business Corporation Act (the “MBCA”) authorize the indemnification by the corporation of any director or officer who is a party to any proceeding by reason of that person’s status as a director or officer of the corporation; provided that: (a) the individual’s conduct was in good faith, (b) the individual reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, that the individual’s conduct was in the best interests of the corporation and (ii) in all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful. Also, the corporation may indemnify any director or officer who engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or obligatory under a provision of the corporation’s articles of incorporation, except for liability for receipt of a financial benefit to which the individual is not entitled, an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders, a violation of Section 833 of the MBCA or an intentional violation of criminal law. Unless ordered by a court under Section 855 of the MBCA, a corporation may not indemnify one of the corporation’s directors (a) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct under Section 852 of the MBCA or (b) in connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that the director received a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled, whether or not involving action in the director’s official capacity. A corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

 

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Under Section 854 of the MBCA, a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding by an individual who is a party to the proceeding because that individual is a member of the board of directors, if the individual delivers to the corporation: (a) a written affirmation of the individual’s good faith belief that the individual has met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 852 of the MBCA or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated under a provision of the corporation’s articles of incorporation as authorized by Section 202 of the MBCA and (b) the individual’s written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if the individual is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 853 of the MBCA and it is ultimately determined under Section 855 or 856 of the MBCA that the individual has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 852 of the MBCA.

Under Section 858 of the MBCA, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a director or officer of the corporation, or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, serves at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity against liability asserted against or incurred by that individual in that capacity or arising from the individual’s status as a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to the individual against the same liability.

The Bylaws of Bath Iron Works provide that it will indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law. Prior to the final disposition of an action, suit or proceeding, Bath Iron Works will advance expenses incurred by a current or former director or officer if the director or officer provides Bath Iron Works with an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if he or she is not entitled to indemnification after the final disposition.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. (“Ordnance and Tactical Systems”) is incorporated under the laws of Virginia. Sections 13.1-697 and 13.1-702 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “VSCA”) permit a corporation to indemnify an individual made party to a proceeding because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation against liability incurred in the proceeding if (a) he conducted himself in good faith, (b) he believed, in the case of conduct in his official capacity, that such conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, and (c) he had no reasonable cause to believe, in the case of a criminal proceeding, that his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, no indemnification will be permitted (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the individual has met the relevant standard under Section 13.1-697 of the VSCA or (ii) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to such individual, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which the individual was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by such individual. Under Sections 13.1-698 and 13.1-702 of the VSCA, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, the corporation will indemnify a director or officer who entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred.

Under Section 13.1-699 of the VSCA, the corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if the individual furnishes the corporation a written statement of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct described in Section 13.1-697 of the VSCA and the individual furnishes the corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay any funds advanced if the individual is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 13.1-698 of the VSCA and it is ultimately determined under Sections 13.1-700.1 or 13.1-701 of the VSCA that the individual has not met the relevant standard of conduct.

Under Section 13.1-703 of the VSCA, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity, against liability asserted against or incurred by him in that capacity or arising from his status as a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify him against the same liability.

The Bylaws of Ordnance and Tactical Systems provide that it will indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law. Prior to the final disposition of an action, suit or proceeding, Ordnance and Tactical Systems will advance expenses incurred by a current or former director or officer if the director or officer provides Ordnance and Tactical Systems with an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if he or she is not entitled to indemnification after the final disposition. Ordnance and Tactical Systems also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance coverage against any liability asserted against its directors and officers, whether or not Ordnance and Tactical Systems would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under applicable law.

 

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National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (“NASSCO”) is incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada. Sections 78.7502 through 78.752 of the Nevada General Corporation Law (the “NGCL”) provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that he or she was an officer or director of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to (a) any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which he or she has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper, and (b) any other threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense.

Under Section 78.751(2) of the NGCL, the articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

Under Section 78.752(1) of the NGCL, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses.

The Amended and Restated Bylaws of NASSCO provide that NASSCO may indemnify any director or officer against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding. In order to be entitled to indemnification the director or officer must have acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. NASSCO must indemnify directors and officers against expenses actually and reasonably incurred if the person has been successful on the merits in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding. Any indemnification not ordered by a court or resulting from the successful defense based on the merits of a claim must be authorized by either the stockholders, the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceeding, or if such quorum either so orders or cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

Other

The registrants may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of their directors and officers against any liability asserted against such persons. The registrants have purchased and currently maintain insurance on behalf of their directors and officers.

 

Item 16. Exhibits

A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement on Form S-3 is set forth on the Exhibit Index and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 17. Undertakings

(a) Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however , that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by a registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement;

(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

(4) that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser:

(A) each prospectus filed by a registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof, provided , however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; and

(5) that, for the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, an undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of an undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of an undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about an undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of an undersigned registrant; and

(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by an undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each filing of registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of a registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, a registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective, and

(2) for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(e) Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Dynamics Corporation, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Phebe N. Novakovic

   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Kimberly A. Kuryea

Kimberly A. Kuryea

   Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

*

Mary T. Barra

   Director

*

Nicholas D. Chabraja

   Director

*

James S. Crown

   Director

*

Rudy F. deLeon

   Director

*

William P. Fricks

   Director

*

John M. Keane

   Director

*

Lester L. Lyles

   Director

*

James N. Mattis

   Director

*

William A. Osborn

   Director

*

Laura J. Schumacher

   Director

*

Robert Walmsley

   Director

 

* The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does execute this Registration Statement on behalf of the persons identified above pursuant to a power of attorney.

 

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

AMERICAN OVERSEAS MARINE COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable American Overseas Marine Company, LLC to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of American Overseas Marine Company, LLC to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Thomas W. Merrell

Thomas W. Merrell

  President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David H. Fogg

David H. Fogg

  Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 

/s/ Michael J. Askew

Michael J. Askew

  Director

/s/ John P. Casey

John P. Casey

  Director

/s/ Jeffrey S. Geiger

Jeffrey S. Geiger

  Director

/s/ John V. Leonard Jr.

John V. Leonard Jr.

  Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Bath Iron Works Corporation, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Bath Iron Works Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by Bath Iron Works Corporation, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of Bath Iron Works Corporation to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Frederick J. Harris

Frederick J. Harris

  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Thomas A. Brown

Thomas A. Brown

  Vice President, Finance and Administration, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

  Director

/s/ John P. Casey

John P. Casey

  Director

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Electric Boat Corporation, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Electric Boat Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by Electric Boat Corporation, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of Electric Boat Corporation to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Jeffrey S. Geiger

Jeffrey S. Geiger

   President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ John V. Leonard, Jr.

John V. Leonard, Jr.

   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director

/s/ John P. Casey

John P. Casey

   Director

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable General Dynamics-OTS, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of General Dynamics-OTS, Inc. to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Michael S. Wilson

Michael S. Wilson

  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
 

/s/ David H. Fogg

David H. Fogg

 

Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting

Officer)

 

/s/ Del S. Dameron

Del S. Dameron

  Director, Vice President and Assistant Secretary
 

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Director
 

/s/ Mark C. Roualet

Mark C. Roualet

  Director
 

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

  Director
 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS GOVERNMENT
SYSTEMS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ S. Daniel Johnson

S. Daniel Johnson

   President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  

/s/ David H. Fogg

David H. Fogg

   Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director
  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director
  

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Gary L. Whited

Gary L. Whited

   President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Evelyn Milam

Evelyn Milam

   Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director

/s/ Mark C. Roualet

Mark C. Roualet

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE

AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Michael S. Wilson

Michael S. Wilson

   President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David H. Fogg

David H. Fogg

   Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director

/s/ Mark C. Roualet

Mark C. Roualet

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Larry R. Flynn

Larry R. Flynn

   President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Daniel G. Clare

Daniel G. Clare

   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a registrant, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Falls Church, Virginia on March 24, 2015.

 

NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING
COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

  Gregory S. Gallopoulos
  Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS, as his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable National Steel and Shipbuilding Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with any registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in connection with other reports as required by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in his capacity as director and/or officer of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto and to any and all amendments of the same, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, will do or will cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 24, 2015.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Frederick J. Harris

Frederick J. Harris

   President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  

/s/ Thomas A. Brown

Thomas A. Brown

   Vice President - Finance; Chief Financial Officer; Assistant Treasurer; and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)
  

/s/ Peter N. Bollenbecker

Peter N. Bollenbecker

   Controller and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  

/s/ Jason W. Aiken

Jason W. Aiken

   Director
  

/s/ John P. Casey

John P. Casey

   Director and Chairman of the Board
  

/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos

Gregory S. Gallopoulos

   Director
  

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
   Document
  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement*
  4.1    Indenture dated as of March 24, 2015, by and among General Dynamics Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee
  4.2    Form of additional Supplemental Indenture*
  5    Opinion of Jenner & Block LLP
12    Statement regarding computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges
23.1    Consent of Jenner & Block LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith)
23.2    Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1    Power of Attorney with respect to General Dynamics Corporation
24.2    Power of Attorney with respect to American Overseas Marine Company, LLC (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.3    Power of Attorney with respect to Bath Iron Works Corporation (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.4    Power of Attorney with respect to Electric Boat Corporation (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.5    Power of Attorney with respect to General Dynamics-OTS, Inc. (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.6    Power of Attorney with respect to General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.7    Power of Attorney with respect to General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.8    Power of Attorney with respect to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.9    Power of Attorney with respect to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
24.10    Power of Attorney with respect to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (contained in and incorporated by reference to the signature page of this registration statement)
25    Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York Mellon

 

* To be filed by amendment or under cover of Form 8-K.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION,

The Guarantors

and

The Bank of New York Mellon,

Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 24, 2015

Providing for Issuance of Senior Securities in Series

 

 

 


Table Showing Reflection in Indenture of Certain Provisions

of Trust Indenture Act of 1939,

as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990

(This Table is not part of the Indenture.)

 

 

Reflected in Indenture

 

TIA

   Section

§ 310(a)(1)

    6.09

 (a)(2)

    6.09

 (a)(3)

   Not Applicable

 (a)(4)

   Not Applicable

 (a)(5)

    6.09

 (b)

    6.08

 (c)

   Not Applicable

§ 311(a)

    6.13

 (b)

   6.13; 7.03

§ 312(a)

   7.01; 7.02

 (b)

    7.02

 (c)

   7.02(c)

§ 313(a)

   7.03(a)

 (b)

   7.03(b)

 (c)

   7.03(b)

 (d)

   7.03(c)

§ 314(a)(1)

    7.04

 (a)(2)

    7.04

 (a)(3)

    7.04

 (a)(4)

   10.04

 (b)

   Not Applicable

 (c)(1)

    1.02

 (c)(2)

    1.02

 (c)(3)

   Not Applicable

 (d)

   Not Applicable

 (e)

    1.02

§ 315(a)

   6.01(a)

 (b)

    6.02

 (c)

   6.01(b)

 (d)

    6.01

 (e)

    5.14


§ 316(a)(1)(A)

 5.12

 (a)(1)(B)

 5.13

 (a)(2)

Not Applicable

 (b)

 5.08

 (c)

1.04(d)

§ 317(a)(1)

 5.03

 (a)(2)

 5.04

 (b)

10.03

§ 318(a)

 1.07

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 1  

SECTION 1.01

Definitions

  1   

SECTION 1.02

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

  8   

SECTION 1.03

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

  9   

SECTION 1.04

Acts of Securityholders

  9   

SECTION 1.05

Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company

  11   

SECTION 1.06

Notices to Securityholders; Waiver

  12   

SECTION 1.07

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

  12   

SECTION 1.08

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

  12   

SECTION 1.09

Successors and Assigns

  12   

SECTION 1.10

Separability Clause

  13   

SECTION 1.11

Benefits of Indenture

  13   

SECTION 1.12

Governing Law

  13   

SECTION 1.13

Counterparts

  13   

SECTION 1.14

Legal Holidays

  13   

SECTION 1.15

No Recourse Against Others

  14   

SECTION 1.16

Waiver of Jury Trial

  14   

SECTION 1.17

Force Majeure

  14   

SECTION 1.18

FATCA

  14   

ARTICLE 2. SECURITY FORMS

  15   

SECTION 2.01

Forms Generally

  15   

SECTION 2.02

Forms of Securities

  15   

SECTION 2.03

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

  15   

SECTION 2.04

Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security

  16   

ARTICLE 3. THE SECURITIES

  18   

SECTION 3.01

General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of Particular Series

  18   

SECTION 3.02

Denominations

  20   

SECTION 3.03

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

  20   

SECTION 3.04

Temporary Securities

  22   

 

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SECTION 3.05

Registration, Transfer and Exchange

  22   

SECTION 3.06

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

  23   

SECTION 3.07

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

  24   

SECTION 3.08

Persons Deemed Owners

  25   

SECTION 3.09

Cancellation

  25   

SECTION 3.10

Computation of Interest

  26   

SECTION 3.11

Delayed Issuance of Securities

  26   

SECTION 3.12

CUSIP NUMBERS

  26   

ARTICLE 4. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  27   

SECTION 4.01

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

  27   

SECTION 4.02

Application of Trust Money

  28   

SECTION 4.03

Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations

  28   

SECTION 4.04

Reinstatement

  30   

ARTICLE 5. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  31   

SECTION 5.01

Events of Default

  31   

SECTION 5.02

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

  32   

SECTION 5.03

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

  33   

SECTION 5.04

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

  34   

SECTION 5.05

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

  35   

SECTION 5.06

Application of Money Collected

  35   

SECTION 5.07

Limitation on Suits

  36   

SECTION 5.08

Unconditional Right of Securityholders To Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

  37   

SECTION 5.09

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

  37   

SECTION 5.10

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

  37   

SECTION 5.11

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

  37   

SECTION 5.12

Control by Securityholders

  37   

SECTION 5.13

Waiver of Past Defaults

  38   

SECTION 5.14

Undertaking for Costs

  38   

SECTION 5.15

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

  39   

 

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ARTICLE 6. THE TRUSTEE 39  

SECTION 6.01

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

  39   

SECTION 6.02

Notice of Defaults

  40   

SECTION 6.03

Certain Rights of Trustee

  40   

SECTION 6.04

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

  42   

SECTION 6.05

May Hold Securities

  42   

SECTION 6.06

Money Held in Trust

  42   

SECTION 6.07

Compensation and Reimbursement

  42   

SECTION 6.08

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

  43   

SECTION 6.09

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

  43   

SECTION 6.10

Resignation and Removal

  44   

SECTION 6.11

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

  45   

SECTION 6.12

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

  46   

SECTION 6.13

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

  47   

SECTION 6.14

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

  47   

ARTICLE 7. SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

  48   

SECTION 7.01

Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders

  48   

SECTION 7.02

Preservation of Information; Communications to Securityholders

  49   

SECTION 7.03

Reports by Trustee

  50   

SECTION 7.04

Reports by Company

  50   

ARTICLE 8. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER

  51   

SECTION 8.01

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer on Certain Terms

  51   

SECTION 8.02

Successor Person Substituted

  52   

ARTICLE 9. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  52   

SECTION 9.01

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders

  52   

SECTION 9.02

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders

  53   

SECTION 9.03

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

  54   

SECTION 9.04

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

  55   

SECTION 9.05

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

  55   

 

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SECTION 9.06

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

  55   

ARTICLE 10. COVENANTS

  55   

SECTION 10.01

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

  55   

SECTION 10.02

Maintenance of Office or Agency

  55   

SECTION 10.03

Money for Security Payments To Be Held in Trust

  56   

SECTION 10.04

Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default

  57   

SECTION 10.05

Legal Existence

  57   

SECTION 10.06

Limitation on Liens

  58   

SECTION 10.07

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

  60   

SECTION 10.08

Waiver of Certain Covenants

  61   

SECTION 10.09

Additional Covenants

  61   

SECTION 10.10

Calculation of Original Issue Discount

  61   

ARTICLE 11. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

  62   

SECTION 11.01

Applicability of Article

  62   

SECTION 11.02

Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee

  62   

SECTION 11.03

Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed

  62   

SECTION 11.04

Notice of Redemption

  63   

SECTION 11.05

Deposit of Redemption Price

  64   

SECTION 11.06

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

  64   

SECTION 11.07

Securities Redeemed in Part

  65   

SECTION 11.08

Provisions with Respect to Any Sinking Funds

  65   

ARTICLE 12. GUARANTEES

  66   

SECTION 12.01

Guarantees

  66   

SECTION 12.02

Release of Guarantor

  67   

 

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Exhibit 4.1

INDENTURE dated as of March 24, 2015, among GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more fully registered series.

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

AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

To set forth or to provide for the establishment of the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of a series thereof, as the case may be:

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF

GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01 D EFINITIONS .

For all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(3) the phrase “ in writing ” as used herein shall be deemed to include .pdf attachments and other electronic means of transmission, unless otherwise indicated;

(4) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP and, except as otherwise herein


expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles and any accounting rules or interpretations promulgated by the Commission as are generally accepted in the United States of America as in effect from time to time;

(5) all references in this instrument to designated “Articles”, “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument as executed; the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(6) the words “including” , “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” .

Act ”, when used with respect to any Securityholder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

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

“Applicable Tax Law” has the meaning specified in Section 1.18.

“Attributable Debt” means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable, at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining term thereof (excluding any subsequent renewal or other extension options held by the lessee), discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at the rate of 15% per annum, compounded monthly. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, services, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges and contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty in an amount which is less than the total discounted net amount of rent required to be paid from the later of the first date upon which such lease may be so terminated or the date of the determination of such net amount of rent, as the case may be, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to authenticate Securities under Section 6.14.

“Board of Directors” means (i) the board of directors of the Company, (ii) any duly authorized committee of such board, (iii) any committee of officers of the Company or

 

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(iv) any officer of the Company acting, in the case of (iii) or (iv), pursuant to authority granted by the board of directors of the Company or any committee of such board.

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

“Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution and an Officers’ Certificate with respect to a particular series of Securities, each day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the pertinent Place or Places of Payment or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.

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

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

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

“Consolidated Assets” means the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which this Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286.

“corporation” means a corporation, association, joint stock company, limited liability company or business trust.

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

“Depository” means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.04 or 3.01, with respect to Securities of any series issuable or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation.

 

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

Discharged ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03.

Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Article 5.

Federal Bankruptcy Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(5).

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time.

Global Security ”, when used with respect to any series of Securities issued hereunder, means a Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company Request, which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.

Guarantee ” means each guarantee specified in Section 12.01.

Guarantors ” means the entities set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as amended from time to time, in accordance with this Indenture.

Holder ”, when used with respect to any Security, means a Securityholder.

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

Interest Payment Date ”, when used with respect to any series of Securities, means the Stated Maturity of any installment of interest on those Securities.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

Material Subsidiary ” means, as of any date of determination, a Subsidiary of the Company whose assets exceed ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated Assets as of the date of such determination. However, the Board of Directors of the Company may declare any Subsidiary of the Company to be a Material Subsidiary.

 

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Maturity ”, when used with respect to any Securities, means the date on which the principal of any such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether on a Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or any in their capacities as such officers of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion, which is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, of counsel, who may be an employee of, or counsel for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. Any Opinion of Counsel required to be delivered under this Indenture may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to factual matters on certificates of the Company or governmental or other officials customary for opinions of the type required.

Original Issue Discount Security ” means (i) any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and (ii) any other security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

Outstanding ”, when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except

(i) such Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) such Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or any other obligor on such Security (if the Company or any other obligor on such Security acts as its own paying agent) for the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

(iii) such Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 3.06 (except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company).

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Securities Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall

 

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be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of the taking of such action upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and (ii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. In determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee actually knows to be owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act as owner with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.

Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying Agent for the Securities on its behalf. Without prior notice to the Securityholders, the Company may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons (including the Company) to act as Paying Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this Indenture.

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

Place of Payment ” means with respect to any series of Securities issued hereunder the city or political subdivision so designated with respect to the series of Securities in question in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.

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

Principal Property ” means any manufacturing plant or warehouse, together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof, owned by the Company or any Material Subsidiary and located in the United States, the gross book value of which on the date as of which the determination is being made is an amount which exceeds 2% of Consolidated Assets, but not including any property financed through the issuance of any tax exempt governmental obligation, or any such manufacturing plant or warehouse or any portion thereof or any such fixture (together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof) which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as a single enterprise.

 

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

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

Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified in such Security as the Regular Record Date.

Repayment Date ”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid, means the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to such Security.

Repayment Price ”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid, means the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to such Security.

Responsible Officer ”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.07.

Security ” or “ Securities ” means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may be, of any series authenticated and delivered from time to time under this Indenture.

Security Register ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.05.

Security Registrar ” means the Person who keeps the Security Register specified in Section 3.05. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Security Registrar for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to time authorize any Person to act as Security Registrar in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this Indenture.

Securityholder ” means a Person in whose name a security is registered in the Security Register.

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

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

 

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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation more than 50% of the Voting Stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by such Person, and any partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person owns more than 50% of the equity interests or has the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body.

Tranche ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.03.

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

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

Vice President ” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”, including, without limitation, an assistant vice president.

Voting Stock ”, as applied to the stock of any corporation, means stock of any class or classes (however designated) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other governing body) of such corporation other than stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.

SECTION 1.02 C OMPLIANCE C ERTIFICATES AND O PINIONS .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than annual statements of compliance provided pursuant to Section 10.04) shall include:

 

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

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

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

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

SECTION 1.03 F ORM OF D OCUMENTS D ELIVERED TO T RUSTEE .

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

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

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

SECTION 1.04 A CTS OF S ECURITYHOLDERS .

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Securityholders or Securityholders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in or evidenced

 

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by an electronic transmission which identifies the documents containing the proposal on which such consent is requested and certifies such Securityholders’ consent thereto and agreement to be bound thereby; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. If any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, then for the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have taken any action as herein described, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed to be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof as of the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the first sentence of this Section 1.04(a). Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

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

(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the later of 10 days prior to the first solicitation of such action or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Securities outstanding shall be computed as of the record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on the record date shall be deemed

 

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effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date, and that no such authorization, agreement or consent may be amended, withdrawn or revoked once given by a Holder, unless the Company shall provide for such amendment, withdrawal or revocation in conjunction with such solicitation of authorizations, agreements or consents or unless and to the extent required by applicable law.

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

SECTION 1.05 N OTICES , ETC ., TO T RUSTEE AND C OMPANY .

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

(1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section 5.01(4) or, in the case of a request for repayment, as specified in the Security carrying the right to repayment) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at 2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513, Attention: Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured email, .pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing.

If the Issuer elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a

 

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subsequent written instruction. The Issuer agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 1.06 N OTICES TO S ECURITYHOLDERS ; W AIVER .

Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event or reports to Securityholders, such notice or report shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or by email in .pdf format to each Securityholder affected by such event, at his address or email address of such Securityholder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or report. In any case where notice to Securityholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Securityholders. Where this Indenture or any Security 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 Securityholders 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 as a result of a strike, work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to any Securityholder when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any method of notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

SECTION 1.07 C ONFLICT WITH T RUST I NDENTURE A CT .

If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, any of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

SECTION 1.08 E FFECT OF H EADINGS AND T ABLE OF C ONTENTS .

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

SECTION 1.09 S UCCESSORS AND A SSIGNS .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and the Guarantors shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not; provided ; however , that successors and assigns of any Guarantor shall not be so bound to the extent such Guarantor has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 1.10 S EPARABILITY C LAUSE .

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

SECTION 1.11 B ENEFITS OF I NDENTURE .

Nothing in this Indenture or in any Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and the Holders of Securities (or such of them as may be affected thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 1.12 G OVERNING L AW .

This Indenture and the Securities shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

SECTION 1.13 C OUNTERPARTS .

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e. “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 1.14 L EGAL H OLIDAYS .

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated Maturity of any Security is not a Business Day at any Place of Payment or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, other than a provision in Securities of any series, or in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate that establishes the terms of such Securities, that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, Repayment Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and such extension of time shall in such case be excluded in the computation of interest, if any, accruing on such Security.

 

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SECTION 1.15 N O R ECOURSE A GAINST O THERS .

No past, present or future director, officer, stockholder or employee, as such, of the Company or any of its Affiliates or any successor corporation shall have any liability for any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor under this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in the Securities, or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations, covenants or agreements or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

SECTION 1.16 W AIVER OF J URY T RIAL .

EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH SECURITYHOLDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREFOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 1.17 F ORCE M AJEURE .

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

SECTION 1.18 FATCA.

In order to comply with applicable tax laws (inclusive of rules, regulations, directives and published interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Tax Law”) that any foreign financial institution, issuer, Trustee, Paying Agent, Holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject to related to the Indenture and the Securities, the Company agrees (1) upon reasonable written request of the Trustee to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about Holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions related to this Indenture and the Securities (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax-related obligations under Applicable Tax Law; and (2) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make, to the extent it is required to do so under Applicable Tax Law, any withholding or deduction in respect of taxes from payments under the Indenture for which the Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this Section 1.18 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 2.

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 2.01 F ORMS G ENERALLY .

The Securities shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities, subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to the rules of any securities exchange on which such Securities are listed.

SECTION 2.02 F ORMS OF S ECURITIES .

Each Security shall be in one of the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved, which Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security which has been approved thereby or, if a Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to approve a form of Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by the Trustee’s authentication of Securities in that form or a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Company.

SECTION 2.03 F ORM OF T RUSTEE S C ERTIFICATE OF A UTHENTICATION .

The form of the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for any Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially as follows:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
Trustee

Dated:                      By:

 

Authorized Signatory

SECTION 2.04 S ECURITIES I SSUABLE IN THE F ORM OF A G LOBAL S ECURITY .

(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 3.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder, authenticate and hold in custody on behalf of the Depository, such Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in a Company Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depository to Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made to the nominee of the Depository or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, the nominee of the Depository, has an interest herein.”

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.04 or of Section 3.05, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.05, only to a nominee of the Depository for such Global Security, or to the Depository, or a successor Depository for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

(c) (i) If at any time the Depository for a Global Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time the Depository for the Securities for such series shall no longer

 

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be eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such Global Security. If a successor Depository for such Global Security is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.

(ii) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 3.02 with respect to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depository for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depository. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (1) to each Person specified by such Depository a new Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest as specified by such Depository in the Global Security; and (2) to such Depository a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

(iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate and deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or

 

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indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the Security Registrar. The Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver at its Corporate Trust Office such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

ARTICLE 3.

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01 G ENERAL T ITLE ; G ENERAL L IMITATIONS ; I SSUABLE IN S ERIES ; T ERMS OF P ARTICULAR S ERIES .

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series as from time to time may be authorized by the Board of Directors. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in a supplemental indenture, subject to Section 3.11, prior to the issuance of Securities of any such series:

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

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

(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series is payable;

(4) the public offering price of such Securities;

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

(6) the index used to determine any payments to be made on the Securities;

(7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series shall be payable;

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conditions upon which, Securities of such series may be redeemed or repaid, as the case may be, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or the Holder;

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

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

(11) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(12) provisions, if any, with regard to the exchange of Securities of such series, at the option of the Holders thereof, for other Securities of the same series or the same aggregate principal amount or of a different authorized series or different authorized denomination or denominations, or both;

(13) provisions, if any, with regard to the appointment by the Company of an Authenticating Agent in one or more places other than the location of the office of the Trustee with power to act on behalf of the Trustee and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of the Securities of any one or more series in connection with such transactions as shall be specified in the provisions of this Indenture or in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture;

(14) the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series, if other than the principal amount thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.04;

(15) any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, if not set forth herein, and any additions, deletions or other changes to the Events of Default set forth herein that shall be applicable to the Securities of such series;

(16) any covenant solely for the benefit of the Securities of such series and any additions, deletions or other changes to the provisions of Article 10 or Section 1.01 or any definitions relating to such Article that would otherwise be applicable to the Securities of such series;

(17) if Section 4.03 of this Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series and if Section 4.03 shall be applicable to any covenant or Event

 

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of Default established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in a supplemental indenture as described above that has not already been established herein;

(18) if the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities; and

(19) any other terms of such series;

all upon such terms as may be determined in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture with respect to such series.

The form of the Securities of each series shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or in the supplemental indenture creating such series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from the Securities of each other series in such manner, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, as the Board of Directors may determine.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of a particular series, the Securities of any series may only be issuable in registered form, without coupons.

Any terms or provisions in respect of the Securities of any series issued under this Indenture may be determined pursuant to this Section by providing for the method by which such terms or provisions shall be determined.

SECTION 3.02 D ENOMINATIONS .

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be provided in the provisions of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture creating such series. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of that series shall be issuable only in fully registered form in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 3.03 E XECUTION , A UTHENTICATION , D ELIVERY AND D ATING .

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any one of the following: its Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers. The signature of any such officer on the Securities may be manual, facsimile, in the form of a .pdf attachment or by other means of electronic transmission showing signature. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

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to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.

Prior to any such authentication and delivery, and unless otherwise provided for or required under any supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, in addition to any Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02, and the Board Resolution and any certificate relating to the issuance of the series of Securities required to be furnished pursuant to Section 2.02, an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

(1) that such form or forms of Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

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

(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (B) general equitable principles, and (C) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture.

Unless otherwise provided in the form of Security for any series, all Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual or facsimile signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 3.04 T EMPORARY S ECURITIES .

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon receipt of the documents required by Section 3.03, together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

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

SECTION 3.05 R EGISTRATION , T RANSFER AND E XCHANGE .

The Company shall keep or cause to be kept a register or registers (herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities, or of Securities of a particular series, and of transfers of Securities or of Securities of such series. Any such register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times the information contained in such register or registers shall be available for inspection by the Trustee at the office or agency to be maintained by the Company as provided in Section 10.02. There shall be only one Security Register per series of Securities.

Subject to Section 2.04, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in a Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms.

Subject to Section 2.04, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

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

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

Unless otherwise provided in the Security to be registered for transfer or exchange, no service charge shall be made on any Securityholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise provided in such Security) require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 3.06 M UTILATED , D ESTROYED , L OST AND S TOLEN S ECURITIES .

If (i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such Security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor, series, Stated Maturity and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

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be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

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

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

SECTION 3.07 P AYMENT OF I NTEREST ; I NTEREST R IGHTS P RESERVED .

Unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 3.01, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

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

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names any such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to the Holder of each such Security at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor

 

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having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

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

If any installment of interest, the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Security called for redemption pursuant to Article 11, is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the Redemption Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, such interest shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Securities.

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

Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, at the option of the Company, interest in Securities may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.

SECTION 3.08 P ERSONS D EEMED O WNERS .

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 3.09 C ANCELLATION .

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by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Security shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures.

SECTION 3.10 C OMPUTATION OF I NTEREST .

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in Section 3.01, interest on the Securities shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 3.11 D ELAYED I SSUANCE OF S ECURITIES .

Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, Board Resolution, supplemental indenture, Opinion of Counsel or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Sections 1.02, 2.02, 3.01 and 3.03 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued; provided that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers’ Certificate or other certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 2.02 shall be true and correct as if made on such date.

A Company Order, Officers’ Certificate or Board Resolution or supplemental indenture delivered by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph may provide that Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its agent on original issue from time to time in the aggregate principal amount, if any, established for such series pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order upon the telephonic, electronic or written order of Persons designated in such Company Order, Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution (any such telephonic or electronic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such Persons) and that such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Company Order, Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Company Order, Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution.

SECTION 3.12 CUSIP NUMBERS.

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

 

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printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE 4.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 4.01 S ATISFACTION AND D ISCHARGE OF I NDENTURE .

This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of conversion or registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when:

(1) either

(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid for as provided in Section 3.06, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money in United States dollars has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation; or

(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation:

(i) have become due and payable, or

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

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable), or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that series under Section 6.07 shall survive and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 4.02, 10.02 and 10.03 shall survive.

Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this Section 4.01, the Trustee shall assign, transfer and turn over to the Company, subject to the claim provided by Section 6.07, any and all money, securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities other than money held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02.

SECTION 4.02 A PPLICATION OF T RUST M ONEY .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 4.03 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited 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; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or securities deposited with and held by it as provided in Section 4.03 and this Section 4.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent satisfaction and discharge or covenant defeasance, provided that the Trustee shall not be required to liquidate any securities in order to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.

SECTION 4.03 D EFEASANCE U PON D EPOSIT OF F UNDS OR G OVERNMENT O BLIGATIONS .

Unless pursuant to Section 3.01 provision is made that this Section shall not be applicable to the Securities of any series, at the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to any series of Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.04, 10.06 and 10.07 and Article 8 (and any other Sections or covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this provision), and clause (4) of Section 5.01 of this Indenture (and any other Events of Default applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this

 

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provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default, with respect to any series of Securities at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

(1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, money or the equivalent in securities of the United States government or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, or a combination thereof, which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide funds in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase or redemption obligations with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal or repurchase or redemption obligations are due (before such a deposit, if the Securities of such series are then redeemable or may be redeemed in the future pursuant to the terms thereof, in either case at the option of the Company, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.02, a notice of its election to redeem all of the Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article 11);

(2) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 4.03 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised, and, in the case of Securities being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to that effect from the Internal Revenue Service, unless, as set forth in such Opinion of Counsel, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law such that a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service is no longer required and (B) an Opinion of Counsel, subject to such qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations as are reasonably deemed necessary by such counsel and are reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Trustee, to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit referred to in paragraph (1) above does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit referred to in paragraph (1) above was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

 

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(5) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.

If the Company, at its option, with respect to a series of Securities, satisfies the applicable conditions pursuant to either clause (a) or (b) of the first sentence of this Section, then (x) in the event the Company satisfies the conditions to clause (a) and elects clause (a) to be applicable, each Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, its respective guarantee of the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series and (y) in either case, each Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to guarantee the Company’s performance of its obligation to comply with any term, provision or limitation set forth in Sections 10.04, 10.06, and 10.07 and Article 8 (and any other covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this provision), and clause (4) of Section 5.01 (and any other Events of Default applicable to such series of Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities at any time thereafter.

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal and any premium of and any interest on such Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 4.02, 6.07, 10.02 and 10.03; (C) the Company’s right of redemption, if any, with respect to any Securities of such series pursuant to Article 11, in which case the Company may redeem the Securities of such series in accordance with Article 11 by complying with such Article and depositing with the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.05, an amount of money sufficient, together with all amounts held in trust pursuant to Section 4.02 with respect to Securities of such series, to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities of such series to be redeemed; and (D) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 4.04 R EINSTATEMENT .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or securities in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Indenture, 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 Company’s and, if applicable, the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.03 of this Indenture, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or securities in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Indenture; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall

 

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be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 5.

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01 E VENTS OF D EFAULT .

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means with respect to any series of Securities any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of Security for such series:

(1) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity and, in the case of technical or administrative difficulties, only if such default persists for a period of more than 3 Business Days;

(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

(3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of such series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture in respect of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such series a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), all of such covenants and warranties in the Indenture which are not expressly stated to be for the benefit of a particular series of Securities being deemed in respect of the Securities of all series for this purpose, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company (or, if applicable, to such Guarantor) by the Trustee or to the Company (or, if applicable, to such Guarantor) and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which, or the breach of which, would otherwise constitute an Event of Default);

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Act”) by a court having jurisdiction in the premises or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof a bankrupt or insolvent under any other applicable Federal or State law, or the entry of a decree or order approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

(6) the consent by the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof in furtherance of any such action;

(7) any Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or be asserted in writing by any such Material Subsidiary or the Company not to be, in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and any such Guarantee; or

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

SECTION 5.02 A CCELERATION OF M ATURITY ; R ESCISSION AND A NNULMENT .

If an Event of Default described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (8) (if the Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (8) is with respect to less than all series of Securities then Outstanding) of Section 5.01 occurs and is continuing with respect to any series, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder (each such series acting as a separate class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of such series and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in paragraph (4) or (8) (if the Event of

 

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Default under paragraph (4) or (8) is with respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), of Section 5.01 occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default of the type set forth in paragraph (5) or (6) of Section 5.01 occurs and is continuing, the principal of and any interest on the Securities then outstanding shall become immediately due and payable.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made with respect to the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event or Events of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if:

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

(A) all overdue installments of interest on the Securities of such series;

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful;

(C) interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful; and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to such series of Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Securities of such series which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

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

SECTION 5.03 C OLLECTION OF I NDEBTEDNESS AND S UITS FOR E NFORCEMENT BY T RUSTEE .

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(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable;

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

(3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series;

and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or the Holders of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole amount then due and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be prescribed therefor by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct.

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

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

SECTION 5.04 T RUSTEE M AY F ILE P ROOFS OF C LAIM .

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue

 

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principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or portion thereof determined pursuant to Section 3.01(14) to be provable in bankruptcy) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary and 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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07) and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payment to the Trustee and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any, Securityholder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 5.05 T RUSTEE M AY E NFORCE C LAIMS W ITHOUT P OSSESSION OF S ECURITIES .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 5.06 A PPLICATION OF M ONEY C OLLECTED .

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

 

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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct;

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

THIRD: To the Company or any other person lawfully entitled thereto as directed in writing by the Company.

SECTION 5.07 L IMITATION ON S UITS .

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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SECTION 5.08 U NCONDITIONAL R IGHT OF S ECURITYHOLDERS T O R ECEIVE P RINCIPAL , P REMIUM AND I NTEREST .

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 5.09 R ESTORATION OF R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES .

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

SECTION 5.10 R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES C UMULATIVE .

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or repayment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 5.11 D ELAY OR O MISSION N OT W AIVER .

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

SECTION 5.12 C ONTROL BY S ECURITYHOLDERS .

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

 

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(1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction; and

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

SECTION 5.13 W AIVER OF P AST D EFAULTS .

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

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to the Securities of such series; or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 9 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series.

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

SECTION 5.14 U NDERTAKING FOR C OSTS .

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

 

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SECTION 5.15 W AIVER OF S TAY OR E XTENSION L AWS .

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 6.

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01 C ERTAIN D UTIES AND R ESPONSIBILITIES .

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities:

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

(4) 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 indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

SECTION 6.02 N OTICE OF D EFAULTS .

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Securities of such series no such notice to Securityholders of such series shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default,” with respect to Securities of any series, means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

SECTION 6.03 C ERTAIN R IGHTS OF T RUSTEE .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

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

 

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

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

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

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

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

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

(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 6.02) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities;

(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence;

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

 

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

(l) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

SECTION 6.04 N OT R ESPONSIBLE FOR R ECITALS OR I SSUANCE OF S ECURITIES .

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

SECTION 6.05 M AY H OLD S ECURITIES .

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

SECTION 6.06 M ONEY H ELD IN T RUST .

Subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof, all moneys in United States dollars received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

SECTION 6.07 C OMPENSATION AND R EIMBURSEMENT .

The Company agrees:

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

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(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may have been caused by its negligence or willful misconduct; and

(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Securityholder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or (6), the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

The Company’s obligations under this Section 6.07 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company’s obligations pursuant to Article 4 of this Indenture and/or the termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 6.08 D ISQUALIFICATION ; C ONFLICTING I NTERESTS .

The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded from the operation of this Section 6.08 all other series under this Indenture. Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 6.09 C ORPORATE T RUSTEE R EQUIRED ; E LIGIBILITY .

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Securities, which shall be either:

(i) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority; or

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regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees;

in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder. If at any time the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.

SECTION 6.10 R ESIGNATION AND R EMOVAL .

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

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

(c) The Trustee may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 6.08 with respect to any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series for at least six months, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act;

 

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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder;

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Securities; or

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, with respect to the series, or in the case of Clause (4), with respect to all series, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the series, or, in the case of Clause (4), with respect to all series.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Securities, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities for any cause, the Company, by Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee for that series of Securities. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such series. If no successor Trustee with respect to such series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Securityholders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, subject to Section 5.14, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its principal Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 6.11 A CCEPTANCE OF A PPOINTMENT BY S UCCESSOR .

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appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective with respect to any series as to which it is resigning or being removed as Trustee, and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to any such series; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges, if any, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the predecessor Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such predecessor trustee hereunder with respect to all or any such series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 6.07. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.

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

No successor Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible with respect to that series under this Article.

SECTION 6.12 M ERGER , C ONVERSION , C ONSOLIDATION OR S UCCESSION TO B USINESS .

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this

 

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Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

SECTION 6.13 P REFERENTIAL C OLLECTION OF C LAIMS A GAINST C OMPANY .

The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

SECTION 6.14 A PPOINTMENT OF A UTHENTICATING A GENT .

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and, if other than the Company itself, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

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

 

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shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and, if other than the Company, to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if other than the Company, to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation as the Company and the Authenticating Agent shall from time to time agree in writing for its services under this Section.

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

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
Trustee

Dated:                     

By:

 

As Authenticating Agent
By:

 

As Authorized Agent

ARTICLE 7.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY

TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 7.01 C OMPANY T O F URNISH T RUSTEE N AMES AND A DDRESSES OF S ECURITYHOLDERS .

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(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after December 15 and June 15 in each year in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, a list of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such December 15 and June 15, as applicable; and

(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.

SECTION 7.02 P RESERVATION OF I NFORMATION ; C OMMUNICATIONS TO S ECURITYHOLDERS .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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

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

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

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder of a Security of such series or to all Securityholders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a

 

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copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or all Securityholders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all Securityholders of such series or all Securityholders, as the case may be, with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

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

SECTION 7.03 R EPORTS BY T RUSTEE .

(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the issuance of Securities, the Trustee shall transmit to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, as provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of May 15 if required by, in accordance with and with respect to, the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a).

(b) The Trustee shall transmit to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, as provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report in accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b).

(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be furnished to the Company and, in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d), be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, and also with the Commission. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 7.04 R EPORTS BY C OMPANY .

The Company shall file with the Trustee, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the

 

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Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).

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

ARTICLE 8.

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR

TRANSFER

SECTION 8.01 C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , C ONVEYANCE OR T RANSFER ON C ERTAIN T ERMS .

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, lease, convey or transfer all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, if upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer the Company is not the surviving corporation, unless:

(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, lease, conveyance or transfer all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company shall be organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture (as supplemented from time to time) on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

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

In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or transfer the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and the Company may be liquidated and dissolved.

 

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SECTION 8.02 S UCCESSOR P ERSON S UBSTITUTED .

Upon any consolidation or merger, or sale, lease, conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, and if required hereunder, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or transfer 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 had been named as the Company herein. In the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company as the predecessor shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and the Company may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.

ARTICLE 9.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01 S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES W ITHOUT C ONSENT OF S ECURITYHOLDERS .

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

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation or Person to the Company or any Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees relating thereto;

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the rights or powers of the Guarantors, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of any or all series (and if such covenants or the surrender of such right or power are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included or such surrenders are expressly being made solely for the benefit of one or more specified series);

(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such supplemental indenture shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Securityholders of any series;

(4) to add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any similar federal statute hereafter enacted;

 

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(5) to establish any form of Security, as provided in Article 2, to provide for the issuance of any series of Securities as provided in Article 3 and to set forth the terms thereof, and/or to add to the rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series;

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

(7) to add any additional Events of Default in respect of the Securities of any or all series (and if such additional Events of Default are to be in respect of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of one or more specified series);

(8) to provide for the issuance of Securities in coupon as well as in fully registered form;

(9) to secure the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 10.06 or otherwise; or

(10) to evidence the addition of any Subsidiary of the Company as a Guarantor hereunder or the release or discharge of any Guarantor hereunder and any of its obligations hereunder in accordance with Article 12.

SECTION 9.02 S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES WITH C ONSENT OF S ECURITYHOLDERS .

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected (voting as one class) by such supplemental indenture or indentures (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer for or in exchange of Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee (in accordance with Section 1.04 hereof), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

(1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of any premium on, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest or any premium thereon, or change the method of computing the amount of principal thereof or interest thereon on any date or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Maturity or the Stated Maturity, as the case may be,

 

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thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be);

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

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.08, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;

(4) impair or adversely affect the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, the Securities of any series on or after the Stated Maturity of such Securities (or in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or

(5) amend or modify Article 12 of this Indenture in any manner adverse to the rights of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of any series.

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

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 supplemental indenture hereto. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Holders, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. A waiver by a Holder of such Holder’s rights to consent under this Section shall be deemed to be a consent of such Holder.

SECTION 9.03 E XECUTION OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter

 

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into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 9.04 E FFECT OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES .

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

SECTION 9.05 C ONFORMITY WITH T RUST I NDENTURE A CT .

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

SECTION 9.06 R EFERENCE IN S ECURITIES TO S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES .

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

ARTICLE 10.

COVENANTS

SECTION 10.01 P AYMENT OF P RINCIPAL , P REMIUM AND I NTEREST .

With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold federal income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States from payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest hereunder.

SECTION 10.02 M AINTENANCE OF O FFICE OR A GENCY .

The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or

 

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agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Unless otherwise set forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or Indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby initially designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities, the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as the Company’s office or agency for each such purpose in such city.

SECTION 10.03 M ONEY FOR S ECURITY P AYMENTS T O B E H ELD IN T RUST .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent in respect of each and every series of Securities as to which it seeks to discharge this Indenture or, if for any other purpose, all sums so held in trust by the Company in respect of all Securities, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

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

SECTION 10.04 S TATEMENT AS TO C OMPLIANCE ; N OTICE OF D EFAULT .

For so long as any Securities remain outstanding under this Indenture, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate, one of the signatories of which shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company stating that:

(1) a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such year as would bear on performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities has been made under the supervision of such officers; and

(2) to the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture and has complied with all conditions and covenants on its part contained in this Indenture through such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, covenant or condition, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they have knowledge.

For the purpose of this Section 10.04, default and compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 10.05 L EGAL E XISTENCE .

Subject to Article 8 the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

 

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SECTION 10.06 L IMITATION ON L IENS .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Material Subsidiary to, incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness for money borrowed that is secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on shares of stock or indebtedness of any Material Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) unless the Company or such Material Subsidiary makes or causes to be made effective provisions whereby the Securities issued under this Indenture will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) all other indebtedness thereby secured so long as any such indebtedness shall be secured. The foregoing restriction does not apply to the following:

(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on its property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books;

(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, workmen’s, repairmen’s and mechanics’ liens, and other similar Liens (including deposits on pledges to obtain the release of such Liens) arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on its books;

(iii) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits required or permitted to qualify the Company or any Subsidiary to conduct business, to maintain self-insurance or to obtain the benefit of any law pertaining to worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;

(iv) utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

(v) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business securing the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, bonds, letters of credit and other similar obligations, and judgment liens to the extent enforcement thereof is effectively stayed, provided that full provision for the payment of all such obligations shall have been made on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary as may be required by GAAP;

(vi) banker’s liens and rights of setoff arising by operation of law and contractual rights of setoff;

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(viii) Liens created by Subsidiaries of the Company to secure indebtedness of such Subsidiaries to the Company or to one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company;

(ix) Liens affecting property of a Person existing at the time it becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges into or consolidates with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties of such Person to the Company or its Subsidiaries;

(x) Liens on any property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof or incurred to secure payment of all or a part of the purchase price thereof or to secure indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after the acquisition thereof for the purpose of financing all or part of the purchase price thereof;

(xi) Liens on any property to secure all or part of the cost of improvements or construction thereon or indebtedness incurred to provide funds for such purpose in a principal amount not exceeding the cost of such improvements or construction;

(xii) Liens on shares of stock, indebtedness or other securities of a Person that is not the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(xiii) Liens on or with respect to capital leases entered into after the date of this Indenture, provided that such liens extend only to the property or assets that are the subject of such capital leases;

(xiv) Liens on property of the Company or a Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Liens;

(xv) any security interest created in connection with the sale, discount or guarantee of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, accounts receivable, trade acceptances or other paper or contingent repurchase obligations, arising out of sales of merchandise in the ordinary course of business;

(xvi) any extension, substitution, renewal or replacement of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xiv) inclusive, or of any indebtedness secured thereby; provided, however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, substitution, renewal or replacement, or at the time the lien was issued, created or assumed or otherwise permitted, and that such extension, substitution, renewal or replacement lien shall be limited to all or part of substantially the same property which

 

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secured the lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property); and

(xvii) other Liens arising in connection with indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries, together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties (with the exception of the transactions that are excluded as described in Section 10.07), not exceeding at the time such lien is issued, created or assumed 10% of the Consolidated Assets of the Company.

SECTION 10.07 L IMITATION ON S ALE AND L EASEBACK T RANSACTIONS .

The Company shall not itself, and shall not permit any Material Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement after the date of the first issuance by the Company of Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor (other than the Company or another Material Subsidiary) providing for the leasing by the Company or any Material Subsidiary of any Principal Property (except a lease for a period not to exceed three years by the end of which it is intended that the use of such Principal Property by the lessee will be discontinued), which was or is owned or leased by the Company or a Material Subsidiary and which has been or is to be sold or transferred, more than 120 days after the completion of construction and commencement of full operation thereof by the Company or such Material Subsidiary, to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such Principal Property (herein referred to as a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless, either:

(a) the Attributable Debt of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and all other Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into after the date of the first issuance by the Company of securities issued pursuant to this instrument (other than any such Sale and Leaseback Transactions that are otherwise permitted or excepted by this Section 10.07), plus the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness secured by Liens on Principal Properties then outstanding (excluding any such indebtedness secured by Liens covered in subparagraphs (i) through (xvii) of Section 10.06) without equally and ratably securing the Securities, would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Assets, or

(b) the Company, within 150 days after the sale or transfer, applies or causes a Material Subsidiary to apply an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of such sale or transfer or (ii) the Attributable Debt with respect thereto, to the retirement of Securities of any series or other indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness subordinated to the Securities) or indebtedness of a Material Subsidiary, for money borrowed, having a stated maturity more than 12 months from the date of such application or which is extendible at the option of the obligor thereon to a date more than 12 months from the date of such application (and, unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to any one or more series of Securities, any redemption of Securities pursuant to this provision shall not be deemed to constitute a refunding operation or anticipated refunding operation for the purposes of any provision limiting the Company’s right to redeem Securities of any one or more such series when such redemption involves

 

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a refunding operation or anticipated refunding operation); provided that the amount to be so applied shall be reduced by (i) the principal amount of Securities delivered within 150 days after such sale or transfer to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation, and (ii) the principal amount of any such indebtedness of the Company or a Material Subsidiary, other than Securities, voluntarily retired by the Company or a Material Subsidiary within 180 days after such sale or transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in this subdivision (b) may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund payment or any mandatory prepayment provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the Company or any Material Subsidiary is the lessee in any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, Attributable Debt shall not include any indebtedness resulting from the guarantee by the Company or any other Material Subsidiary of the lessee’s obligation thereunder.

SECTION 10.08 W AIVER OF C ERTAIN C OVENANTS .

The Company may omit in respect of any series of Securities, in any particular instance, to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 10.04, 10.06 or 10.07 or set forth in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, unless otherwise specified in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such waiver (voting as one class) shall, by Act of such Securityholders delivered to the Company and the Trustee (in accordance with Section 1.04 hereof), either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Section 10.08 shall permit the waiver of compliance with any covenant or condition set forth in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture which, if in the form of an indenture supplemental hereto, would not be permitted by Section 9.02 without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.

SECTION 10.09 A DDITIONAL C OVENANTS .

Any additional covenants which the Company or the Guarantors will make pertaining to a series of Securities shall be set forth in a supplement relating to such series of Securities.

SECTION 10.10 C ALCULATION OF O RIGINAL I SSUE D ISCOUNT .

The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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ARTICLE 11.

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 11.01 A PPLICABILITY OF A RTICLE .

The Company may reserve the right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of the Securities of any series, either by optional redemption, sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation or otherwise, by provision therefor in the form of Security for such series established and approved pursuant to Section 2.02 and on such terms as are specified in such form or in the indenture supplemental hereto with respect to Securities of such series as provided in Section 3.01. Redemption of Securities of any series shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and, to the extent that this Article does not conflict with such terms, the succeeding Sections of this Article. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, except in the case of redemption pursuant to a sinking fund, the Trustee shall not make any payment in connection with the redemption of Securities until the close of business on the Redemption Date.

SECTION 11.02 E LECTION T O R EDEEM ; N OTICE TO T RUSTEE .

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of the Company shall be evidenced by, or pursuant to authority granted by, a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series and the Tranche to be redeemed.

In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition. The Trustee shall have no obligation to calculate the Redemption Price.

SECTION 11.03 S ELECTION OF S ECURITIES T O B E R EDEEMED .

If less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series (a “Tranche”) are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the Outstanding Securities of such Tranche not previously called for redemption in accordance with the procedures of the Depository or, in the absence of any such provision, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may include provision for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such Tranche of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a particular series of Securities, the portions of the principal of Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denomination of the Securities of such series, or an integral

 

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multiple thereof, and the principal amount which remains outstanding shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series.

Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either, (a) the Company or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement as being an Affiliate of the Company.

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

SECTION 11.04 N OTICE OF R EDEMPTION .

Notice of redemption shall be given by electronic transmission or first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 (unless otherwise provided in the Board Resolution establishing the relevant series) nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each holder of Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s email address or physical address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP number(s)) and state:

(1) the Redemption Date and if such redemption is subject to the completion of any condition, a statement to such effect;

(2) the Redemption Price, or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time notice is given;

(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the Securities to be redeemed;

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

(5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, which shall be the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment; and

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Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 3.01, with respect to any notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such notice, such Securities are deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 4.01, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money has not been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the Paying Agent for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities that had been surrendered for payment upon such redemption

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request (which may be rescinded or revoked at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. The notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder of any Security receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities.

SECTION 11.05 D EPOSIT OF R EDEMPTION P RICE .

On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 11.06 S ECURITIES P AYABLE ON R EDEMPTION D ATE .

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in accordance with the notice, such Securities shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price. Unless otherwise provided with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, installments of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.

 

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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security, or as otherwise provided in such Security.

SECTION 11.07 S ECURITIES R EDEEMED IN P ART .

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment with respect to that series (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

SECTION 11.08 P ROVISIONS WITH R ESPECT TO A NY S INKING F UNDS .

Unless the form or terms of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to such series of Securities in cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities of such series theretofore acquired by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company (including by way of optional redemption (pursuant to the sinking fund or otherwise but not by way of mandatory sinking fund redemption) or converted by the Holder thereof into Common Stock or other securities and theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and if it does so then (i) Securities so delivered or credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such series, and (ii) on or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to such series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee (A) an Officers’ Certificate specifying the portions of such sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and by delivery or credit of Securities of such series acquired by the Company or converted by the Holder thereof, and (B) such Securities, to the extent not previously surrendered. Such Officers’ Certificate shall also state the basis for such credit and that the Securities for which the Company elects to receive credit have not been previously so credited and were not acquired by the Company through operation of the mandatory sinking fund, if any, provided with respect to such Securities and shall also state that no Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing. All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled by the Trustee and no Securities shall be authenticated in lieu thereof.

If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with respect to any series of Securities made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments with respect to Securities of such series made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request), unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of Securities, that cash shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to Securities of such series next following the date of such payment to the redemption of Securities of such series at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to

 

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Securities of such series, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, with the effect provided in Section 11.06. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 11.03, for redemption on such sinking fund Redemption Date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to utilize that cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series for the sinking fund to be given in the manner provided in Section 11.04 (and with the effect provided in Section 11.06) for the redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of such series received by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.08. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to Securities of any series held by the Trustee at the Maturity of Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.

On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with respect to Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum equal to all accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date pursuant to this Section 11.08.

ARTICLE 12.

GUARANTEES

SECTION 12.01 G UARANTEES .

(a) Each of the Guarantors, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, fully, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees (each, a “Guarantee”), to each Holder of Securities (including each Holder of Securities issued under the Indenture after the date of this Indenture) and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities.

(b) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional irrespective of the absence or existence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor (except to the extent such judgment is paid) or any waiver or amendment of the provisions of this Indenture or the Securities to the extent that any such action or any similar action would otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor (except that each such waiver or amendment shall be effective in accordance with its terms).

 

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(c) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that each Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection.

(d) Each of the Guarantors further agrees to waive presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company or any other Person, and also waives diligence, notice of acceptance of its Guarantee, presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest for nonpayment, the filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company or any other Person and any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person. The obligations of the Guarantors shall not be affected by any failure or policy on the part of the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Securities of any series.

(e) The obligation of each Guarantor to make any payment hereunder may be satisfied by causing the Company or any other Person to make such payment.

(f) If any Holder of any Security or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee of such Guarantor, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(g) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of each of the Guarantees shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the relevant Guarantor without rendering the relevant Guarantee under this Indenture voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

SECTION 12.02 R ELEASE OF G UARANTOR

In the event (a) of the merger, consolidation or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor (other than a merger or consolidation with, or sale or disposition of assets to, the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company), or (b) there occurs a transfer, sale or other disposition of the Voting Stock of a Guarantor whereby such Guarantor ceases to constitute a Subsidiary of the Company, then in any such case such Guarantor or the entity acquiring the assets (in the event of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect of the foregoing, such Guarantor shall be discharged from all further liability and obligation under this Indenture and the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.

 

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

 

General Dynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Vice President and Treasurer

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Bath Iron Works Corporation, a Maine corporation
By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

Electric Boat Corporation, a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

 

68


General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., a Virginia corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a Delaware corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a Nevada Corporation

By:

/s/ David H. Fogg

Name: David H. Fogg
Title: Treasurer

 

69


The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation as Trustee

By:

/s/ Francine Kincaid

Name: Francine Kincaid
Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

GUARANTORS

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

Bath Iron Works Corporation, a Maine corporation

Electric Boat Corporation, a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., a Virginia corporation

General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a Delaware corporation

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a Nevada corporation

Exhibit 5

 

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March 24, 2015

General Dynamics Corporation

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513

Re: Registration of Securities on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special counsel to General Dynamics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and to the subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”), in connection with the preparation of a registration statement on Form S-3 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the offering of debt securities of the Company (the “Securities”), and of the guarantees of the Guarantors related to the Securities (the “Guarantees”), for issuance from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. References made herein to the “Indenture” shall be to the Indenture dated as of March 24, 2015, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The amounts, prices and other specific terms of the Securities offered and sold under the Registration Statement will be set forth in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement and in one or more supplements to such prospectus (collectively, the “Prospectus”).

The terms of the Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time will be approved by the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof or certain authorized officers of the Company as part of the corporate action taken (the “Company Corporate Proceeding”) in connection with the issuance of the Securities.

The terms of the Guarantees to be established by the Guarantors will be approved by the boards of directors of the Guarantors or a committee thereof or certain authorized officers of the Guarantors as part of the corporate action taken (the “Guarantor Corporate Proceeding”) in connection with the issuance of the Guarantees.

We have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (a) the corporate and organizational documents of the Company and the Guarantors, (b) certain minutes and records of the Company Corporate Proceedings and the Guarantor Corporate Proceedings and (c) the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also

 

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General Dynamics Corporation

March 24, 2015

 

assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Company and the Guarantors, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Company and the Guarantors. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others. We have also made other assumptions which we believe to be appropriate for purposes of this letter.

Based upon and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth in this letter, we are of the opinion that:

1. When, as and if (a) the Registration Statement will have become effective pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act, (b) any necessary supplemental indenture (or other such certificate or supplement) to the Indenture will have been duly approved by appropriate Company Corporate Proceedings and Guarantor Corporate Proceedings and such supplemental indenture (or other such certificate or supplement thereto) will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto (and assuming that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee), (c) the Securities will have been duly issued in the form and containing the terms described and provided in the Prospectus, the Indenture (and any supplemental indenture or other such certificate or supplement thereto) and the respective Company Corporate Proceedings and Guarantor Corporate Proceedings, and any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities with respect thereto are obtained, and (d) the Securities have been duly executed by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to the purchasers against payment of the agreed consideration therefor, the Securities when issued will be legally issued and binding obligations of the Company.

2. Subject to the assumptions contained in paragraph 1, when, as and if (a) the Guarantees will have been duly issued in the form and containing the terms described and provided in the Prospectus, the Indenture (and any supplemental indenture or other such certificate or supplement thereto) and the respective Guarantor Corporate Proceedings, and any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities with respect thereto are obtained, and (b) the Guarantees have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors, the Guarantees will be binding obligations of the Guarantors.

Our opinions expressed above are subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with or effect of (a) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (c) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies and (d) other commonly recognized statutory and judicial constraints on enforceability, including, without limitation, statutes of limitations.

Our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based exclusively on the internal law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law, constitution and reported judicial

 

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General Dynamics Corporation

March 24, 2015

 

decisions of the State of Delaware or the federal law of the United States, and represents our opinion as to how that issue would be resolved were it to be considered by the highest court in the jurisdiction which enacted such law. The manner in which any particular issue would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it. This letter is not intended to guarantee the outcome of any legal dispute which may arise in the future. We advise you that issues addressed by this letter may be governed in whole or in part by other laws, but we express no opinion as to whether any relevant difference exists between the laws upon which our opinions are based and any other laws which may actually govern. We have assumed without investigation that there has been no relevant change or development between the date of such certificate and the date of this letter.

We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the various states to the issuance of the Securities or the Guarantees.

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purposes. This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the present laws identified above be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Jenner & Block LLP

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

 

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SCHEDULE I

GUARANTORS

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

Bath Iron Works Corporation, a Maine corporation

Electric Boat Corporation, a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., a Virginia corporation

General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a Delaware corporation

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a Nevada corporation

Exhibit 12

General Dynamics Corporation

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in Millions)

 

     2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Pre-tax Earnings plus Fixed Charges

   $ 4,000       $ 3,814       $ 738       $ 3,888       $ 3,961   

Fixed Charges:

              

Interest Expense

   $ 103       $ 103       $ 168       $ 155       $ 167   

Interest Element of Rent Expense

   $ 95       $ 100       $ 97       $ 94       $ 88   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Fixed Charges

$ 198    $ 203    $ 265    $ 249    $ 255   

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

  20.2      18.8      2.8      15.6      15.6   

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

General Dynamics Corporation

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 9, 2015, with respect to the Consolidated Balance Sheets of General Dynamics Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related Consolidated Statements Of Earnings (Loss), Comprehensive Income (Loss), Cash Flows, and Shareholders’ Equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

McLean, Virginia

March 24, 2015

Exhibit 24.1

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION

IRS No. 13-1673581

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each of the undersigned Directors of GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC, JASON W. AIKEN and GREGORY S. GALLOPOULOS as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any and all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), for the registration of certain securities of General Dynamics Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary as fully as to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute or substitutes therefor may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 4th day of March, 2015.

 

/s/ Mary T. Barra

/s/ Lester L. Lyles

Mary T. Barra Lester L. Lyles

/s/ Nicholas D. Chabraja

/s/ James N. Mattis

Nicholas D. Chabraja James N. Mattis

/s/ James S. Crown

/s/ Phebe N. Novakovic

James S. Crown Phebe N. Novakovic

/s/ Rudy F. deLeon

/s/ William A. Osborn

Rudy F. deLeon William A. Osborn

/s/ William P. Fricks

s/ Laura J. Schumacher

William P. Fricks Laura J. Schumacher

/s/ John M. Keane

/s/ Robert Walmsley

John M. Keane Robert Walmsley

Exhibit 25

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

General Dynamics Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   13-1673581

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia

  22042-4513
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)


 

American Overseas Marine Company, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   43-1273477

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

100 Newport Avenue Extension

Quincy, Massachusetts

  02171
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Bath Iron Works Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maine   39-1343528

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

700 Washington Street

Bath, Maine

  04530
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Electric Boat Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   51-0369496

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

75 Eastern Point Road

Groton, Connecticut

  06340-4989
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

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General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   16-1190245

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

2941 Fariview Park Drive, Suite 100

Falls Church, Virginia

  22042-4513
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   54-0582680

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

38500 Mound Road

Sterling Heights, Michigan

  48310-3268
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   06-1458069

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

11399 16 th Court North, Suite 200

St. Petersburg, Florida

  33716
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

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General Dynamics-OTS, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   54-1828437

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

11399 16 th Court North, Suite 200

St. Petersburg, Florida

  33716
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   13-3554834

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

500 Gulfstream Road

Savannah, Georgia

  31408
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   95-2076637

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

P.O. Box 85278

San Diego, California

  92186-5278
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

 

Address

Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services of the State of New York   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association   New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Woodland Park, and State of New Jersey, on the 11th day of March, 2015.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:

/s/ Laurence J. O’Brien

Name: Laurence J. O’Brien
Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

 

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2014, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts
in thousands
 

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     6,317,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     105,168,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     20,186,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     95,176,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     70,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     10,534,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     21,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     35,904,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     168,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     35,736,000   

Trading assets

     7,279,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,043,000   

Other real estate owned

     3,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     556,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,405,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,152,000   


Other assets

  14,520,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

  304,166,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

Deposits:

In domestic offices

  137,928,000   

Noninterest-bearing

  95,930,000   

Interest-bearing

  41,998,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

  119,551,000   

Noninterest-bearing

  8,281,000   

Interest-bearing

  111,270,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

  2,155,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

  3,490,000   

Trading liabilities

  6,798,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

  5,925,000   

Not applicable

Not applicable

Subordinated notes and debentures

  765,000   

Other liabilities

  6,284,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  282,896,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

  0   

Common stock

  1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

  10,061,000   

Retained earnings

  10,852,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  -1,128,000   

Other equity capital components

  0   

Total bank equity capital

  20,920,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

  350,000   

Total equity capital

  21,270,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

  304,166,000   
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,            

Chief Financial Officer            

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

Michael J. Kowalski

  Directors