UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2016

Commission File Number: 333-211741

 

 

Emera Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

5151 Terminal Road

Halifax NS B3J 1A1

Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F   ¨             Form 40-F   x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):   ¨

 

 

 


The following documents are hereby furnished, not filed, and will not be incorporated by reference into any Registration Statement filed by Emera Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limitation, the Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-211741):

1. Base Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, as the issuer, Emera Incorporated and Emera US Holdings Inc., as guarantors and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the trustee.

2. First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, as the issuer, Emera Incorporated and Emera US Holdings Inc., as guarantors and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the trustee.

3. Base Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera Incorporated and CST Trust Company, as the trustee.

4. First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera Incorporated and CST Trust Company, as the trustee.

5. Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, Emera US Holdings Inc., and Emera Incorporated, as obligors, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.

6. News Release dated June 16, 2016.


SIGNATURES

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

 

    EMERA INCORPORATED
Date: June 16, 2016     By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

      Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
      Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.1    Base Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, as the issuer, Emera Incorporated and Emera US Holdings Inc., as guarantors and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the trustee.
1.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, as the issuer, Emera Incorporated and Emera US Holdings Inc., as guarantors and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the trustee.
1.3    Base Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera Incorporated and CST Trust Company, as the trustee.
1.4    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera Incorporated and CST Trust Company, as the trustee.
1.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, between Emera US Finance LP, Emera US Holdings Inc., and Emera Incorporated, as obligors, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.
1.6    News Release dated June 16, 2016.

 

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EXHIBIT 1.1

EMERA US FINANCE LP

as Issuer

EMERA INCORPORATED

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

as Guarantors

AND

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC

as Trustee

Indenture

 

 

Dated as of June 16, 2016

 

 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act

of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016

 

Trust Indenture Act Section    Indenture Section     
§ 310(a)(1)    6.07   
§ 310(b)    6.04, 6.07, 6.08(d)(1)   
§ 311    1.01(2), 6.04   
§ 312(b)    7.01   
§ 313    1.01 (“Outstanding”)   
§ 313(c)    6.01   
§ 315(a)-(d)    6.02   
§ 315(e)    6.08   
§ 316(c)    1.04(d)   


TABLE OF CONTENTS*

 

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ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

  

  

SECTION 1.01

  Definitions      1   

SECTION 1.02

  Compliance Certificates and Opinions      15   

SECTION 1.03

  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee      16   

SECTION 1.04

  Acts of Holders      17   

SECTION 1.05

  Notices, etc. to Trustee, Issuer and Guarantors      18   

SECTION 1.06

  Notice to Holders; Waiver      18   

SECTION 1.07

  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      19   

SECTION 1.08

  Successors and Assigns      19   

SECTION 1.09

  Separability Clause      19   

SECTION 1.10

  Benefits of Indenture      19   

SECTION 1.11

  Governing Law      19   

SECTION 1.12

  Legal Holidays      20   

SECTION 1.13

  Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities      20   

SECTION 1.14

  Conversion of Currency      21   

SECTION 1.15

  Currency Equivalent      22   

SECTION 1.16

  No Recourse Against Others      22   

SECTION 1.17

  Multiple Originals      22   

SECTION 1.18

  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      23   

SECTION 1.19

  Force Majeure      23   

SECTION 1.20

  No Joint Venture      23   

SECTION 1.21

  Rules of Construction      23   

SECTION 1.22

  No Security Interest Created      23   

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

  

  

SECTION 2.01

  Forms Generally      24   

SECTION 2.02

  Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication      25   

SECTION 2.03

  Securities Issuable in Global Form      25   

SECTION 2.04

  Guarantee by Guarantors; Form of Guarantee      26   

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

  

  

SECTION 3.01

  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      26   

SECTION 3.02

  Denominations      30   

SECTION 3.03

  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      30   

SECTION 3.04

  Reserved      32   

SECTION 3.05

  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange      32   

 

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SECTION 3.06

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities      35   

SECTION 3.07

  Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved      36   

SECTION 3.08

  Reserved      37   

SECTION 3.09

  Persons Deemed Owners      37   

SECTION 3.10

  Cancellation      38   

SECTION 3.11

  Computation of Interest      38   

SECTION 3.12

  Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities      39   

SECTION 3.13

  Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent      42   

SECTION 3.14

  Certain Transfers and Exchanges      43   

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

  

SECTION 4.01

  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      48   

SECTION 4.02

  Application of Trust Money      49   

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

  

  

SECTION 5.01

  Events of Default      49   

SECTION 5.02

  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment      51   

SECTION 5.03

  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      52   

SECTION 5.04

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      53   

SECTION 5.05

  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities      54   

SECTION 5.06

  Application of Money Collected      54   

SECTION 5.07

  Limitation on Suits      54   

SECTION 5.08

  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest      55   

SECTION 5.09

  Restoration of Rights and Remedies      55   

SECTION 5.10

  Rights and Remedies Cumulative      55   

SECTION 5.11

  Delay or Omission Not Waiver      56   

SECTION 5.12

  Control by Holders      56   

SECTION 5.13

  Waiver of Past Defaults      56   

SECTION 5.14

  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      57   

SECTION 5.15

  Undertaking for Costs      57   

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

  

  

SECTION 6.01

  Certain Duties and Responsibilities      58   

SECTION 6.02

  Notice of Defaults      58   

SECTION 6.03

  Certain Rights of Trustee      59   

SECTION 6.04

  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      61   

SECTION 6.05

  May Hold Securities      61   

SECTION 6.06

  Money Held in Trust      61   

SECTION 6.07

  Compensation and Reimbursement      61   

 

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SECTION 6.08

  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests      62   

SECTION 6.09

  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      62   

SECTION 6.10

  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      64   

SECTION 6.11

  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      65   

SECTION 6.12

  Appointment of Authenticating Agent      65   

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, ISSUER AND GUARANTORS

  

  

SECTION 7.01

  Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders      67   

SECTION 7.02

  Reports by Trustee      67   

SECTION 7.03

  Reports by the Company      67   

SECTION 7.04

  The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders      68   

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

  

  

SECTION 8.01

  Issuer and Guarantors May Amalgamate or Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms      69   

SECTION 8.02

  Successor Person Substituted      70   

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  

  

SECTION 9.01

  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      70   

SECTION 9.02

  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders      72   

SECTION 9.03

  Execution of Supplemental Indentures; Effect of Supplemental Indentures      73   

SECTION 9.04

  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      73   

SECTION 9.05

  Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures      73   

SECTION 9.06

  Notice of Supplemental Indentures      73   

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

  

  

SECTION 10.01

  Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest      74   

SECTION 10.02

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      74   

SECTION 10.03

  Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust      75   

SECTION 10.04

  Statement as to Compliance      76   

SECTION 10.05

  Additional Amounts      76   

SECTION 10.06

  Reserved      79   

SECTION 10.07

  Reserved      79   

SECTION 10.08

  Company Existence      79   

SECTION 10.09

  Limitation on Liens      80   

SECTION 10.10

  Waiver of Certain Covenants      82   

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

  

  

SECTION 11.01

  Applicability of Article      82   

SECTION 11.02

  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee      82   

SECTION 11.03

  Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed      83   

SECTION 11.04

  Notice of Redemption      83   

SECTION 11.05

  Deposit of Redemption Price      84   

SECTION 11.06

  Securities Payable on Redemption Date      84   

SECTION 11.07

  Securities Redeemed in Part      85   

SECTION 11.08

  Optional Tax Redemption      85   

SECTION 11.09

  Special Mandatory Redemption      86   

ARTICLE TWELVE

RESERVED

  

  

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

RESERVED

  

  

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

  

  

SECTION 14.01

  Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      86   

SECTION 14.02

  Defeasance and Discharge      87   

SECTION 14.03

  Covenant Defeasance      87   

SECTION 14.04

  Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      88   

SECTION 14.05

  Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      89   

SECTION 14.06

  Reinstatement      90   

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

GUARANTEE OF GUARANTEED SECURITIES

  

  

SECTION 15.01

  Unconditional Guarantees      91   

SECTION 15.02

  Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantees      94   

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

  

SECTION 16.01

  Certain Provisions Concerning the Payment of Interest      94   

SECTION 16.02

  Execution in Counterparts      94   

 

TESTIMONIUM    101
SIGNATURES    101
RESERVED    EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION    EXHIBIT B

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Issuer”), having its principal office at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19808, EMERA INCORPORATED, a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia (herein called the “Company”), EMERA US HOLDINGS INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“EUSHI” and, together with the Company, the “Guarantors” and each a “Guarantor” and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Issuer and the Guarantors), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

Each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture, and the making of the Guarantees pursuant to this Indenture (the “Guarantees”).

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.

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

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

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms “cash transaction” and “self-liquidating paper”, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission (as defined herein) adopted under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

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(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles used in the Company’s annual financial statements contained in the Company’s annual report delivered to its shareholders in respect of the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of such computation; and

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

Certain terms, used principally in Article Three , are defined in that Article.

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

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05 .

“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.

“Agent Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.12 to authenticate Securities.

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.

“Bankruptcy Law” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 .

“Bankruptcy Order” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 .

“Board of Directors” means with respect to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be:

 

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(1) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors or other governing body of the general partner of the partnership or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the Board of Directors or other governing body or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors, and in the absence of same, the manager or board of managers or the managing member or members or any controlling committee thereof; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, 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”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 , each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“calculation period” has the meaning specified in Section 3.11 .

“Canadian Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05 .

“Capital Lease Obligations” means the obligation of a Person, as lessee, to pay rent or other amounts to the lessor under a lease of real or personal property which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its successor.

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

“Common Shares” means shares of any class or classes of the share capital of a corporation or securities representing ownership interests in any Person other than a corporation, the rights of the Holders of which to participate in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such corporation or other Person are not restricted to a fixed sum or to a fixed sum plus accrued dividends or other periodic distributions.

 

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“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person. For purposes of clarity, it is hereby understood and agreed that the Company is, where appropriate in the context, sometimes referred to herein as a “Guarantor” or, collectively with Emera US Holdings Inc., the “Guarantors”.

“Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12 .

“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(d) .

“Conversion Event” means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than the Euro or other currency unit) both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the Euro or (iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the Euro for the purposes for which it was established.

“Corporate Trust Office” shall mean, with respect to the Trustee, 48 Wall Street, 22 nd Floor, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Legal Department; or any other address that the Trustee may designate with respect to itself from time to time by notice to the Company and the Holders.

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

“covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03 .

“Currency” means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency unit or currency units, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.

“Custodian” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 .

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

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

“defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02 .

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto, or any other Person designated pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of such series.

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

“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(g) .

 

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“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(f) .

“Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(h) .

“Euro” means the single currency of the participating member states from time to time of the European Union described in legislation of the European Council for the operation of a single unified European currency (whether known as the Euro or otherwise).

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear System.

“EUSHI” means Emera US Holdings Inc. For purposes of clarity, it is hereby understood and agreed that EUSHI is, where appropriate in the context, sometimes referred to herein as a “Guarantor” or, collectively with the Company, the “Guarantors.”

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

“Exchange Rate Agent” means, with respect to Securities of or within any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 , a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to Section 3.13 .

“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a tested telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by an officer or director of the Issuer (or the Issuer General Partner on behalf of the Issuer).

“Exchange Securities” means the Securities issued in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, Restricted Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities pursuant to the terms of a registration rights agreement and containing terms substantially identical to the Restricted Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities exchanged therefor (except that such Exchange Securities will be registered under the Securities Act and will not bear the Private Placement Legend).

“Excluded Holder” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05 .

“Federal Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

“Financial Instrument Obligations” means obligations arising under:

(i) interest rate swap agreements, forward rate agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options, insurance or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is

 

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dependent or based upon interest rates in effect from time to time or fluctuations in interest rates occurring from time to time (excluding obligations which are considered to be Indebtedness of such Person by virtue of any provision of the definition of Indebtedness other than clause (ii) thereof);

(ii) currency swap agreements, cross currency agreements, forward agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options, insurance or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is currency exchange rates or pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon currency exchange rates in effect from time to time or fluctuations in currency exchange rates occurring from time to time; and

(iii) commodity swap agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, commodity futures or options or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is one or more commodities or pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon the price of one or more commodities in effect from time to time or fluctuations in the price of one or more commodities occurring from time to time.

“First Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 1.15 .

“Foreign Currency” means any Currency other than Currency of the United States of America.

“Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” means, as at any date of determination, generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at such date.

“Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 .

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

“Government Obligations” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 , securities which are (a) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of a holder of a depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount

 

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received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

“Guarantee” or “Guarantees” means the guarantee of the Guarantors as endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the provisions set forth in Section 15.01 of this Indenture and all other obligations and covenants of the Guarantors contained in this Indenture and any Securities.

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

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

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,

(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances and contingent reimbursement obligations relating to letters of credit and other financial instruments;

(ii) all Financial Instrument Obligations;

(iii) all obligations issued or assumed by such Person in connection with the acquisition of property in respect of the deferred purchase price of property;

(iv) all Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Obligations of such Person, and

(v) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which such Person has guaranteed or for which such Person is responsible or liable,

provided that obligations of such Person or of another Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition shall exclude trade accounts payable, dividends and other distributions payable to shareholders, future income taxes, obligations in respect of Preferred Shares, accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or which are being contested by such Person or such other Person in good faith, and non-monetary obligations in respect of performance guarantees.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and 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 ; provided , however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, 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

 

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and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.01 , exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.

“Indexed Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security, shall be deemed to mean interest payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount Security.

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

“Interest Tax Event” means the receipt by the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company of an opinion of independent counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any:

(vi) amendment to, clarification of or change (including any officially announced prospective change) in the laws or treaties of the United States or Canada, as the case may be, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or any regulations under those laws or treaties, that is enacted or effective on or after the initial issuance of the Securities of any series;

(vii) administrative action, which means any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or other similar announcement, including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation, that is taken on or after the initial issuance of the Securities of any series;

(viii) amendment to, clarification of or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the previously generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, regardless of the time or manner in which that amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, that is enacted or effective on or after the initial issuance of the Securities of any series; or

(ix) threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Issuer or its partners, or a threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Securities, which challenge is asserted against the Issuer or its partners or becomes publicly known on or after the initial issuance of the Securities,

 

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it is more likely than not that the Issuer or its partners (other than the Company acting in its capacity as Guarantor) will be denied a current deduction in whole or in part in calculating its income tax liability in the United States or Canada that is attributable to any portion of the interest payable on the Securities.

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

“Issuer General Partner” means Emera US Finance General Partner Inc., which owns all of the general partnership interests in the Issuer.

“Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by any two officers or directors of the Issuer (or the Issuer General Partner on behalf of the Issuer), and delivered to the Trustee.

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 1.14 .

“Lien” means any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or security interest of any kind created, incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed in order to secure payment of Indebtedness.

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

 

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

“Non-Recourse Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the creation, development, design, engineering, procurement, construction, servicing, management, operation, ownership and/or acquisition of any project or asset and any increases in or extensions, renewals or refunding of any such Indebtedness in respect of which the person or persons to whom any such Indebtedness is or may be owed by the relevant borrower has, or have no recourse whatsoever to any of the Issuer, the Company, or EUSHI for the repayment of that Indebtedness other than:

(i) recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer, the Company or EUSHI, as applicable, for amounts limited to the cash flow or net cash flow (other than historic cash flow or historic net cash flow) from, or ownership interests or other investments in, such project or asset; and/or

(ii) recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer, the Company or EUSHI, as applicable, for the purpose only of enabling amounts to be claimed in respect of such Indebtedness in an enforcement of any encumbrance given by the Issuer, the Company or EUSHI, as applicable, over such project or asset or the income, cash flow or other proceeds deriving from the project (or given by any shareholder or the like, or other investor in, the borrower or in the owner of such project or asset over its shares or the like in the capital of, or other investment in, the borrower or in the owner of such project or asset) to secure such Indebtedness, provided that the extent of such recourse to the Issuer, the Company or EUSHI, as applicable, is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement; and/or

(iii) recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer, the Company or EUSHI, as applicable, under any form of assurance, indemnity, undertaking or support, which recourse is limited to a claim for damages (other than liquidated damages and damages required to be calculated in a specified way) for breach of an obligation (not being a payment obligation or an obligation to procure payment by another or an indemnity in respect of a payment obligation, or any obligation to comply or to procure compliance by another with any financial ratios or other tests of financial condition) by the person against which such recourse is available.

“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (as hereinafter defined).

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by, in the case of the Issuer or a Guarantor, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and delivered to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer (or the Issuer General Partner on behalf of the Issuer) or the Guarantor, as applicable, without personal liability.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer or the Guarantors, including an employee of the Issuer or the Guarantors, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means 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 pursuant to Section 5.02 .

“Other Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 1.15 .

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

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

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

(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 14.02 and 14.03 , with respect to which the Issuer has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen ; and

(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;

provided , however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 , (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Issuer as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue

 

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Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 3.01 , and (iv) Securities owned by the Issuer, a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer, a Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee certifies to the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer, a Guarantor or such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means the Trustee and any other Person (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Issuer.

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a trustee or an unincorporated organization; and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning.

“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 3.01 and 10.02 .

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

“Preferred Shares” means

(i) securities which on the date of issue thereof by a Person

(ii) have a term to maturity of more than 30 years,

(iii) rank subordinate to the unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Person outstanding on such date,

(iv) entitle such Person to satisfy the obligation to pay the principal thereof from the proceeds of the issuance of Common Shares;

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(vi) entitle such Person to satisfy the obligation to make payments of interest thereon from the proceeds of the issuance of Common Shares, and

(vii) shares of any class of the share capital of a corporation or securities representing ownership interests in any Person other than a corporation which, in either case, are not Common Shares.

“Private Placement Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 3.14(f).

“Purchase Money Mortgage” means any mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance created, issued or assumed by the Issuer or the Guarantors to secure a Purchase Money Obligation; provided that such mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance is limited to the property (including the rights associated therewith) acquired, constructed, installed or improved in connection with such Purchase Money Obligation.

“Purchase Money Obligation” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or the Guarantors incurred or assumed to finance the purchase price, in whole or in part, of any property or incurred to finance the cost, in whole or in part, of construction or installation of or improvements to any property; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred or assumed substantially concurrently with the purchase of such property or the completion of such construction, installation or improvements, as the case may be, and includes any extension, renewal or refunding of any such Indebtedness so long as the principal amount thereof outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased.

“rate(s) of exchange” has the meaning specified in Section 1.14 .

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

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

“Registered Security” means any Security registered in the Security Register.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01 .

“Regulation S Global Security” means a Regulation S Permanent Global Security or a Regulation S Temporary Global Security.

“Regulation S Permanent Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 .

“Regulation S Temporary Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 .

“Repayment Date” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 1.14 .

“Resale Restriction Termination Date” means (x) in the case of any Security sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, the date which is one year (or such other date when resales of securities by non-affiliates are first permitted under Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act without condition) after the later of the date of the original issue of the Securities or the date of any subsequent reopening of the Security and the last date on which the Issuer or any of its affiliates were the owner of such Security (or any predecessor thereto) or, in the case of any Security sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, 40 days or (y) in any case, such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law.

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

“Restricted Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 .

“Restricted Period” means the 40 day restricted period as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

“securities” means any stock, shares, units, installment receipts, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes, other evidences of indebtedness, or other documents or instruments commonly known as securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

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

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

“Specified Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12 .

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series 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.

“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed except as provided in Section 9.05 .

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of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

“United States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 , the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

“U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles that are in effect from time to time in the United States of America.

“U.S. Person” means a “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

“Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(c) .

“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

“Voting Stock” means securities or other ownership interests of a corporation, partnership or other entity having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to vote in the election of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency).

“Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.

SECTION 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

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

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

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

 

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(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 reasonable 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 covenant or condition has been complied with.

SECTION 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

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

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or a Guarantor 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 Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or a Guarantor 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 Issuer or a Guarantor or of 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 Issuer or a Guarantor, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which such certificate or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

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.

 

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SECTION 1.04 Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer and the Guarantors. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Issuer and a Guarantor, 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 in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) If the Issuer or a Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may, at its option, by or pursuant to a 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 Act, but such Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

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

 

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SECTION 1.05 Notices, etc. to Trustee, Issuer and Guarantors.

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

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer or a Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing or sent by facsimile to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office;

(2) the Issuer or a Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or sent by overnight courier to the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it at 5151 Terminal Road, Second Floor, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1A1, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods so long as an electronic copy of the executed instructions or directions on applicable letterhead are included with the electronic communication (for example, in an e-mail attachment); provided , however, that, if the Trustee so requests, (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions.

SECTION 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event (1) to Holders of Registered Securities by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in the City of New York, the first publication to be not later than two business days prior to the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

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Registered Securities when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be directed by the Issuer shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.

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

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

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

SECTION 1.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

SECTION 1.08 Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 1.09 Separability Clause.

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

SECTION 1.10 Benefits of Indenture.

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

SECTION 1.11 Governing Law.

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the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 1.12 Legal Holidays.

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

SECTION 1.13 Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities.

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i) irrevocably designates and appoints, and acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed the Issuer as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture that may be instituted in any United States federal or New York state court in The City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), or, subject to Section 5.07 , by any Holder of Securities or Guarantees in any United States federal or New York state court in The City of New York, (ii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon the Issuer and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to its General Counsel in the manner specified in Section 1.05 hereof), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Issuer in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding or any amounts shall be payable in respect of any Securities.

Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or any appellate court with respect thereto and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court.

To the extent that the Issuer or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each of them hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect

 

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of its obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 1.14 Conversion of Currency.

The Issuer and the Guarantors covenant and agree that the following provisions shall apply to conversion of Currency in the case of the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

(a) (i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due or contingently due under the Securities of any series or this Indenture in any other currency (the “Required Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).

(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of receipt of the amount due, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Required Currency originally due.

(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Issuer or a Guarantor at any time while any amount or damages owing under the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain unpaid or outstanding, the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in the Required Currency (other than under this subsection (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this subsection (b) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the date fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, may be ascertained for such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.

(c) The obligations contained in subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of this Section shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, from its other obligations under the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Issuer and the applicable Guarantor, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of such Issuer or Guarantor for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under subsection (b) above) or

 

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under any such judgment or order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or the applicable liquidator. In the case of subsection (b) above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution.

(d) The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean (i) in the case that either the Required Currency or the Judgment Currency is the Canadian dollar, the Bank of Canada noon rate for purchases on the relevant date of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency, as reported by Telerate on screen 3194 (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the parties to this Indenture) or (ii) in all other cases, the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the relevant date and in each case includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable.

SECTION 1.15 Currency Equivalent.

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes of the construction of the terms of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the Currency of one nation (the “First Currency”), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to represent the amount in the Currency of any other relevant nation (the “Other Currency”) which is required to purchase such amount in the First Currency (i) at the Bank of Canada noon rate as reported by Reuters Telerate successor page 3194 as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the parties to this Indenture) on the date of determination or (ii) if the Bank of Canada noon rate is not available, in accordance with normal banking procedures in The City of New York on the date of determination.

SECTION 1.16 No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Issuer or a Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of such Issuer or Guarantor under the Securities, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

SECTION 1.17 Multiple Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 1.18 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

SECTION 1.19 Force Majeure.

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 third party computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee, as applicable, 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 1.20 No Joint Venture.

Nothing contained in this Indenture (i) shall constitute the parties hereto as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.

SECTION 1.21 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires, (a) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular and (b) “including” means, where not already so indicated, “including without limitation.” Unless otherwise stated in this Indenture, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.” “Herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Unless otherwise specified, references in this Indenture to any Article, Section or Exhibit are references to such Article or Section of, or Exhibit to, this Indenture, and references in any Article, Section, Exhibit or definition to any subsection or clause are references to such subsection or clause of such Article, Section, Exhibit or definition. All references in this Indenture to an agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as a reference to that agreement, instrument or document as the same may be amended, modified, varied, supplemented or novated from time to time.

SECTION 1.22 No Security Interest Created.

Unless expressly provided for in a supplement to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Issuer or the Guarantors is or may be located.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 2.01 Forms Generally.

The Registered Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Issuer or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Guarantors or the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Issuer. If the form of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such 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 Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article Two .

The definitive Securities and Guarantee shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. A Security (including the Guarantee endorsed thereon) may be in any form established by or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 3.01 .

Securities offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Registered Securities in global form (the “Restricted Global Securities”) registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Depositary or its nominee, or of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Securities initially offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary Global Securities (the “Regulation S Temporary Global Securities”), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period will be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of non-United States beneficial

 

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ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of each Regulation S Temporary Global Security (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Restricted Global Security).

Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in each Regulation S Temporary Global Security will be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Global Securities (the “Regulation S Permanent Global Securities” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities, the “Regulation S Global Securities”; and the Regulation S Global Securities together with the Restricted Global Securities, the “Global Securities”) of the same series, pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of each Regulation S Permanent Global Security, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of the same series. The aggregate principal amount of each Regulation S Temporary Global Security and Regulation S Permanent Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2.02 Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication.

Subject to Section 6.12 , the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

  Dated:  

 

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

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
By  

 

  Authorized Officer

SECTION 2.03 Securities Issuable in Global Form.

If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 3.01 , any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease

 

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in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Issuer Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 , the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Issuer Order. If an Issuer Order pursuant to Section 3.03 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Issuer with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

The provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Issuer and the Issuer delivers to the Trustee, as applicable, the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.03 .

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.07 , unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.09 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors, or the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security the Holder of such permanent global Security.

SECTION 2.04 Guarantee by Guarantors; Form of Guarantee.

Each Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby agrees with each Holder of a Security of each series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, to be unconditionally and irrevocably bound by the terms and provisions of the Guarantee set forth in Article Fifteen and authorizes the Trustee to confirm such Guarantee to the Holder of each such Security by its delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

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

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions of the Issuer or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions of the Issuer and, subject to Section 3.03 , set forth in, or determined in the manner

 

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provided in, an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable:

(1) [reserved];

(2) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities);

(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.05 , 3.06 , 9.06 or 11.07  and, in the event that no limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series is specified, the Issuer shall have the right, subject to any terms, conditions or other provisions specified pursuant to this Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of such series, to re-open such series for the issuance of additional Securities of such series from time to time;

(4) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(6) the place or places, if any, other than the Corporate Trust Office, where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable, where any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable, and, if different than the location specified in Section 1.05 , the place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served; and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payment or Additional Amounts due on a global Security of that series on an Interest Payment Date will be paid (if different than for other Securities of such series);

(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency (if other than Dollars) in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, if the Issuer is to have that option;

 

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(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency (if other than Dollars) in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) the applicability, if any, of the special mandatory redemption provision set forth in Section 11.09 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 11.09 that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;

(10) if other than denominations of $2,000 and integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(11) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

(13) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 3.12 ;

(14) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(15) whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 3.12 ;

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(17) the applicability, if any, of Sections 14.02 and/or 14.03 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;

(18) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

(19) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Guarantors or the Issuer with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(20) whether beneficial owners of interests in any global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.05 , and if Securities of the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of any initial depositary therefor if other than The Depository Trust Company;

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

(22) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(23) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

(24) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to Section 10.05 or 11.08 with respect to the Securities of such series, or a statement to the effect that either or both of Section 10.05 or 11.08 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities of such series;

(25) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;

(26) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Restricted Global Securities, Regulation S Global Securities or both, or issued without a Private Placement Legend because such Securities are initially issued pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise, and the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to issue Exchange Securities in exchange therefor pursuant to any registration rights agreement, and any other related terms; and

 

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(27) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act but which need not be consistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 3.03 ) and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

SECTION 3.02 Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 . With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the chairman of the Board, its chief executive officer, the president or a vice president together with any one of the secretary, an assistant secretary, the treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the Issuer (or of the Issuer General Partner). The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.

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

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Exchange Securities to be issued in exchange for any series of Restricted Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities, executed by the Issuer and endorsed by the Guarantors to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series, executed by the Issuer and endorsed by the Guarantors to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall

 

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authenticate and deliver such Securities. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Issuer Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, stated maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.

In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion or Opinions of Counsel of the Issuer and the Guarantors stating:

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

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

(c) that such Securities and the Guarantee, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Issuer and the Guarantors in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities;

(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Issuer of such Securities and of the supplemental indentures, if any, and by the Guarantors of the Guarantee and of the supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;

(e) that each of the Issuer and the Guarantors has the power to issue such Securities and Guarantee, respectively, and has duly taken all necessary action with respect to such issuance; and

(f) that the issuance of such Securities and Guarantee will not contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Issuer or the Guarantors, or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation applicable to the Issuer or the Guarantors.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Issuer Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

 

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

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon 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 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled, together with the Guarantee endorsed thereon to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.10 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Issuer, 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.

SECTION 3.04 Reserved.

SECTION 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register for each series of Securities issued by the Issuer (the registers maintained in the Corporate Trust Office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. Upon three Business Days’ prior written request, the Security Register shall be open during normal business hours to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the “Security Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided. The Issuer shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided , however, that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Registered Securities shall have been appointed by the Issuer and shall have accepted such appointment by the Issuer. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more replacement Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate

 

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principal amount and tenor and evidencing the same indebtedness and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.

At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other replacement Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor and evidencing the same indebtedness, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph and the two following paragraphs. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Issuer and having a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors endorsed thereon. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary for such permanent global Security to the Trustee, as the Issuer’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor and evidencing the same indebtedness as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which shall be in the form of Registered Securities. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, then (in the case of clause (i)) interest or (in the case of clause (ii)) Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person who was the Holder of such permanent global Security at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date or Special Record Date, as the case may be.

If at any time the Depositary for Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for global Securities for such series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Issuer shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to the Securities for such series. If a successor to the Depositary for

 

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Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Issuer’s election pursuant to Section 3.01 shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities for such series and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver replacement Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations and with the duly executed Guarantee duly endorsed thereon, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series and evidencing the same indebtedness in exchange for such global Security or Securities. The provisions of the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be applicable to any exchange pursuant to this paragraph.

The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities. In such event, the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver replacement Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations and with the duly executed Guarantee duly endorsed thereon, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series and evidencing the same indebtedness in exchange for such global Security or Securities. The provisions of the last sentence of the second preceding paragraph shall be applicable to any exchange pursuant to this paragraph.

Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, such global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. 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 Depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

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

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

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuer or Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.

 

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Neither the Issuer nor the Security Registrar shall be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

SECTION 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated but fully identifiable Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and evidencing the same indebtedness and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction (including but not limited to mutilation causing the Security to not be fully identifiable), loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and the Guarantors and any agent of each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and evidencing the same indebtedness and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, pay such Security.

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

Every replacement Security of any series and the Guarantee endorsed thereon issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

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(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 Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 ; provided , however, that each installment of interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Issuer’s option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 3.09 , to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled to such payment as specified in the Security Register. Principal paid in relation to any Security at Maturity shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon presentation and surrender of such Security to any office or agency referred to in this Section 3.07(a) .

Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest at the rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(2) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b) , 3.12(d) and 3.12(e) ) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when 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 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of the Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided in Section 1.06 , not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record

 

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Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

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

(b) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.05 , 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.

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

SECTION 3.08 Reserved.

SECTION 3.09 Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of the foregoing may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07 ) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever (other than the payment of Additional Amounts, if any), whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent or any agent of any of the foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent or any agent of any of the foregoing from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.

SECTION 3.10 Cancellation.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Issuer or the Guarantors may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer or any Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuer has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Issuer shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and certification of their disposal shall be delivered to the Issuer upon the Issuer’s written request unless by Issuer Order the Issuer shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

SECTION 3.11 Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which interest calculated under a Security for any period in any calendar year (the “calculation period”) is equivalent, is the rate payable under a Security in respect of the calculation period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such calendar year and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the calculation period.

 

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SECTION 3.12 Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.

(a) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, except as provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security, as the case may be, is denominated or stated to be payable. The provisions of this Section 3.12 may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 .

(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section 3.01 , not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the Issuer has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Issuer or a notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 3.12(a) . The Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written election.

(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , if the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 , then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the Issuer a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities of such series shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , the Dollar or

 

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Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Issuer on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , the Dollar amount to be paid by the Issuer to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any other Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.

(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , if the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d) above.

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

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

(h) For purposes of this Section 3.12 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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

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Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

“Election Date” shall mean the date for any series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (15) of Section 3.01 by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b) above may be made.

All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.

In the event that the Issuer determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Issuer will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter transmit such notice in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the Issuer so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the Euro or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Issuer will immediately transmit such written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter transmit such notice in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Issuer determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set

 

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forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Issuer will similarly give written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Exchange Rate Agent.

The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Issuer and the Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section 3.12 with no liability for relying thereon and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Issuer or the Exchange Rate Agent.

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

SECTION 3.13 Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.

(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Issuer will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Issuer will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 3.12 .

(b) The Issuer shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Exchange Rate Agent for any series of Securities. No resignation or removal of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee.

(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series that are originally

 

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issued by the Issuer on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).

SECTION 3.14 Certain Transfers and Exchanges.

Subject to Section 3.01 , transfers and exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Security of the kinds specified in this Section 3.14 shall be made only in accordance with this Section 3.14 .

(a) If, at any time, whether prior to or after the expiration of the holding period with respect to the Securities set forth in Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, wishes to transfer its interest in such Restricted Global Security to a Person who is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, such owner shall, subject to the Applicable Procedures, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security as provided in this Section 3.14(a) . Upon receipt by the Trustee of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the applicable Restricted Global Security to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary and the Euroclear or Clearstream account (if applicable) to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto given by the owner of such beneficial interest, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security and to increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Regulation S Global Security by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security equal to the reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security that is being exchanged or transferred.

(b) If, at any time prior to the expiration of one year from the date of the acquisition of the Securities from the Issuer, or from an Affiliate of the Issuer, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary wishes to transfer its interest in such Regulation S Global Security to a Person who is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Restricted Global Security, such owner shall, subject to the Applicable Procedures, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, as provided in this Section 3.14(b) . Upon receipt by the Trustee of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member, directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security equal to the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be exchanged; (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with such increase; and (3) a

 

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certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto given by the owner of such beneficial interest, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate principal amount of such Regulation S Global Security and to increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be exchanged, and the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary, concurrently with such reduction, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Restricted Global Security equal to the reduction in the aggregate principal amount of such Regulations S Global Security and to debit or cause to be debited from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security that is being transferred.

(c) If the holder of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security wishes, at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of the acquisition of the Securities from the Issuer, or from an Affiliate of the Issuer, to (A) transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security or (B) to exchange such interest for a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such transfer or exchange may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 3.14(c) . Upon receipt by the Trustee of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred or exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with such beneficial interest and (3) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3 hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate principal amount of such Regulation S Global Security and to increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred or exchanged, and the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary, concurrently with such reduction, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Restricted Global Security equal to the reduction in the aggregate principal amount of such Regulations S Global Security and to debit or cause to be debited from the account of the Person making such transfer or exchange the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security that is being transferred or exchanged.

(d) Beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in such Restricted Global Security without any written certification from the transferor or the transferee, but the transferee will be deemed to make the representations set forth in Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-3, as applicable.

(e) Beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in such Regulation S Global Security without any written certification from the transferor or the transferee; provided , however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation

 

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S Global Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than a distributor (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act)).

(f) The following legends (the “Private Placement Legend”) shall appear on the face of all Global Securities and definitive Securities issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

(i) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Each Global Security and each definitive Security (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend, until the Resale Restriction Termination Date, in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), OR (B) IT IS A NON-U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S, AND (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION

 

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REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN EACH CASE, THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, INCLUDING ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND/OR A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

BY ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, WARRANTED AND AGREED THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS ANY SECURITY (OR INTEREST IN A SECURITY) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE I OF U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, OR A GOVERNMENTAL, NON-U.S., CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR (II) THE PURCHASE, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR, IN THE CASE OF A GOVERNMENTAL, NON-U.S., CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN, A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.

(ii) Global Security Legend. Each Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE REGISTRAR MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE INDENTURE

 

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AND (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.10 OF THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend. Each Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR A REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.

(g) By its acceptance of any Security bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend, and agrees that it will transfer such Security only as provided in this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Issuer Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities issued by the Issuer specified in such Issuer Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto, and the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities to receive, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due and except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 4.01 ) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments prepared by the Issuer acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when

(1) either

(A) all Securities of such 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 as provided in Section 3.06 , (ii) Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 11.06 , and (iii) Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer, as provided in Section 10.03 ) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i) have become due and payable, or

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

(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, 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 Issuer,

and the Issuer, 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 such purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, 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 Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the provisions of Section 10.05 , the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 6.07 , the obligations of the Trustee to any other Authenticating Agent under Section 6.12 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 1.13 , 1.14 , 3.05 , 3.06 , 10.02 , 10.03 and 11.08 (and any other applicable provisions of Article Eleven ) and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 4.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03 , all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer or a Guarantor 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, if any, 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.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01 Events of Default.

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Indenture:

(1) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity, upon redemption, upon acceleration or otherwise; or

(2) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable, and the default continues for 30 days; or

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of that series; or

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default in the performance or breach of a covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section), 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 Issuer and the Guarantors by the Trustee or to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) Indebtedness of the Issuer or the Guarantors is accelerated by the Holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds in the aggregate the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 3% of the Company’s consolidated net assets; or

(6) the Issuer or the Guarantors pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a proceeding or makes an application seeking a Bankruptcy Order;

(ii) consents to the making of a Bankruptcy Order or the commencement of any proceeding or application seeking the making of a Bankruptcy Order against it;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or files a proposal or notice of intention to make a proposal or other scheme of arrangement involving the rescheduling, reorganizing or compromise of its indebtedness;

(v) files an assignment in bankruptcy; or

(vi) consents to the filing of an assignment in bankruptcy or the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian; or

(7) a court of competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case or proceeding makes a Bankruptcy Order against the Issuer or the Guarantors, and such Bankruptcy Order remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days; or

(8) a Custodian shall be appointed out of court with respect to the Issuer or the Guarantors, or with respect to all or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or the Guarantors and such appointment shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 90 days, or any encumbrancer shall take possession of all or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or the Guarantors and such possession shall not have reverted to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as applicable, within 90 days; or

 

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(9) a Guarantee by a Guarantor of the Securities of such series ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Guarantee) or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under such Guarantee; or

(10) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, the Federal Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), or any similar U.S., Canadian provincial law or state law, in each case, as amended, or any similar foreign law for the relief from, or otherwise affecting, creditors. “Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator, monitor, custodian or similar official or agent or any other Person with like powers. “Bankruptcy Order” means any court order made in a proceeding pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, containing an adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency, or providing for liquidation, winding-up, dissolution or reorganization, or appointing a Custodian of a debtor or of all or any substantial part of a debtor’s property, or providing for the staying, arrangement, adjustment or compromise of indebtedness or other relief of a debtor.

SECTION 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6), (7) or (8) of Section 5.01 ) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series), premium, if any, of all of the Outstanding Securities of that series and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if given by Holders or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified portion thereof), premium, if any, and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (6), (7) or (8) of Section 5.01 occurs, then the principal amount (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Outstanding Securities, premium, if any, and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

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

 

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(1) the Issuer has or the Guarantors have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b) , 3.12(d) and 3.12(e) ),

(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be),

(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(C) to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest, if any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

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

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 .

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

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

The Issuer covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security issued by the Issuer when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

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

then the Issuer will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and to the extent lawful on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 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.

 

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If the Issuer 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, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

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

SECTION 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer, the Guarantors or the property of the Issuer, or the Guarantors, 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 Issuer or the Guarantors for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, 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 (and premium, if any), or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities or the Guarantee and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders 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 custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 .

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adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the Guarantee or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities 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, as well as its agent and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 5.06 Application of Money Collected.

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

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

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

Third : The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.

SECTION 5.07 Limitation on Suits.

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

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

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such Event of Default (determined as provided in Section 5.02 and, if more than one series of Securities, as one class), 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;

 

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

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

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such Event of Default (determined as provided in Section 5.02 and, if more than one series of Securities, as one class);

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Outstanding Securities of such affected series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Outstanding Securities of such affected series. For purposes of clarity, it is hereby understood and agreed that an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall, for purposes of this Section 5.07 , be deemed to affect only such series of Securities.

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

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including Article Fourteen ) and in such Security (and the Guarantee endorsed thereon) of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07 ) interest, if any, on, such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

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herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities 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, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder 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 any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.12 Control by Holders.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by an Event of Default (determined as provided in Section 5.02 and, if more than one series of Securities, as one class) 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 Outstanding Securities of such affected series, the Guarantee in respect thereof, provided in each case

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

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

(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might expose the Trustee to personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such affected series not joining therein.

For purposes of clarity, it is hereby understood and agreed that an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall, for purposes of this Section 5.12 , be deemed to affect only such series of Securities.

SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.

Subject to Section 5.02 , the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series with respect to which a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (as one class if more than one series) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Outstanding Securities of such affected series waive any such past Default, and its consequences, except a Default

 

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

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

Upon any such waiver, any 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. For purposes of clarity, it is hereby understood and agreed that an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall, for purposes of this Section 5.13 , be deemed to affect only such series of Securities.

SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

The Issuer and the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they 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 Issuer and the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

SECTION 5.15 Undertaking for Costs.

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

 

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ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.

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

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

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

SECTION 6.02 Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), 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

 

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payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities 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 Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.

SECTION 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee

Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):

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

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

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

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

(5) subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to

 

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examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer and the Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney;

(7) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, consequential or punitive 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;

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

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

(10) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge, and after the curing of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;

(11) the Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, shall have received written notice or obtained actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice or actual knowledge, the Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no Default or Event of Default;

(12) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty; and

(13) when acting in the capacity of the Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or the Paying Agent hereunder, the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Trustee hereunder shall also be afforded to it in such capacities as if they were set forth herein as such.

In light of Federal law requiring all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account, when any account is opened, the Trustee will ask for information that will allow the Trustee to identify relevant parties in order to comply with such laws. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge such information disclosure requirements and agree to comply with all such information disclosure requests from time to time from the Trustee.

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its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 6.04 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Issuer are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 6.05 May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Issuer or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Issuer 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 Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Issuer.

SECTION 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.

Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally:

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation as the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time 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);

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

 

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(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold each harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

The obligations of the Issuer under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations of the Issuer and the Trustee shall each have a claim 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 (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6) , (7) or (8) , the expenses (including reasonable charges and expense of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 6.08 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests.

The Trustee shall comply with the terms of Section 310(b) of the TIA. There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall in the case of the Trustee, be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall in the case both of the Trustee, have a combined capital and surplus (together with that of its parent, if applicable) of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia 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. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

SECTION 6.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.10 .

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer or by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer in the case of an Act of the Holders. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after removal, the removed Trustee may, at the expense of the Issuer, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(d) If at any time:

(2) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(3) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee, as with respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

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

 

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any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

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

SECTION 6.10 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer, to the Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein the successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust 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 Issuer, the Guarantors or any successor Trustee or, 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. Whenever there

 

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is a successor Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms “Indenture” and “Securities” shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of those terms in Section 1.01 which contemplate such situation.

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

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

SECTION 6.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any business entity 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 entity succeeding to all or substantially all 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 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 of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee or the Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided , however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

SECTION 6.12 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, Trustee shall be an Authentication Agent and the Trustee may appoint one or more additional Authenticating 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 and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 . 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. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Issuer. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the certificate of authentication of the Trustee, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and

 

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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 Issuer 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 Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation 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 corporation 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, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 . 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 Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07 .

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:

 

  Dated:  

 

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

 

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AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC,

 

as Trustee

By  

 

  as Authenticating Agent
By  

 

  Authorized Officer

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, ISSUER AND GUARANTORS

SECTION 7.01 Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Security Registrar that none of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or the Security Registrar, or any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that none of the Trustee or the Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).

SECTION 7.02 Reports by Trustee.

(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit a brief report by mail to the Holders of Securities, in accordance with and solely to the extent required by Section 313 of the TIA.

(b) A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which Securities of any series are listed.

SECTION 7.03 Reports by the Company.

(a) The Company covenants and agrees to provide to the Trustee:

(i) within 140 days after the end of the fiscal year, the information required to be contained in reports on Form 40-F or Form 20-F, as applicable, or any successor form, provided , however, that neither management’s report on internal control over financial reporting required by Section 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act nor the annual disclosure of changes in internal control over financial reporting required by Section 13a-15(d) of the

 

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Exchange Act for foreign private issuers (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the associated certifications of the principal executive and financial officers required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) shall be required to be included until the Company’s second annual report on Form 40-F or Form 20-F, as applicable, filed with the Commission; and

(ii) within 65 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, the information required to be contained in reports on Form 6-K (or any successor form), containing the information which, regardless of applicable requirements shall, at a minimum, contain such information required to be provided in quarterly reports under the laws of Nova Scotia, including applicable securities laws and the rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange or any province thereof to security holders of a corporation with securities listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, whether or not the Company has any of its securities listed on such exchange.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, none of the above reporting requirements shall be construed to require such statements or reports that would not otherwise be required to be filed by foreign private issuers subject to the Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System. Each such report, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission, will be prepared in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filings.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to require the registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for the Company to attest to, and report on, the assessment made by the management of the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, unless otherwise required by the Exchange Act.

(d) For so long as any Securities of any series remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Issuer and the Guarantors will, at any time when they are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act nor exempt from reporting under Rule 12g3-2(b), upon the request of a Holder of such Securities, promptly furnish or cause to be furnished the information specified under Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act to such holder, or to a prospective purchaser of such Security designed by such Holder, in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 7.04 The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

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

(1) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board

 

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Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and

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

provided , however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. If the Trustee shall no longer be the Security Registrar, the Trustee and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the most recent such list provided or available to it without liability therefor.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 8.01 Issuer and Guarantors May Amalgamate or Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors shall amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets or properties to any other Person, unless:

(1) in a transaction in which the Issuer or EUSHI, as the case may be, does not survive or continue in existence or in which the Issuer or EUSHI, as the case may be, transfers or leases its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person, the Person formed by such amalgamation or consolidation or into which the Issuer or EUSHI, as the case may be, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or otherwise, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer or EUSHI, as the case may be, substantially as an entirety (A) shall be a corporation, partnership or trust organized under the laws of (i) Canada or any province or territory of Canada, (ii) the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) Bermuda, (iv) or The Cayman Islands;  provided , however, that if such successor entity is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, the successor entity shall, pursuant to the supplemental indenture referred to in clause (2) below, expressly become obligated to pay Additional Amounts, substituting the name of such successor jurisdiction (if other than Canada) in each place that Canada appears in Section 10.05 of this Indenture and adding references to the provinces, territories, states or other applicable political subdivisions of such successor jurisdiction (if other than Canada) in addition to references to the provinces and territories of Canada appearing in Section 10.05 of this Indenture;

(2) Such Person shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors in respect of the applicable series of Securities and, in the case of a Guarantor, its Guarantee and the performance and observance of every covenant

 

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of the Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be;

(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event that after notice or passage of time or both would be an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(4) the Issuer, the Guarantors or such Person, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease 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 that the Company shall enter into any amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease of the nature contemplated by the first paragraph of this Section 8.01 , then the supplemental indenture contemplated by clause (2) of such paragraph shall be entered into by the Company in its capacity as a Guarantor.

SECTION 8.02 Successor Person Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or amalgamation by the Issuer or a Guarantor with or merger by the Issuer or a Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor substantially as an entirety to any other Person in accordance with Section 8.01 , the successor Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Issuer or Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and in the event of any such transaction, the Issuer or Guarantor (which term shall for this purpose mean the applicable Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in this Section 8.02 ), as the case may be, except in the case of a lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and the Guarantee, as the case may be, and may be dissolved and liquidated.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, 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:

(i) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the Securities of such series any property or assets;

 

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(ii) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or any Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 ;

(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Issuer or the Guarantors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Securities of such series, to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or the Guarantors, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture, provided that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision such amendment or supplement may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default;

(iv) to cure any ambiguity or omission or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions as the Issuer or the Guarantors deem necessary or desirable, provided that no such action shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such series;

(v) to provide for uncertificated Securities of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities of such series;

(vi) to provide for the issuance of Exchange Securities of such series and related Guarantees or additional Securities and related Guarantees in accordance with this Indenture;

(vii) to effect or maintain, or otherwise comply with the requirements of the SEC in connection with, the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(viii) to secure any or all of the Securities of any series pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.09 or otherwise;

(ix) to effect any provision of this Indenture;

(x) to establish the form or terms of securities of any series and related Guarantee as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 ;

(xi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or

 

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facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10 ; or

(xii) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

Upon the request of the Issuer and the Guarantors and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.02 , the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution of any supplemental indenture entered into effect any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as a single class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, 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 which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected thereby,

(1) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of any of the Securities of such series;

(2) reduce the principal amount of any of the Securities of such series;

(3) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest, including default interest, on any of the Securities of such series;

(4) reduce any amount payable on redemption of any of the Securities of such series;

(5) change the currency in which the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series is payable;

(6) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series pursuant to Sections 5.08 and 5.10 , except as limited by Section 5.07 ;

(7) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of the Securities of such series necessary to waive compliance with or to modify certain provisions of this Indenture pursuant to Section 5.13 or 5.08 or this clause of this Section 9.02 ; or

(8) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series.

 

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Any such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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

SECTION 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures; Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

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

(b) 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.

SECTION 9.04 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

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

SECTION 9.05 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Guarantors shall so determine, new Securities of any series and the Guarantees endorsed thereon so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Issuer and the Guarantors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and the Guarantors and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

SECTION 9.06 Notice of Supplemental Indentures.

Promptly after the execution by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 , the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 , setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.

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

SECTION 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company, in its capacity as a Guarantor, will maintain an office or agency in The City of New York where notices and demands to or upon the Guarantors in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.

The Issuer and the Guarantors will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer or the Guarantors shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and each of the Issuer and the Guarantors hereby appoints the same as its agents to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided , however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Issuer hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Trustee in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such cities and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 , if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other

 

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provision of the Indenture, then the Issuer will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.

SECTION 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If either the Issuer or a Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as may otherwise be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b) , 3.12(d) and 3.12(e) ) sufficient to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such series so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

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

The Issuer will cause the bank through which payment of funds to the Paying Agent will be made to deliver to the Paying Agent by 10:00 a.m. (New York Time) two Business Days prior to the due date of such payment an irrevocable confirmation (by tested telex or authenticated Swift MT 100 Message) of its intention to make such payment.

The Issuer 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 the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, 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 Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, 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.

The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by

 

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the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer or the Guarantors, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer or the Guarantors, or (if then held by the Issuer or Guarantors) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the written direction and at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, or cause to be mailed to such Holder or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be.

SECTION 10.04 Statement as to Compliance.

The Issuer and the Guarantors will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (which as of the date hereof ends on the 31st day of December), a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Issuer’s or Guarantor’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and as to any default in such performance. For purposes of this Section 10.04 , such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

SECTION 10.05 Additional Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series, all payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantors under or with respect to the Guarantees will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or any province or territory thereof or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter “Canadian Taxes”), unless the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is required to withhold or deduct Canadian Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof.

If the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, are so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Canadian Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, will pay to each Holder of such Securities as additional interest such additional amounts (“Additional

 

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Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each such Holder after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting any Canadian Taxes on such Additional Amounts) will not be less than the amount such Holder would have received if such Canadian Taxes had not been withheld or deducted, except as described in this Section 10.05 . However, no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a recipient or beneficial owner of such payment:

(1) with which the Issuer, the Issuer General Partner or the Guarantors, as the case may be, do not deal at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) at the time of making such payment;

(2) which is liable to such Canadian Taxes by reason of the recipient or beneficial owner being a resident, domicile or national of, or engaged in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or other physical presence in or otherwise having some connection with Canada or any province or territory thereof otherwise than by the mere holding of Securities or the receipt of payments thereunder;

(3) which is subject to such Canadian Taxes by reason of the failure of the recipient or beneficial owner to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or other reporting requirements if compliance is required by law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such Canadian Taxes;

(4) which is subject to such Canadian Taxes by reason of the legal nature of the recipient or beneficial owner disentitling such recipient or beneficial owner to the benefit of an applicable treaty if and to the extent that the application of such treaty would have resulted in the reduction or elimination of any Canadian Taxes as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to a Holder on behalf of such beneficial owner;

(5) which failed to duly and timely comply with a timely request by the Issuer or Guarantors, as the case may be, to provide information, documents, certification or other evidence concerning such recipient or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, entitlement to treaty benefits, identity or connection with Canada or any political subdivision or authority thereof, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request would have resulted in the reduction or elimination of any Canadian Taxes as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to a recipient or beneficial owner but for this clause; or

(6) which is a fiduciary, limited liability company, partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner, to the extent that, any beneficiary or settlor of such fiduciary, any member of such limited liability company, any partner in such partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment (as the case may be) would not have been entitled to receive Additional Amounts with respect to such payment if such beneficiary, settlor, member or partner or beneficial owner had been the recipient of such payment; or

 

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(7) which is subject to such Canadian Taxes by reason of any combination of the above.

In addition, no Additional Amounts will be payable on account of:

(1) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Issuer or Guarantors or a paying agent from the payment;

(2) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(3) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(4) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of any Series, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

(5) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(6) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed under any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or

(7) any combination of any of the foregoing exceptions.

The Issuer will also:

(i) make such withholding or deduction; and

(ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.

The Issuer will furnish to the Holders of the affected series of Securities, within 60 days after the date the payment of any Canadian Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts or other documents evidencing such payment by the Issuer.

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series of Securities (other than, for certainty, a recipient or beneficial owner not entitled to receive Additional Amounts) and upon written request reimburse each such Holder for the amount, excluding any payment of Additional Amounts by the Issuer, of:

(1) any Canadian Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the affected series of Securities;

(2) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; and

(3) any Canadian Taxes imposed with respect to any reimbursement under clause (1) or (2) in this paragraph, but excluding any such Canadian Taxes on such Holder’s net income.

At least five (5) days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Issuer will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and specifying the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts (upon receipt by the Trustee from the Issuer or Guarantors, as the case may be, of such Additional Amounts) to Holders on the date on which such payment is due and payable.

Wherever in this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to a Security or Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

The provisions of this Section 10.05 shall survive any termination, defeasance, covenant defeasance or discharge of this Indenture or of any Securities and the repayment, redemption or other retirement of the Securities.

SECTION 10.06 Reserved.

SECTION 10.07 Reserved.

SECTION 10.08 Company Existence.

Subject to Article Eight , the Issuer and the Guarantors will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence (corporate or other) and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be; provided , however, that such Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if such Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Issuer or Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as a whole, as the case may be.

 

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SECTION 10.09 Limitation on Liens.

So long as the Securities remain Outstanding, neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors will create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or security interest (together, “liens”) in any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of any subsidiary now or hereafter directly owned by the Issuer or the Guarantors, or otherwise encumber any assets owned directly by the Issuer or the Guarantors unless at the same time all the Securities then outstanding shall be secured equally and ratably with such indebtedness until such time as such indebtedness is no longer secured by such lien; provided that this covenant will not apply to each of the following:

(i) Purchase Money Mortgages and Capital Lease Obligations;

(ii) liens securing Non-Recourse Debt;

(iii) liens on property of an entity existing at the time such entity is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or the Guarantors or incurred within 180 days of the time of merger or consolidation thereof or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition to the Issuer or the Guarantors of the properties of an entity, provided that such liens on property were not created in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, sale, lease or other disposition;

(iv) liens on any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of any entity existing at the time such entity becomes a subsidiary of the Issuer or any Guarantor;

(v) liens in favor of the Issuer, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries;

(vi) liens existing at the date of issuance of the Securities;

(vii) (A) liens for taxes and assessments not overdue and securing workmen’s compensation assessments, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations;

(B) liens for specified taxes and assessments which are overdue but the validity of which is being contested at the time by the Issuer or the Guarantors in good faith;

(C) liens or rights of distress reserved in or exercisable under any lease for rent and for compliance with the terms of such lease;

(D) deposits or liens in connection with contracts, bids, tenders or expropriation proceedings, or to secure surety or appeal bonds, costs of litigation when required by law, public and statutory obligations, liens or claims incidental to current construction, mechanics’, laborers’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’ and other similar liens;

 

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(E) the right reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental or other public authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, which affects any land, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require annual or other periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

(F) undetermined or inchoate liens and charges incidental to the current operations of the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, which have not at the time been filed against the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, provided , however, that if any such lien or charge shall have been filed, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review with respect to which it shall have secured a stay in the enforcement of any such lien or charge;

(G) any mortgage, charge, lien, security interest or encumbrance the validity of which is being contested at the time by the Issuer or the Guarantors in good faith or payment of which has been provided for by deposit with the Trustee of an amount in cash sufficient to pay the same in full;

(H) liens and privileges arising out of judgments or awards with respect to which the Issuer or the Guarantors shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and with respect to which it shall have secured a stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings for review;

(I) liens in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds or letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar credit transactions issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such person in ordinary course of business;

(J) liens created by us under or in connection with or arising out of a currency, interest rate or commodity agreement or any transactions or arrangements entered into in connection with the hedging or management of risks relating to the electricity or natural gas distribution industry, including a right of set off or right over a margin call account or any form of cash or cash collateral or any similar arrangement for obligations incurred in respect of currency, interest rate or commodity agreements; or

(K) any other liens of a nature similar to the foregoing which do not materially impair the use of the property subject thereto or the operation of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantors or the value of such property for the purpose of such business;

(viii) liens on property of the Issuer or the Guarantors which, in aggregate, do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of consolidated net assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries;

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(x) any refinancing, extensions, renewal, alteration, substitution or replacement (or successive refinancings, extensions, renewals, alterations, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, of any lien or similar interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (ix), provided the refinancing, extension, renewal, alteration, substitution or replacement of such lien or similar interest is limited to all or any part of the same property that secured the lien or similar interest refinanced, extended, renewed, altered, substituted or replaced (plus improvements on such property) and the principal amount of the obligations secured thereby is not thereby increased.

SECTION 10.10 Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Issuer and the Guarantors may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set forth in Sections 10.08 or 10.09 , inclusive, or, as specified pursuant to Section 3.01(19) for Securities of such series, in any covenants added to Article Ten pursuant to Section 3.01(19) in connection with Securities of such series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 11.01 Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer, the Issuer shall, at least 30 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by such Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11.03 . In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or

 

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elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Issuer which is subject to a condition, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

SECTION 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption (i) in the case of Global Securities, by DTC, and (ii) in the case of Notes in definitive form, by the Trustee pro rata, by lot or in such manner as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Securities of such series; provided , however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 3.01 .

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

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

SECTION 11.04 Notice of Redemption.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 1.06 not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. Notices of redemption may be conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more subsequent events specified in the notice and established in a Board Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities of each series.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.06 , if any,

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

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of such Security, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.06 will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,

(7) any condition to such redemption, and

(8) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name of, and at the expense of the Issuer (and such notice shall be prepared by the Issuer).

SECTION 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or another Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03 ) an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except, if applicable, as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b) , 3.12(d) and 3.12(e) ) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall (provided any conditions specified in such notice of redemption shall have been satisfied or waived), on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except, if applicable, as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 3.12(b) , 3.12(d) and 3.12(e) ) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest, except to the extent provided below, and shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (provided any conditions specified in such notice of redemption shall have been satisfied or waived); provided , however, that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as

 

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such at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07 .

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.

SECTION 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer 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, each, having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, 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 Optional Tax Redemption.

(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , the Issuer will have the right to redeem at any time, Securities of any series, in whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption, upon the giving of a notice as described below, if the Issuer (or its successor) determines that (i) as a result of (A) any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of Canada (or the jurisdiction of organization of the successor to the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be) (a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, as applicable, or (B) any amendment to or change in an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory determination), which amendment or change is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of the offering document for any such series of Securities (or the date a party organized in a jurisdiction other than Canada or the United States becomes a successor to the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be), the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, has or will become obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, (ii) on or after the date of the offering document for any such series of Securities (or the date a party organized in a jurisdiction other than Canada or the United States becomes a successor of the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company), any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in (i) above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the written opinion to the

 

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Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, of Canadian legal counsel of recognized standing, will result in the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, becoming obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities and, in any such case, in business judgment of the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Issuer, EUSHI or the Company, as the case may be, or (iii) an Interest Tax Event has occurred within 90 days of the date fixed for redemption.

(b) Notice of intention to redeem such series of Securities as provided above will be given not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption and will specify the date fixed for redemption.

(c) In the event that the Issuer elects to redeem the Securities of any series issued by it pursuant to this Section 11.08 , it shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of the notice of redemption to Holders, an Officers’ Certificate stating that it is entitled to redeem the Securities of such series pursuant to this Section upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to fully rely with no liability therefor.

SECTION 11.09 Special Mandatory Redemption.

If specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for a particular series of Securities, the Issuer shall be required to redeem the entire amount of the Securities of such series, at a Redemption Price specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 , upon the occurrence of any event specified (or the failure of any specified event to occur).

A special mandatory redemption pursuant to this Section 11.09 shall be effected pursuant to the other provisions of this Article Eleven , except that, with respect to Section 11.04 , notice will be mailed to each Holder subject to redemption no later than 10 Business Days after the condition for the special mandatory redemption has been met (or such other time as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 ), and the other time periods contained in such Section shall not apply.

ARTICLE TWELVE

RESERVED

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

RESERVED

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 14.01 Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Issuer the Guarantors may, at their option, effect defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 14.02 , or covenant defeasance of a series under Section 14.03 in accordance with the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article; provided , however, that, unless

 

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otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Issuer and the Guarantors may effect defeasance or covenant defeasance only with respect to all of the Securities of such series.

SECTION 14.02 Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the exercise by the Issuer and the Guarantors of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of a series, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall each be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and Guarantees, respectively, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 14.05 and the other provisions of this Indenture referred to in (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities and Guarantees, respectively, and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments prepared by the Issuer acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 14.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Issuer’s, the Trustee’s, and, if applicable, the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 1.13 , 1.14 , 3.05 , 3.06 , 10.02 , 10.03 , 10.05 and 11.08 (and any other applicable provisions of Article Eleven ), (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen . Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen , the Issuer and the Guarantors may exercise its option under this Section 14.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of the option under Section 14.03 with respect to such Securities and any related Guarantees.

SECTION 14.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the exercise by the Issuer and the Guarantors of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of a series, Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under Article Eight and Sections 10.06 through 10.09 , and, if specified pursuant to Section 3.01 , their obligations under any other covenant, in each case with respect to such Outstanding Securities and the related Guarantees, respectively, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such Securities and the related Guarantees shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and related Guarantees, the Issuer and, the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply

 

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shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.01(4) or Section 5.01(9) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and related Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 14.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 14.02 or S ection 14.03 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series:

(1) The Issuer has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or a trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.08 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) cash (in such Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (B) U.S. Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, or any other sums due under such Securities, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and any other sums due under such Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest, if any, or any other sums and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such Securities. Before such a deposit, the Issuer may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.

(2) In the case of an election under Section 14.02 , the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (x) the Issuer or Guarantors, as the case may be, has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance

 

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and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

(3) In the case of an election under Section 14.03 , the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the beneficial owners of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

(4) The Guarantors are not an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the Issuer is not an “insolvent person” under the relevant legislation in the jurisdiction of the Issuer, in each case, on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(5) No Event of Default or event that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of Section 5.01 are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(6) Such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.

(7) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01 .

(8) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 14.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 14.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

SECTION 14.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03 , all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 ) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of such Outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine (other than, with respect only to defeasance pursuant to Section 14.02 , Issuer or any of its Affiliates), to the Holders of such

 

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Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 3.01 , if, after a deposit referred to in Section 14.04(1) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.04(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 3.12(d) or 3.12(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.04(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.

The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 14.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, from time to time upon request of the Issuer or Guarantor any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 14.04 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 defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 14.06 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 14.05 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture and such Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 14.02 or 14.03 , as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 14.05 ; provided , however, that if Issuer makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE FIFTEEN

GUARANTEE OF GUARANTEED SECURITIES

SECTION 15.01 Unconditional Guarantees.

(a) Subject to this Article Fifteen , for value received, the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully, irrevocably, unconditionally and absolutely guarantee to the Holders and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, the due and punctual payment of any Additional Amounts that may be payable with respect to the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Securities by the Issuer (including, without limitation, all costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in connection with the enforcement of this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees) (collectively, the “Indenture Obligations”), when and as such principal, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts and such other amounts shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, upon redemption or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. The guarantees by the Guarantors set forth in this Article Fifteen are referred to herein as the “Guarantees.” Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantors’ liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Indenture Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities but for the fact that they are unenforceable, reduced, limited, impaired, suspended or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) Failing payment when due of any amount guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantees, for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be, jointly and severally, obligated to pay the same immediately to the Trustee, without set-off or counterclaim or other reduction whatsoever (whether for taxes, withholding or otherwise), except as would otherwise be available to the Issuer. The Guarantees are intended to be general, unsecured, senior obligations of each Guarantor and to rank pari passu in right of payment with all indebtedness of such Guarantor that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantees of such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations and liabilities of any other obligor with respect to the Securities, the Guarantees or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof with respect to the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of such Guarantor.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of any series or any Additional Amounts or any other amounts payable under this Indenture and such Securities by the Issuer, whether at the Stated Maturity, upon redemption or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 5.06 , by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against any Guarantor to enforce the Guarantees of such series without first proceeding against the Issuer.

 

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(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the obligations of a Guarantor under this Article Fifteen shall be as aforesaid full, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute and shall not be impaired, modified, discharged, released or limited by any occurrence or condition whatsoever, including, without limitation, (i) any compromise, settlement, release, waiver, renewal, extension, indulgence or modification of, or any change in, any of the obligations and liabilities of any other obligor with respect to the Securities contained in any of the Securities or this Indenture, (ii) any impairment, modification, release or limitation of the liability of the Issuer or any of its estates in bankruptcy, or any remedy for the enforcement thereof, resulting from the operation of any present or future provision of any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or other statute or from the decision of any court, (iii) the assertion or exercise by the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee of any rights or remedies under any of the Securities or this Indenture or its delay in or failure to assert or exercise any such rights or remedies, (iv) the assignment or the purported assignment of any property as security for any of the Securities, including all or any part of the rights of the Company or the Guarantors under this Indenture, (v) the extension of the time for payment by the Issuer or the Guarantors of any payments or other sums or any part thereof owing or payable under any of the terms and provisions of any of the Securities or this Indenture or of the time for performance by the Issuer or the Guarantors of any other obligations under or arising out of any such terms and provisions or the extension or the renewal of any thereof, (vi) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any duty, agreement or obligation set forth in this Indenture of any other obligor with respect to the Securities, (vii) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Issuer or any of its assets, or the disaffirmance of any of the Securities, the Guarantees or this Indenture in any such proceeding, (viii) the release or discharge of the Issuer or the Guarantors from the performance or observance of any agreement, covenant, term or condition contained in any of such instruments by operation of law, (ix) the unenforceability of any of the obligations of any of the other obligors under the Securities, the Guarantees or this Indenture, (x) any change in the name, business, capital structure, corporate or comparable existence, or ownership of the Issuer or the Guarantors, or (xi) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, a surety or the Guarantors.

(d) Each Guarantor hereby (i) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceptance, filing of claims with a court in the event of the merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer and all demands and notices whatsoever, (ii) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantees may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantees without notice to them and (iii) covenants that its Guarantees will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Guarantees or of the obligations guaranteed thereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by any Person to the Guarantees is, or must be, rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the reorganization of such Guarantor, the Guarantees shall, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such application, and the Guarantees shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such application had not been made.

 

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(e) (i) Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders and the Trustee against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture; provided , however, that such Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation with respect to any of the Securities until all of the Securities and the Guarantees thereof shall have been paid in full or discharged.

(ii) Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of Securities of any series, each Holder of such series of Securities hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, Canadian, provincial or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders of such series and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor, and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Article Fifteen , will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal, Canadian, provincial or state law. Until such time as the Securities of such series are paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives all rights of subrogation or contribution, whether arising by contract or operation of law (including, without limitation, any such right arising under applicable Bankruptcy Law) or otherwise by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fifteen . Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee will be entitled to seek contribution from each other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor determined in accordance with GAAP at the time of such payment or distribution, or as otherwise agreed to between the Guarantors, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.

(f) No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trustee or the Holders, any right, power, privilege or remedy under this Article Fifteen and the Guarantees shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any rights, power, privilege or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies. The rights and remedies herein provided for are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided in law or equity. Nothing contained in this Article Fifteen shall limit the right of the Trustee or the Holders to take any action to accelerate the Maturity of the Securities of either series pursuant to Article Five or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable law.

(g) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its Guarantee and waivers pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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SECTION 15.02 Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantees.

To further evidence the Guarantees, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee may be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that such notation shall be executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an Officer of such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of the Guarantee.

If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantees set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 16.01 Certain Provisions Concerning the Payment of Interest.

In the event that any provision of this Indenture would oblige the Issuer or any Guarantor to make any payment of interest or any other payment which is construed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be interest in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by the Trustee or the Holders, of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada) or any other applicable statute), then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by the Trustee or the Holders, or any of them, of interest at a criminal rate.

Whenever interest is calculated, pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, on the basis of a period other than a calendar year, the annual rate of interest to which such rate of interest as determined by such calculation is equivalent, for purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), is such rate as so calculated multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the particular calendar year in respect of which the calculation is made, and the denominator of which is the number of days used in the calculation.

SECTION 16.02 Execution in Counterparts.

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 PDF 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 PDF shall be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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This Indenture 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 Indenture.

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

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP,
as Issuer
By:   EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER INC., its general partner
  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President
  By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

    Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
    Title:   Secretary
  EMERA INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
  By:  

/s/ Greg Blunden

    Name:   Greg Blunden
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer
EMERA US HOLDINGS INC., as Guarantor
  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President
  By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

    Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
    Title:   Secretary
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
       By:  

/s/ Paul Kim

   

Name:

 

Paul Kim

   

Title:

 

Asst. General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT A

RESERVED

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORMS OF CERTIFICATION

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN

CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS FROM RESTRICTED

GLOBAL SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY

[date]

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY, LLC

[ADDRESS]

Attention:  Emera Incorporated

 

  Re: EMERA US FINANCE LP

(the “Issuer”) —% Senior Notes

due — (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter relates to $         principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of Cede & Co. and held for the benefit of                      (the beneficial owner) (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, we hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903, Rule 904 or Rule 144 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly we hereby further certify that:

 

  (A) If the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904:

 

  (1) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

  (2) either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

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

 

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

 

  (B) If the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144:

 

  (1) a period of at least one year has elapsed since [            ,     ];

 

  (2) the Transferor during the 90 days preceding the date of such transfer was not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer, and it is not acting on behalf of such affiliate; and

 

  (3) such Person to whom such transfer is being made is not an “affiliate” of the Issuer.

Upon giving effect to this request to exchange a beneficial interest in such Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, the resulting beneficial interest shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer, if any, applicable to a Regulation S Global Security pursuant to the Indenture and the Securities.

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

 

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN

CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS FROM REGULATION S

GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY PRIOR TO ONE YEAR

[date]

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY, LLC

[ADDRESS]

Attention:  Emera Incorporated

 

  Re: EMERA US FINANCE LP

(the “Issuer”) —% Senior Notes

due — (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter relates to $         principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of Cede & Co. and held for the benefit of                      (the beneficial owner) (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, we hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly we hereby further certify that the Securities are being transferred to a Person (a) who the Transferor reasonably believes to be a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act purchasing for its own account or the account of a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and (b) in accordance with applicable securities laws of the United States and other applicable jurisdictions.

Upon giving effect to this request to exchange a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, the resulting beneficial interest shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to a Restricted Global Security pursuant to the Indenture and the Securities.

You and the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in the Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016, under which the Securities were issued.

 

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Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT B-3

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE AFTER ONE YEAR

[date]

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY, LLC

[ADDRESS]

Attention:  Emera Incorporated

 

  Re: EMERA US FINANCE LP

(the “Issuer”) —% Senior Notes

due — (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

[For transfers: This letter relates to $         principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by a Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of Cede & Co. [and held for the benefit of                     ] (the “Beneficial Owner”). The Beneficial Owner has requested that its beneficial interest in such Securities be transferred to a Person that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ])

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Beneficial Owner does hereby certify that upon such transfer, (a) a period of at least one year will have elapsed since [ ], [ ], (b) the Beneficial Owner during the three months preceding the date of such transfer was not an “affiliate” of the Issuer (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and it was not acting on behalf of such an affiliate and (c) such Person to whom such transfer is being made is not an “affiliate” of the Issuer.]

[For exchanges: This letter relates to $         principal amount of Securities that are evidenced by a [Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of Cede & Co. [and held for the benefit of]] (the “Beneficial Owner”). The Beneficial Owner has requested that its beneficial interest in such Securities be exchanged for a beneficial interest in an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP No. [            ]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Beneficial Owner does hereby certify that, upon such exchange, (a) it will be the beneficial owner of such Securities, (b) a period of at least one year will have elapsed since [            ], [            ] and (c) the Beneficial Owner will not be, and during the three months preceding the date of such exchange will not have been, an “affiliate” of the Issuer (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and it is not acting on behalf of such an affiliate.]

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.

 

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT 1.2

EMERA US FINANCE LP

as Issuer

EMERA INCORPORATED

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

as Guarantors

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 16, 2016

to

Indenture

Dated as of June 16, 2016

 

 

Creating series of Securities designated as

2.15% Senior Notes due 2019

2.70% Senior Notes due 2021

3.55% Senior Notes due 2026

4.75% Senior Notes due 2046


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE ONE: INTERPRETATIONS AND AMENDMENTS   
SECTION 101.  

First Supplemental Indenture

     2   
SECTION 102.  

Definitions in First Supplemental Indenture

     2   
SECTION 103.  

Interpretation not Affected by Headings

     2   
ARTICLE TWO: 2.15% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019   
SECTION 201.  

Form and Terms of 2019 Notes

     2   
SECTION 202.  

Issuance of 2019 Notes

     4   
SECTION 203.  

Transfer Restrictions

     4   
SECTION 204.  

Optional Redemption of 2019 Notes

     4   
SECTION 205.  

Optional Tax Redemption of the 2019 Notes

     5   
SECTION 206.  

Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2019 Notes

     5   
ARTICLE THREE: 2.70% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021   
SECTION 301.  

Form and Terms of 2021 Notes

     6   
SECTION 302.  

Issuance of 2021 Notes

     8   
SECTION 303.  

Transfer Restrictions

     8   
SECTION 304.  

Optional Redemption of 2021 Notes

     8   
SECTION 305.  

Optional Tax Redemption of the 2021 Notes

     9   
SECTION 306.  

Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2021 Notes

     9   
ARTICLE FOUR: 3.55% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026   
SECTION 401.  

Form and Terms of 2026 Notes

     9   
SECTION 402.  

Issuance of 2026 Notes

     11   
SECTION 403.  

Transfer Restrictions

     12   
SECTION 404.  

Optional Redemption of 2026 Notes

     12   
SECTION 405.  

Optional Tax Redemption of the 2026 Notes

     12   
SECTION 406.  

Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2026 Notes

     12   
ARTICLE FIVE: 4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046   
SECTION 501.  

Form and Terms of 2046 Notes

     13   
SECTION 502.  

Issuance of 2046 Notes

     15   
SECTION 503.  

Transfer Restrictions

     15   
SECTION 504.  

Optional Redemption of 2046 Notes

     15   
SECTION 505.  

Optional Tax Redemption of the 2046 Notes

     16   
SECTION 506.  

Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2046 Notes

     16   
ARTICLE SIX: GENERAL   
SECTION 601.  

Effectiveness

     16   
SECTION 602.  

Ratification of Original Indenture

     16   
SECTION 603.  

Governing Law

     16   
SECTION 604.  

Severability

     16   
SECTION 605.  

Acceptance of Trust

     16   
SECTION 606.   Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture      16   

 

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SECTION 607.  

Multiple Originals

     17   
SECTION 608.  

Agent for Service

     17   
SECTION 609.  

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     17   

Schedule A – Form of 2.15% Senior Note due 2019

  

Schedule B – Form of 2.70% Senior Note due 2021

  

Schedule C – Form of 3.55% Senior Note due 2026

  

Schedule D – Form of 4.75% Senior Note due 2046

  

 

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THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”), EMERA INCORPORATED, a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia (the “ Company ”), EMERA US HOLDINGS INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ EUSHI ” and, together with the Company in their capacity as guarantors of the Securities, the “ Guarantors ” and each a “ Guarantor ”) and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Original Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “ Securities ”) in one or more series;

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture is incorporated herein by reference and the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this, First Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the “ Indenture ”;

WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01(x) of the Original Indenture provide that the Issuer and the Trustee may from time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form or terms of Securities of a new series issued pursuant to the Original Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to issue four series of Securities under the Indenture to be designated as (i) 2.15% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”), (ii) 2.70% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes”), (iii) 3.55% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and (iv) 4.75% Senior Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Notes”, and, together with the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 2.04 and Article Nine of the Original Indenture, each Guarantor shall fully and unconditionally guarantee the Notes (the “ Guarantee ”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture. The Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Issuer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 9.03 of the Original Indenture to the effect, among other things, that all conditions precedent provided for in the Original Indenture to the Trustee’s execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been complied with. All acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make this First Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects;

WHEREAS, all things necessary on the part of the Issuer to make this First Supplemental Indenture, when executed by the Issuer, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof, have been done;

WHEREAS, all things necessary on the part of the Issuer to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer, and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture, have been done; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein have entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), providing for (i) the issuance from time to time of Securities issued in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the Notes (the “ Exchange Notes ”) containing terms substantially identical to, and evidencing the same indebtedness as, the Notes exchanged therefor (except that such Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not bear any legend to the contrary) and (ii) the payment of any additional amounts of interest that shall become payable in respect of the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement as a result of a registration default as described in the Registration Rights Agreement (“ Additional Interest ”).


NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE:

INTERPRETATIONS AND AMENDMENTS

SECTION 101.  First Supplemental Indenture . As used herein “ First Supplemental Indenture ”, “ hereto ”, “ herein ”, “ hereof ”, “ hereby ”, “ hereunder ” and similar expressions refer to this First Supplemental Indenture and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any and every instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto or in implementation hereof, and further include the terms of the Notes set forth in the forms of Notes annexed as Schedules hereto.

SECTION 102.  Definitions in First Supplemental Indenture . All terms contained in this First Supplemental Indenture which are defined in the Original Indenture and not defined herein shall, for all purposes hereof, have the meanings given to such terms in the Original Indenture, unless the context otherwise specifies or requires.

SECTION 103.  Interpretation not Affected by Headings . The division of this First Supplemental Indenture into Articles and Sections, the provision of the table of contents hereto and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this First Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO:

2.15% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019

SECTION 201.  Form and Terms of 2019 Notes .

(a) There shall be and there is hereby created for issuance under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, a series of Securities which shall be designated the “2.15% Senior Notes due 2019” and shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of US$500,000,000; provided , however , that if the Issuer shall, at any time after the date hereof, increase the principal amount of the 2019 Notes which may be issued and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), then any such additional 2019 Notes so issued shall have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), and shall carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the 2019 Notes theretofore issued; provided further that, if the additional 2019 Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding 2019 Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

(b) The 2019 Notes will mature, and the principal of the 2019 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable, on June 15, 2019 (the “ 2019 Stated Maturity ”), or such earlier date as the principal of any of the 2019 Notes may become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The 2019 Notes shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid or provided for payment on the 2019 Notes, whichever is later, at the rate of 2.15% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) of each year, commencing December 15, 2016, until the principal of and premium, if any, on the 2019 Notes is paid or provided for payment. Interest on the 2019 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest payable, and punctually paid or provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Original Indenture, be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2019 Notes (or one or more predecessor 2019 Notes) are registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 (the “ Regular Record Dates ”), as the case may be, immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date, regardless of whether any such Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest on the 2019 Notes not so punctually paid or provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable, as applicable, as provided in the form of 2019 Note annexed hereto as Schedule A to this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(d) Wherever in this First Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to the 2019 Notes, such mention will be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect of the 2019 Notes.

(e) All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2019 Notes will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and all references herein to “ United States dollars ”, “ US$ ” or “ U.S. dollars ” shall be deemed to refer to such coin or currency of the United States of America.

(f) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2019 Notes shall be payable, and the 2019 Notes may be surrendered for exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York, and in such other places as the Issuer may from time to time designate in accordance with the Original Indenture. The Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes in The City of New York, New York.

(g) The 2019 Notes shall be issued only as registered Global Securities, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The 2019 Notes initially will be represented by one or more Restricted Global 2019 Notes (as defined below) and Regulation S Global 2019 Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Global 2019 Notes ”) registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary or its nominee, or a successor depositary or its nominee.

(h) The 2019 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), shall be initially represented by one or more Global Notes (collectively, the “ Restricted Global 2019 Notes ”). The Restricted Global 2019 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Restricted Global 2019 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Restricted Global 2019 Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(i)(A) of the Original Indenture:

(i) The 2019 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more temporary Global Notes (collectively, the “ Regulation S Temporary Global 2019 Notes ”) and will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Following the Resale Restriction Termination Date, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global 2019 Notes will be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Global Notes (the “ Regulation S Permanent Global 2019 Notes ” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global 2019 Notes, the “ Regulation S Global 2019 Notes ”). The Regulation S Global 2019 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Regulation S Global 2019 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions or transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(iii) of the Original Indenture.

(j) All Global Notes shall also bear the legends set forth in Section 3.14(f)(ii) of the Original Indenture:

(k) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for any series of Restricted Global 2019 Notes and Regulation S Global 2019 Notes, executed by the Issuer for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Exchange Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Exchange Notes.

(l) The 2019 Notes and the certificate of authentication of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be in the form set out in Schedule A to this First Supplemental Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations as the Trustee may approve and shall be numbered in such manner as the Trustee may approve, such approvals of the Trustee concerning any 2019 Note to be conclusively evidenced by its authentication of such 2019 Note.

 

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(m) The Security Register referred to in Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture shall, with respect to the 2019 Notes, be kept at the office or agency in The City of New York, New York that the Issuer may from time to time designate for such purpose (which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York), and at such other place or places as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee may hereafter designate.

(n) The 2019 Notes shall be subject to redemption as provided in Section 204 (Optional Redemption of 2019 Notes), Section 205 (Optional Tax Redemption of 2019 Notes) and Section 206 (Special Mandatory Redemption of 2019 Notes) of this First Supplemental Indenture and Article Eleven of the Original Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be required to redeem, purchase or repay 2019 Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holders thereof. The 2019 Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person.

(o) Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the 2019 Notes.

(p) For all purposes of the Indenture, the 2019 Notes shall act as a single series (including, but not limited to, for voting, waiver and providing direction and requests), and shall not be subject to class voting provisions, including, but not limited to, in respect of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 5.12, 5.13, 6.02, 9.02 and 10.10 of the Original Indenture.

(q) The 2019 Notes shall have the other terms and provisions set forth in the form of 2019 Note attached hereto as Schedule A to this First Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if such terms and provisions were set forth in full herein.

SECTION 202.  Issuance of 2019 Notes . The 2019 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of US$500,000,000 shall be executed by the requisite authorized officers of the Issuer and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee on the date of issue for authentication and delivery pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture and, upon the requirements of such provisions being complied with, the 2019 Notes shall be authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee and delivered by it to or upon the Issuer Order of the Issuer without any further act or formality on the part of the Issuer. The Trustee shall not have any duty or responsibility with respect to the use or application of any of the 2019 Notes so certified and delivered or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 203.  Transfer Restrictions .

(a) The 2019 Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions contained in Section 3.14 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 204.  Optional Redemption of 2019 Notes . (a) The 2019 Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Issuer, subject to the following conditions:

(b) prior to 2019 Stated Maturity, the 2019 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2019 Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the 2019 Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield, plus 20 basis points;

plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

 

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The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the Redemption Date of the calculation of the Redemption Price.

(c) Certain Additional Definitions Relating to Optional Redemption of 2019 Notes .

(i) For the purposes of this Section 204, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 2019 Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to such 2019 Notes.

(ii) For the purposes of this Section 204 and Sections 304, 404 and 504, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date and as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Independent Investment Banker for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (and their respective successors) or, if each of such firms is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Issuer.

Primary Treasury Dealer ” means any primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers) and any other Primary Treasury Dealer designated by, and not affiliated with, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. or their respective successors; provided , however , that if any of the foregoing or their designees ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer will appoint another Primary Treasury Dealer as a substitute and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Treasury Yield ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed by the Independent Investment Banker as of the third business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

SECTION 205.  Optional Tax Redemption of the 2019 Notes . The 2019 Notes are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date (the “ Tax Redemption Date ”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 206.  Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2019 Notes . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 206, the terms of Section 11.09 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the 2019 Notes.

 

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(b) If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) For purposes of this Section 206 and Sections 306, 406 and 506 hereto, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Acquisition Agreement ” means the agreement and plan of merger, dated September 4, 2016 among the Company, Emera US Holdings Inc. and TECO Energy, Inc.

Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date ” means the later of (i) December 31, 2016 and (ii) the date that is no later than June 30, 2017 if the closing of the Acquisition has been extended by the Company or TECO Energy, Inc. in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

Special Mandatory Redemption Date ” means the 20 th Business Day following the earlier of the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date and the date on which the Acquisition Agreement is terminated.

(d) The Issuer will cause the notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to be sent (or delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) to Holders of the 2019 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date to each Holder at its registered address.

ARTICLE THREE:

2.70% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021

SECTION 301.  Form and Terms of 2021 Notes .

(a) There shall be and there is hereby created for issuance under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, a series of Securities which shall be designated the “2.70% Senior Notes due 2021” and shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of US$750,000,000; provided , however , that if the Issuer shall, at any time after the date hereof, increase the principal amount of the 2021 Notes which may be issued and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), then any such additional 2021 Notes so issued shall have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), and shall carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the 2021 Notes theretofore issued; provided further that, if the additional 2021 Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding 2021 Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional 2021 Notes shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

(b) The 2021 Notes will mature, and the principal of the 2021 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable, on June 15, 2021 (the “ 2021 Stated Maturity ”), or such earlier date as the principal of any of the Notes may become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The 2021 Notes shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid or provided for payment on the 2021 Notes, whichever is later, at the rate of 2.70% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) of each year, commencing December 15, 2016, until the principal of and premium, if any, on the 2021 Notes is paid or provided for payment. Interest on the 2021 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest payable, and punctually paid or provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Original Indenture, be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2021 Notes (or one or more predecessor 2021 Notes) are registered at the close of

 

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business on June 1 or December 1 (the “ Regular Record Dates ”), as the case may be, immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date, regardless of whether any such Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest on the 2021 Notes not so punctually paid or provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable, as applicable, as provided in the form of 2021 Note annexed hereto as Schedule B to this First Supplemental Indenture.

(d) Wherever in this First Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to the 2021 Notes, such mention will be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect of the 2021 Notes.

(e) All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2021 Notes will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and all references herein to “ United States dollars ”, “ US$ ” or “ U.S. dollars ” shall be deemed to refer to such coin or currency of the United States of America.

(f) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2021 Notes shall be payable, and the 2021 Notes may be surrendered for exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York, and in such other places as the Issuer may from time to time designate in accordance with the Original Indenture. The Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes in The City of New York, New York.

(g) The 2021 Notes shall be issued only as registered Global Securities, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The 2021 Notes initially will be represented by one or more Restricted Global 2021 Notes (as defined below) and Regulation S Global 2021 Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Global 2021 Notes ”) registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary or its nominee, or a successor depositary or its nominee.

(h) The 2021 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more Global Notes (collectively, the “ Restricted Global 2021 Notes ”). The Restricted Global 2021 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Restricted Global 2021 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Restricted Global 2021 Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(i)(A) of the Original Indenture:

(i) The 2021 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more temporary Global Notes (collectively, the “ Regulation S Temporary Global 2021 Notes ”) and will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Following the Resale Restriction Termination Date, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global 2021 Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Global Notes (the “ Regulation S Permanent Global 2021 Notes ” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global 2021 Notes, the “ Regulation S Global 2021 Notes ”). The Regulation S Global 2021 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Regulation S Global 2021 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions or transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(iii) of the Original Indenture.

(j) All Global Notes shall also bear the legends set forth in Section 3.14(f)(ii) of the Original Indenture:

(k) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for any series of Restricted Global 2021 Notes and Regulation S Global 2021 Notes, executed by the Issuer for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Exchange Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Exchange Notes.

 

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(l) The 2021 Notes and the certificate of authentication of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be in the form set out in Schedule B to this First Supplemental Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations as the Trustee may approve and shall be numbered in such manner as the Trustee may approve, such approvals of the Trustee concerning any 2021 Note to be conclusively evidenced by its authentication of such 2021 Note.

(m) The Security Register referred to in Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture shall, with respect to the 2021 Notes, be kept at the office or agency in The City of New York, New York that the Issuer may from time to time designate for such purpose (which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York), and at such other place or places as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee may hereafter designate.

(n) The 2021 Notes shall be subject to redemption as provided in Section 304 (Optional Redemption of 2021 Notes), Section 305 (Optional Tax Redemption of 2021 Notes) and Section 306 (Special Mandatory Redemption of 2021 Notes) of this First Supplemental Indenture and Article Eleven of the Original Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be required to redeem, purchase or repay 2021 Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holders thereof. The 2021 Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person.

(o) Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the 2021 Notes.

(p) For all purposes of the Indenture, the 2021 Notes shall act as a single series (including, but not limited to, for voting, waiver and providing direction and requests), and shall not be subject to class voting provisions, including, but not limited to, in respect of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 5.12, 5.13, 6.02, 9.02 and 10.10 of the Original Indenture.

(q) The 2021 Notes shall have the other terms and provisions set forth in the form of 2021 Note attached hereto as Schedule B to this First Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if such terms and provisions were set forth in full herein.

SECTION 302.  Issuance of 2021 Notes . The 2021 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of US$750,000,000 shall be executed by the requisite authorized officers of the Issuer and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee on the date of issue for authentication and delivery pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture and, upon the requirements of such provisions being complied with, the 2021 Notes shall be authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee and delivered by it to or upon the Issuer Order of the Issuer without any further act or formality on the part of the Issuer. The Trustee shall not have any duty or responsibility with respect to the use or application of any of the 2021 Notes so certified and delivered or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 303.  Transfer Restrictions .

(a) The 2021 Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions contained in Section 3.14 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 304.  Optional Redemption of 2021 Notes . (a) The 2021 Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Issuer, subject to the following conditions:

(b) prior to the 2021 Par Call Date, the 2021 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2021 Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the 2021 Notes to be redeemed that would

 

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be due if such 2021 Notes matured on the 2021 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and

(c) on or after the 2021 Par Call Date, the 2021 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2021 Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the Redemption Date of the calculation of the Redemption Price.

(d) Certain Additional Definitions Relating to Optional Redemption of 2021 Notes . For the purposes of this Section 304, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 2021 Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such 2021 Notes were the 2021 Par Call Date (the “ Remaining Life ”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such 2021 Notes.

2021 Par Call Date ” means May 15, 2021 (one month prior to 2021 Stated Maturity).

SECTION 305.  Optional Tax Redemption of the 2021 Notes . The 2021 Notes are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date (the “Tax Redemption Date”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 306.  Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2021 Notes . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 306, the terms of Section 11.09 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the 2021 Notes.

(b) If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) The Issuer will cause the notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to be sent (or delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) to Holders of the 2021 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date to each Holder at its registered address.

ARTICLE FOUR:

3.55% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

SECTION 401.  Form and Terms of 2026 Notes .

(a) There shall be and there is hereby created for issuance under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, a series of Securities which shall be designated the “3.55% Senior Notes due 2026” and shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of US$750,000,000; provided , however , that if the Issuer shall, at any time after the date hereof, increase the principal amount of the 2026 Notes which may be issued and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), then any such additional 2026 Notes so issued shall

 

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have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), and shall carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the 2026 Notes theretofore issued; provided further that, if the additional 2026 Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding 2026 Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional 2026 Notes shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

(b) The 2026 Notes will mature, and the principal of the 2026 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable, on June 15, 2026 (the “ 2026 Stated Maturity ”), or such earlier date as the principal of any of the 2026 Notes may become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The 2026 Notes shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid or provided for payment on the 2026 Notes, whichever is later, at the rate of 3.55% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) of each year, commencing December 15, 2016, until the principal of and premium, if any, on the 2026 Notes is paid or provided for payment. Interest on the 2026 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest payable, and punctually paid or provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Original Indenture, be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2026 Notes (or one or more predecessor 2026 Notes) are registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 (the “ Regular Record Dates ”), as the case may be, immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date, regardless of whether any such Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest on the 2026 Notes not so punctually paid or provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable, as applicable, as provided in the form of 2026 Note annexed hereto as Schedule C to this First Supplemental Indenture.

(d) Wherever in this First Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to the 2026 Notes, such mention will be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect of the 2026 Notes.

(e) All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2026 Notes will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and all references herein to “ United States dollars ”, “ US$ ” or “ U.S. dollars ” shall be deemed to refer to such coin or currency of the United States of America.

(f) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2026 Notes shall be payable, and the 2026 Notes may be surrendered for exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York, and in such other places as the Issuer may from time to time designate in accordance with the Original Indenture. The Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes in The City of New York, New York.

(g) The 2026 Notes shall be issued only as registered Global Securities, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The 2026 Notes initially will be represented by one or more Restricted Global 2026 Notes (as defined below) and Regulation S Global 2026 Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Global 2026 Notes ”) registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary or its nominee, or a successor depositary or its nominee.

(h) The 2026 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more Global Notes (collectively, the “ Restricted Global 2026 Notes ”). The Restricted Global 2026 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Restricted Global 2026 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Restricted Global 2026 Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(i)(A) of the Original Indenture:

(i) The 2026 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more temporary Global Notes (collectively, the “ Regulation S Temporary Global 2026

 

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Notes ”) and will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Following the Resale Restriction Termination Date, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global 2026 Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Global Notes (the “ Regulation S Permanent Global 2026 Notes ” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global 2026 Notes, the “ Regulation S Global 2026 Notes ”). The Regulation S Global 2026 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Regulation S Global 2026 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions or transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(iii) of the Original Indenture.

(j) All Global Notes shall also bear the legends set forth in Section 3.14(f)(ii) of the Original Indenture:

(k) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for any series of Restricted Global 2026 Notes and Regulation S Global 2026 Notes, executed by the Issuer for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Exchange Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Exchange Notes.

(l) The 2026 Notes and the certificate of authentication of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be in the form set out in Schedule C to this First Supplemental Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations as the Trustee may approve and shall be numbered in such manner as the Trustee may approve, such approvals of the Trustee concerning any 2026 Note to be conclusively evidenced by its authentication of such 2026 Note.

(m) The Security Register referred to in Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture shall, with respect to the 2026 Notes, be kept at the office or agency in The City of New York, New York that the Issuer may from time to time designate for such purpose (which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York), and at such other place or places as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee may hereafter designate.

(n) The 2026 Notes shall be subject to redemption as provided in Section 404 (Optional Redemption of 2026 Notes), Section 405 (Optional Tax Redemption of 2026 Notes) and Section 406 (Special Mandatory Redemption of 2026 Notes) of this First Supplemental Indenture and Article Eleven of the Original Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be required to redeem, purchase or repay 2026 Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holders thereof. The 2026 Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person.

(o) Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the 2026 Notes.

(p) For all purposes of the Indenture, the 2026 Notes shall act as a single series (including, but not limited to, for voting, waiver and providing direction and requests), and shall not be subject to class voting provisions, including, but not limited to, in respect of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 5.12, 5.13, 6.02, 9.02 and 10.10 of the Original Indenture.

(q) The 2026 Notes shall have the other terms and provisions set forth in the form of 2026 Note attached hereto as Schedule C to this First Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if such terms and provisions were set forth in full herein.

SECTION 402.  Issuance of 2026 Notes . The 2026 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of US$750,000,000 shall be executed by the requisite authorized officers of the Issuer and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee on the date of issue for authentication and delivery pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture and, upon the requirements of such provisions being complied with, the 2026 Notes shall be authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee and delivered by it to or upon the Issuer Order of the Issuer without any further act or formality on the part of the Issuer. The Trustee shall not have any duty or responsibility with respect to the use or application of any of the 2026 Notes so certified and delivered or the proceeds thereof.

 

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SECTION 403.  Transfer Restrictions .

(a) The 2026 Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions contained in Section 3.14 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 404.  Optional Redemption of 2026 Notes . (a) The 2026 Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Issuer, subject to the following conditions:

(b) prior to the 2026 Par Call Date, the 2026 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the 2026 Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such 2026 Notes matured on the 2026 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield, plus 30 basis points;

plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and

(c) on or after the 2026 Par Call Date, the 2026 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the Redemption Date of the calculation of the Redemption Price.

(d) Certain Additional Definitions Relating to Optional Redemption of 2026 Notes . For the purposes of this Section 404, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such 2026 Notes were the 2026 Par Call Date (the “ Remaining Life ”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such 2026 Notes.

2026 Par Call Date ” means March 15, 2026 (three months prior to 2026 Stated Maturity).

SECTION 405.  Optional Tax Redemption of the 2026 Notes . The 2026 Notes are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date (the “Tax Redemption Date”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 406.  Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2026 Notes . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 406, the terms of Section 11.09 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the 2026 Notes.

(b) If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the 2026 Notes, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the

 

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most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) The Issuer will cause the notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to be sent (or delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) to Holders of the 2026 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date to each Holder at its registered address.

ARTICLE FIVE:

4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046

SECTION 501.  Form and Terms of 2046 Notes .

(a) There shall be and there is hereby created for issuance under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, a series of Securities which shall be designated the “4.75% Senior Notes due 2046” and shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of US$1,250,000,000; provided , however , that if the Issuer shall, at any time after the date hereof, increase the principal amount of the 2046 Notes which may be issued and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), then any such additional 2046 Notes so issued shall have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), and shall carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the 2046 Notes theretofore issued; provided further that, if the additional 2046 Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding 2046 Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional 2046 Notes shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

(b) The 2046 Notes will mature, and the principal of the 2046 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable, on June 15, 2046 (the “ 2046 Stated Maturity ”), or such earlier date as the principal of any of the 2046 Notes may become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(c) The 2046 Notes shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid or provided for payment on the 2046 Notes, whichever is later, at the rate of 4.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) of each year, commencing December 15, 2016, until the principal of and premium, if any, on the 2046 Notes is paid or provided for payment. Interest on the 2046 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest payable, and punctually paid or provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Original Indenture, be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2046 Notes (or one or more predecessor 2046 Notes) are registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 (the “ Regular Record Dates ”), as the case may be, immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date, regardless of whether any such Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest on the 2046 Notes not so punctually paid or provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable, as applicable, as provided in the form of 2046 Note annexed hereto as Schedule D to this First Supplemental Indenture.

(d) Wherever in this First Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to the 2046 Notes, such mention will be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect of the 2046 Notes.

(e) All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2046 Notes will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and all references herein to “ United States dollars ”, “ US$ ” or “ U.S. dollars ” shall be deemed to refer to such coin or currency of the United States of America.

(f) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2046 Notes shall be payable, and the 2046 Notes may be surrendered for exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration, at the Corporate Trust Office of the

 

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Trustee in The City of New York, New York, and in such other places as the Issuer may from time to time designate in accordance with the Original Indenture. The Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes in The City of New York, New York.

(g) The 2046 Notes shall be issued only as registered Global Securities, without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The 2046 Notes initially will be represented by one or more Restricted Global 2046 Notes (as defined below) and Regulation S Global 2046 Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Global 2046 Notes ”) registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary or its nominee, or a successor depositary or its nominee.

(h) The 2046 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more Global Notes (collectively, the “ Restricted Global 2046 Notes ”). The Restricted Global 2046 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Restricted Global 2046 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Restricted Global 2046 Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(i)(A) of the Original Indenture:

(i) The 2046 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be initially represented by one or more temporary Global Notes (collectively, the “ Regulation S Temporary Global 2046 Notes ”) and will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Following the Resale Restriction Termination Date, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global 2046 Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Global Notes (the “ Regulation S Permanent Global 2046 Notes ” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global 2046 Notes, the “ Regulation S Global 2046 Notes ”). The Regulation S Global 2046 Notes (and any notes issued in exchange for the Regulation S Global 2046 Notes, other than Exchange Notes), including beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global 2046 Notes, will be subject to certain restrictions or transfer set forth therein and in this Indenture and will bear the legend regarding such restrictions set forth in Section 3.14(f)(iii) of the Original Indenture.

(j) All Global Notes shall also bear the legends set forth in Section 3.14(f)(ii) of the Original Indenture:

(k) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for any series of Restricted Global 2046 Notes and Regulation S Global 2046 Notes, executed by the Issuer for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Exchange Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Exchange Notes.

(l) The 2046 Notes and the certificate of authentication of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be in the form set out in Schedule D to this First Supplemental Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations as the Trustee may approve and shall be numbered in such manner as the Trustee may approve, such approvals of the Trustee concerning any 2046 Note to be conclusively evidenced by its authentication of such 2046 Note.

(m) The Security Register referred to in Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture shall, with respect to the 2046 Notes, be kept at the office or agency in The City of New York, New York that the Issuer may from time to time designate for such purpose (which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York, New York), and at such other place or places as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee may hereafter designate.

(n) The 2046 Notes shall be subject to redemption as provided in Section 304 (Optional Redemption of 2046 Notes), Section 305 (Optional Tax Redemption of 2046 Notes) and Section 306 (Special Mandatory Redemption of 2046 Notes) of this First Supplemental Indenture and Article Eleven of the Original Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be required to redeem, purchase or repay 2046 Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holders thereof. The 2046 Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person.

 

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(o) Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the 2046 Notes.

(p) For all purposes of the Indenture, the 2046 Notes shall act as a single series (including, but not limited to, for voting, waiver and providing direction and requests), and shall not be subject to class voting provisions, including, but not limited to, in respect of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 5.12, 5.13, 6.02, 9.02 and 10.10 of the Original Indenture.

(q) The 2046 Notes shall have the other terms and provisions set forth in the form of 2046 Note attached hereto as Schedule D to this First Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if such terms and provisions were set forth in full herein.

SECTION 502.  Issuance of 2046 Notes . The 2046 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of US$1,250,000,000 shall be executed by the requisite authorized officers of the Issuer and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee on the date of issue for authentication and delivery pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture and, upon the requirements of such provisions being complied with, the 2046 Notes shall be authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee and delivered by it to or upon the Issuer Order of the Issuer without any further act or formality on the part of the Issuer. The Trustee shall not have any duty or responsibility with respect to the use or application of any of the 2046 Notes so certified and delivered or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 503.  Transfer Restrictions .

(a) The 2046 Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions contained in Section 3.14 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 504.  Optional Redemption of 2046 Notes . (a) The 2046 Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Issuer, subject to the following conditions:

(b) prior to the 2046 Par Call Date, the 2046 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2046 Notes to be redeemed; and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the 2046 Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such 2046 Notes matured on the 2046 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield, plus 35 basis points;

plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and

(c) on or after the 2046 Par Call Date, the 2046 Notes shall be redeemable (in the manner and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions set forth in Article Eleven of the Original Indenture), at a Redemption Price equal to (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2046 Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the Redemption Date of the calculation of the Redemption Price.

(d) Certain Additional Definitions Relating to Optional Redemption of 2046 Notes . For the purposes of this Section 504, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the

 

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maturity date of such 2046 Notes were the 2046 Par Call Date (the “ Remaining Life ”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such 2046 Notes.

2046 Par Call Date ” means December 15, 2045 (six months prior to 2046 Stated Maturity).

SECTION 505.  Optional Tax Redemption of the 2046 Notes . The 2046 Notes are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date (the “Tax Redemption Date”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 506.  Special Mandatory Redemption of the 2046 Notes . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 506, the terms of Section 11.09 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the 2046 Notes.

(b) If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the 2046 Notes, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2046 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(c) The Issuer will cause the notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to be sent (or delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) to Holders of the 2046 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date to each Holder at its registered address.

ARTICLE SIX:

GENERAL

SECTION 601.  Effectiveness . This First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon its execution and delivery.

SECTION 602.  Ratification of Original Indenture . The Original Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Original Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 603.  Governing Law . This First Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture as supplemented hereby and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 604.  Severability . In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture as supplemented hereby 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 605.  Acceptance of Trust . The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this First Supplemental Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein before set forth in trust for the various Persons who shall from time to time be Holders subject to all the terms and conditions herein set forth.

SECTION 606.  Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture . Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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SECTION 607.  Multiple Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this First Supplemental Indenture. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this First Supplemental Indenture by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery as a manually executed counterpart thereof and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes.

SECTION 608.  Agent for Service . By the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company (i) irrevocably designates and appoints, and acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed, the Issuer as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Notes or this First Supplemental Indenture that may be instituted in any United States federal or New York state court in The City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee (whether in its individual capacities or in its capacity as Trustee) or, subject to Section 5.07 of the Original Indenture, any Holder of Notes in any United States federal or New York state court in The City of New York, (ii) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon the Issuer and written notice of said service to the Company at its principal office and in the manner specified in the Original Indenture, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Issuer in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be Outstanding or any amounts shall be payable in respect of any Notes.

SECTION 609.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby supplemented and amended by deleting Sections 9.01(xi) and 9.01(xii) of the Original Indenture in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

“(xi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10;

(xii) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities to the “Description of the Notes” set forth in the offering memorandum relating to the Notes to the extent such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim, or substantially verbatim, recitation of provision of this Indenture or the Securities (which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to such effect); or

(xiii) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.”

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereof have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, directors or signatories duly authorized thereto, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP,

as Issuer

By:  

EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER

INC., its general partner

  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President
  By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

    Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
    Title:   Secretary:
EMERA INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
  By:  

/s/ Greg Blunden

    Name:   Greg Blunden
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer
EMERA US HOLDINGS INC., as Guarantor
  By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

    Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
    Title:   President
  By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

    Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
    Title:   Secretary
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
  By  

/s/ Paul Kim

    Name:   Paul Kim
    Title:   Asst. General Counsel


Schedule A

FORM OF 2.15% SERIES NOTE DUE 2019

FACE OF NOTE

[Applicable Restricted Securities Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
2.15% Notes due 2019
No.    $[●]
   CUSIP No.: [29103DAA4]/[U26210AA9]
   ISIN No.: [US29103DAA46]/[USU26210AA93]

EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[        ] ([    ] MILLION DOLLARS) on June 15, 2019, at the office or agency of the Issuer referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on December 15, 2016, and semi-annually thereafter on June 15 and December 15 in each year, from and including June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 2.15% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay interest on any overdue principal or interest at the rate borne by this Security from and including the date on which such overdue principal, or interest becomes payable to but excluding the date payment of such principal or interest has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such Defaulted Interest at the rate borne by the Securities of this series, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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

Dated: June 16, 2016

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
By:   EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER INC., its general partner
  By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:
  By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer designated as its 2.15% Notes due 2019 (the “ Securities ”), initially in aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, which may be issued under the Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Original Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, Emera Incorporated, (the “ Company ”), Emera US Holdings Inc., (“ EUSHI ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is a global Security initially representing $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained in the United States by the payee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Principal paid in relation to any Security of this series at Stated Maturity shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to above.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities of this series under the Indenture, equal in rank to the Outstanding Securities of this series in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the new Securities of this series or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the new Securities of this series) so that the new Securities of this series shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Outstanding Securities of this series; provided that, if the additional Securities of this series are not fungible with the Outstanding Securities of this series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

The Issuer shall pay to the Holder of this Security (i) such Additional Amounts and other amounts as may be payable under Section 10.05 of the Original Indenture and (ii) such Additional Interest as may be payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the Securities of this series, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

 

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The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, as a whole or in part, at any time at the election of the Issuer. Prior to the 2019 Stated Maturity, the Securities of this series shall be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of the Securities of this series in part only, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture.

In the case of any redemption of Securities of this series, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 11.06 of the Indenture. Securities of this series (or portions thereof) for whose redemption payment is made or duly provided for in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Securities do not have the benefit of sinking fund obligations.

Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Securities of this series, upon compliance by the Indenture with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected by such amendment or modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities with respect to which a Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Issuer, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

If at any time, (i) the Depositary for the Securities of this series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable or no longer qualified to continue as Depositary for the Securities of this series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of this series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, (ii) the Issuer determines that the Securities of this series shall no longer be represented by a global Security or Securities or (iii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of this series, then in such event the Issuer will execute and Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security. Such Securities of this series in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities of this series are so registered.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Securities under the Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive additional interest as provided therein.

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

All references herein to “dollars” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time should be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and all terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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GUARANTEE

OF

EMERA INCORPORATED

and

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities of this series and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of such Security of this series, upon which this notation of the Guarantee is endorsed, shall have been manually executed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

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

 

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Executed and dated the date on the face hereof.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 
 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 
 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY**

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Transaction

   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Principal Amount
of Global Security
Following Such
Decrease (or
Increase)
   Signature of Authorized
Signatory or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

** This Schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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Schedule B

FORM OF 2.70% SERIES NOTE DUE 2021

FACE OF NOTE

[Applicable Restricted Securities Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP

2.70% Notes due 2021

No.    $[●]
   CUSIP No.: [29103DAD8]/[U26210AB7]
   ISIN No.: [US29103DAD84]/[USU26210AB76]

EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[        ] ([    ] MILLION DOLLARS) on June 15, 2021, at the office or agency of the Issuer referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on December 15, 2016, and semi-annually thereafter on June 15 and December 15 in each year, from and including June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 2.70% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay interest on any overdue principal or interest at the rate borne by this Security from and including the date on which such overdue principal, or interest becomes payable to but excluding the date payment of such principal or interest has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such Defaulted Interest at the rate borne by the Securities of this series, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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

Dated: June 16, 2016

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
By:  

EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER

INC., its general partner

  By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:
  By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer designated as its 2.70% Notes due 2021 (the “ Securities ”), initially in aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000, which may be issued under the Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Original Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, Emera Incorporated, (the “ Company ”), Emera US Holdings Inc., (“ EUSHI ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is a global Security initially representing $[500,000,000][250,000,000] aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained in the United States by the payee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Principal paid in relation to any Security of this series at Stated Maturity shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to above.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities of this series under the Indenture, equal in rank to the Outstanding Securities of this series in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the new Securities of this series or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the new Securities of this series) so that the new Securities of this series shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Outstanding Securities of this series; provided that, if the additional Securities of this series are not fungible with the Outstanding Securities of this series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

The Issuer shall pay to the Holder of this Security (i) such Additional Amounts and other amounts as may be payable under Section 10.05 of the Original Indenture and (ii) such Additional Interest as may be payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the Securities of this series, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

 

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The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, as a whole or in part, at any time at the election of the Issuer. Prior to the 2021 Par Call Date, the Securities of this series shall be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the Securities to be redeemed that would be due if such Securities matured on the 2021 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date. If the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after the 2021 Par Call Date, the Securities may be redeemed at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of the Securities of this series in part only, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture.

In the case of any redemption of Securities of this series, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 11.06 of the Indenture. Securities of this series (or portions thereof) for whose redemption payment is made or duly provided for in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Securities do not have the benefit of sinking fund obligations.

Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Securities of this series, upon compliance by the Indenture with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected by such amendment or modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities with respect to which a Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Issuer, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more

 

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new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

If at any time, (i) the Depositary for the Securities of this series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable or no longer qualified to continue as Depositary for the Securities of this series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of this series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, (ii) the Issuer determines that the Securities of this series shall no longer be represented by a global Security or Securities or (iii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of this series, then in such event the Issuer will execute and Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security. Such Securities of this series in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities of this series are so registered.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Securities under the Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive additional interest as provided therein.

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

All references herein to “dollars” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time should be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and all terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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GUARANTEE

OF

EMERA INCORPORATED

and

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities of this series and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of such Security of this series, upon which this notation of the Guarantee is endorsed, shall have been manually executed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

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

 

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Executed and dated the date on the face hereof.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 
 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 
 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY**

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Transaction

   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Principal Amount
of Global Security
Following Such
Decrease (or
Increase)
   Signature of Authorized
Signatory or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

** This Schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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Schedule C

FORM OF 3.55% SERIES NOTE DUE 2026

FACE OF NOTE

[Applicable Restricted Securities Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

EMERA US FINANCE LP

3.55% Notes due 2026

 

No.    $[●]
   CUSIP No.: [29103DAG1]/[U26210AC5]
   ISIN No.: [US29103DAG16]/[USU26210AC59]

EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[        ] ([                    ] MILLION DOLLARS) on June 15, 2026, at the office or agency of the Issuer referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on December 15, 2016, and semi-annually thereafter on June 15 and December 15 in each year, from and including June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 3.55% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay interest on any overdue principal or interest at the rate borne by this Security from and including the date on which such overdue principal, or interest becomes payable to but excluding the date payment of such principal or interest has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such Defaulted Interest at the rate borne by the Securities of this series, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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

Dated: June 16, 2016

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
By:       EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER INC., its general partner
  By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
  By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
By:      

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer designated as its 3.55% Notes due 2026 (the “ Securities ”), initially in aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000, which may be issued under the Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Original Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, Emera Incorporated, (the “ Company ”), Emera US Holdings Inc., (“ EUSHI ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is a global Security initially representing $[500,000,000][250,000,000] aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained in the United States by the payee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Principal paid in relation to any Security of this series at Stated Maturity shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to above.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities of this series under the Indenture, equal in rank to the Outstanding Securities of this series in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the new Securities of this series or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the new Securities of this series) so that the new Securities of this series shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Outstanding Securities of this series; provided that, if the additional Securities of this series are not fungible with the Outstanding Securities of this series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

The Issuer shall pay to the Holder of this Security (i) such Additional Amounts and other amounts as may be payable under Section 10.05 of the Original Indenture and (ii) such Additional Interest as may be payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the Securities of this series, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

 

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The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, as a whole or in part, at any time at the election of the Issuer. Prior to the 2026 Par Call Date, the Securities of this series shall be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the Securities to be redeemed that would be due if such Securities matured on the 2026 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date. If the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after the 2026 Par Call Date, the Securities may be redeemed at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of the Securities of this series in part only, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture.

In the case of any redemption of Securities of this series, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 11.06 of the Indenture. Securities of this series (or portions thereof) for whose redemption payment is made or duly provided for in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Securities do not have the benefit of sinking fund obligations.

Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Securities of this series, upon compliance by the Indenture with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected by such amendment or modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities with respect to which a Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Issuer, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more

 

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new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

If at any time, (i) the Depositary for the Securities of this series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable or no longer qualified to continue as Depositary for the Securities of this series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of this series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, (ii) the Issuer determines that the Securities of this series shall no longer be represented by a global Security or Securities or (iii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of this series, then in such event the Issuer will execute and Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security. Such Securities of this series in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities of this series are so registered.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Securities under the Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive additional interest as provided therein.

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

All references herein to “dollars” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time should be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and all terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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GUARANTEE

OF

EMERA INCORPORATED

and

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities of this series and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of such Security of this series, upon which this notation of the Guarantee is endorsed, shall have been manually executed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

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

 

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Executed and dated the date on the face hereof.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY**

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Transaction

   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Principal Amount
of Global Security
Following Such
Decrease (or
Increase)
   Signature of Authorized
Signatory or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

** This Schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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Schedule D

FORM OF 4.75% SERIES NOTE DUE 2046

FACE OF NOTE

[Applicable Restricted Securities Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

EMERA US FINANCE LP

4.75% Notes due 2046

 

No.    $[●]
   CUSIP No.: [29103DAK2]/[U26210AD3]
   ISIN No.: [US29103DAK28]/[USU26210AD33]

EMERA US FINANCE LP, a limited partnership, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[        ] ([                    ] MILLION DOLLARS) on June 15, 2046, at the office or agency of the Issuer referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on December 15, 2016, and semi-annually thereafter on June 15 and December 15 in each year, from and including June 16, 2016 or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 4.75% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay interest on any overdue principal or interest at the rate borne by this Security from and including the date on which such overdue principal, or interest becomes payable to but excluding the date payment of such principal or interest has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such Defaulted Interest at the rate borne by the Securities of this series, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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

Dated: June 16, 2016

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
By:   EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER INC., its general partner
  By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
  By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer designated as its 4.75% Notes due 2046 (the “ Securities ”), initially in aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000, which may be issued under the Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016 (the “ Original Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, Emera Incorporated, (the “ Company ”), Emera US Holdings Inc., (“ EUSHI ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 16, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is a global Security initially representing $[500,000,000][250,000,000] aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained in the United States by the payee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Principal paid in relation to any Security of this series at Stated Maturity shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to above.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities of this series under the Indenture, equal in rank to the Outstanding Securities of this series in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the new Securities of this series or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the new Securities of this series) so that the new Securities of this series shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Securities of this series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Outstanding Securities of this series; provided that, if the additional Securities of this series are not fungible with the Outstanding Securities of this series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP and/or ISIN number.

The Issuer shall pay to the Holder of this Security (i) such Additional Amounts and other amounts as may be payable under Section 10.05 of the Original Indenture and (ii) such Additional Interest as may be payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

If (i) the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date; or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem the Securities of this series, in whole, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, whichever later, to but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.08 of the Original Indenture.

 

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The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice, as a whole or in part, at any time at the election of the Issuer. Prior to the 2046 Par Call Date, the Securities of this series shall be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the Redemption Price) on the Securities to be redeemed that would be due if such Securities matured on the 2046 Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 35 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date. If the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after the 2046 Par Call Date, the Securities may be redeemed at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of the Securities of this series in part only, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture.

In the case of any redemption of Securities of this series, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 11.06 of the Indenture. Securities of this series (or portions thereof) for whose redemption payment is made or duly provided for in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Securities do not have the benefit of sinking fund obligations.

Sections 14.02 and 14.03 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Securities of this series, upon compliance by the Indenture with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected by such amendment or modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities with respect to which a Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Issuer, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more

 

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new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of this series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

If at any time, (i) the Depositary for the Securities of this series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable or no longer qualified to continue as Depositary for the Securities of this series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of this series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, (ii) the Issuer determines that the Securities of this series shall no longer be represented by a global Security or Securities or (iii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of this series, then in such event the Issuer will execute and Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of this series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security. Such Securities of this series in definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities of this series to the Persons in whose names such Securities of this series are so registered.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Securities under the Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive additional interest as provided therein.

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

All references herein to “dollars” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time should be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and all terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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GUARANTEE

OF

EMERA INCORPORATED

and

EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.

The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities of this series and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of such Security of this series, upon which this notation of the Guarantee is endorsed, shall have been manually executed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

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

 

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Executed and dated the date on the face hereof.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
EMERA US HOLDINGS INC.
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY**

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Transaction

   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of Global Security
   Principal Amount
of Global Security
Following Such
Decrease (or
Increase)
   Signature of Authorized
Signatory or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

** This Schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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EXHIBIT 1.3

EMERA INCORPORATED

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CST TRUST COMPANY

 

 

TRUST INDENTURE

Dated June 16, 2016

 

 

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES FROM TIME TO TIME


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

     1   

1.1

 

Definitions

     1   

1.2

 

Meaning of “outstanding” for Certain Purposes

     11   

1.3

 

Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

     11   

1.4

 

Extended Meanings

     12   

1.5

 

Day Not a Business Day

     12   

1.6

 

Time Periods

     12   

1.7

 

Currency

     12   

1.8

 

Other Currencies

     12   

1.9

 

Statutes

     12   

1.10

 

Invalidity of Provisions

     12   

1.11

 

Applicable Law

     13   

1.12

 

Language

     13   

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

     13   

2.1

 

Limit of Issue

     13   

2.2

 

Issuance in Series

     13   

2.3

 

Form of Notes

     14   

2.4

 

Notes to Rank Equally

     14   

2.5

 

Book Entry Only Notes

     14   

2.6

 

Appointment of Trustee and Depository

     15   

2.7

 

Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes

     15   

2.8

 

Changes in Depository Procedures

     16   

2.9

 

Concerning Interest

     17   

2.10

 

Payments of Amounts Due on Maturity

     19   

2.11

 

Issue of Substitutional Notes

     20   

2.12

 

Record of Payment

     20   

2.13

 

Right to Receive Indenture

     20   

ARTICLE 3 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP OF NOTES

     21   

3.1

 

Register of Definitive Notes

     21   

3.2

 

Register of Global Notes

     21   

3.3

 

Transferee Entitled to Registration

     23   

3.4

 

No Notice of Trusts

     23   

3.5

 

Registers Open for Inspection

     23   

3.6

 

Transfers and Exchanges of Interests in Notes

     23   

3.7

 

Closing of Registers

     25   

3.8

 

Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange

     26   

3.9

 

Ownership of Notes

     26   

3.10

 

Cancellation of Notes

     27   

 

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ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF NOTES

     27   

4.1

 

General

     27   

4.2

 

Partial Redemption of Notes

     27   

4.3

 

Notice of Redemption

     27   

4.4

 

Notes Due on Redemption Dates

     28   

4.5

 

Deposit of Redemption Amount

     28   

4.6

 

Failure to Surrender Notes Called for Redemption

     28   

4.7

 

Purchase of Notes

     29   

4.8

 

Cancellation of Notes

     29   

ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

     30   

5.1

 

Covenants

     30   

5.2

 

Limitation on Liens

     31   

5.3

 

Trustee’s Remuneration and Expenses

     31   

5.4

 

Performance of Covenants by Trustee

     31   

5.5

 

Not to Accumulate Interest

     32   

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT

     32   

6.1

 

Events of Default

     32   

6.2

 

Notice of Event of Default

     33   

6.3

 

Acceleration

     34   

6.4

 

Waiver of Acceleration

     34   

6.5

 

Enforcement by the Trustee

     34   

6.6

 

Suits by Noteholders

     36   

6.7

 

Application of Money

     36   

6.8

 

Distribution of Proceeds

     37   

6.9

 

Remedies Cumulative

     37   

6.10

 

Judgment Against the Issuer

     38   

6.11

 

Immunity of Shareholders and Others

     38   

ARTICLE 7 CANCELLATION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

     38   

7.1

 

Cancellation and Destruction

     38   

7.2

 

Non-Presentation of Notes

     38   

7.3

 

Repayment of Unclaimed Money

     39   

7.4

 

Discharge

     39   

7.5

 

Defeasance

     39   

ARTICLE 8 SUCCESSORS

     41   

8.1

 

Requirements for Successors

     41   

8.2

 

Vesting of Powers in Successor

     41   

ARTICLE 9 MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS

     42   

9.1

 

Right to Convene Meetings

     42   

9.2

 

Notice of Meetings

     42   

 

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9.3

 

Chairperson

     43   

9.4

 

Quorum

     43   

9.5

 

Power to Adjourn

     43   

9.6

 

Show of Hands

     43   

9.7

 

Poll

     43   

9.8

 

Voting

     44   

9.9

 

Regulations

     44   

9.10

 

Issuer and Trustee May Be Represented

     45   

9.11

 

Powers Cumulative

     45   

9.12

 

Minutes

     45   

9.13

 

Instruments in Writing

     45   

9.14

 

Binding Effect of Resolutions

     45   

9.15

 

Record Date for Requests, Demands, Etc.

     46   

ARTICLE 10 NOTICES

     46   

10.1

 

Notice to the Issuer

     46   

10.2

 

Notice to Noteholders

     46   

10.3

 

Notice to the Trustee

     47   

10.4

 

When Publication Not Required

     47   

10.5

 

Waiver of Notice

     47   

ARTICLE 11 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     47   

11.1

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     47   

11.2

 

No Conflict of Interest

     48   

11.3

 

Conditions Precedent to Trustee’s Obligation to Act

     48   

11.4

 

Replacement of Trustee

     49   

11.5

 

Trustee May Deal in Notes

     50   

11.6

 

No Person Dealing with Trustee Need Inquire

     50   

11.7

 

Investment of Money Held by Trustee

     50   

11.8

 

Trustee Not Required to Give Security

     51   

11.9

 

Trustee Not Required to Possess Notes

     51   

11.10

 

Certain Rights of Trustee

     51   

11.11

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     52   

11.12

 

Action by Trustee to Protect Interests

     52   

11.13

 

Protection of Trustee

     52   

11.14

 

Authority to Carry on Business

     53   

11.15

 

Global Notes

     53   

11.16

 

Trustee Appointed Attorney

     54   

11.17

 

Acceptance of Trusts

     54   

11.18

 

Representation regarding Third Party Interests

     54   

11.19

 

Anti-Money-Laundering

     54   

11.20

 

Experts, Advisers and Agents

     55   

ARTICLE 12 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     55   

 

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(continued)

 

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12.1

 

Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders

     55   
 

12.2

 

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

     56   
 

12.3

 

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     57   
 

ARTICLE 13 EVIDENCE OF RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS

     57   
 

13.1

 

Evidence of Rights of Noteholders

     57   
 

ARTICLE 14 EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE

     57   
 

14.1

 

Counterpart Execution

     57   
 

14.2

 

Formal Date

     58   

 

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TRUST INDENTURE

THIS INDENTURE is made as of the 16th day of June, 2016

BETWEEN:

EMERA INCORPORATED , a company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia

(the “ Issuer ”)

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CST TRUST COMPANY , a trust company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada

(the “ Trustee ”)

WHEREAS the Issuer wishes to create and issue senior unsecured notes in the manner provided in this Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE THIS TRUST INDENTURE WITNESSES and it is hereby covenanted, agreed and declared as follows.

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 Definitions

In this Indenture and in the Notes, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith, the following expressions shall have the respective meanings indicated:

Additional Notes ” means the Notes of any one or more Series, other than the initial issuance of Notes of each such Series.

Affiliate ” or “ affiliate ” means any person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another person; and for the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person, whether through the ownership of Voting Shares or by contract or otherwise.

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

Authentication Order ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.7(c).


Authorized Investment ” means short-term interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a Province of Canada or a Canadian chartered bank (which may include an affiliate or related party of the Trustee, for the purpose of this definition).

Book Entry Only Notes ” means Notes of a Series which, in accordance with (and subject to) the terms applicable to such Series, are to be held only by or on behalf of the Depository.

Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a statutory holiday, on which banking institutions are open for business in Halifax, Nova Scotia and in Toronto, Ontario.

Capital Lease Obligation ” means the obligation of a Person, as lessee, to pay rent or other amounts to the lessor under a lease of real or personal property which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

CDS ” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. and its successors.

Certificate of the Issuer ”, “ Order of the Issuer ” and “ Request of the Issuer ” mean, respectively, a written certificate, order and request signed in the name of the Issuer by any two directors or officers of the Issuer.

Certified Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by an officer of the Issuer to have been duly passed by the Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

“Common Shares” means shares of any class or classes of the share capital of a corporation or Securities representing ownership interests in any Person other than a corporation, the rights of the holders of which to participate in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such corporation or other Person are not restricted to a fixed sum or to a fixed sum plus accrued dividends or other periodic distributions.

Compliance Certificate ” means a Certificate of the Issuer certifying that after reasonable investigation and inquiry the Issuer has complied with all covenants, conditions or other requirements contained in this Indenture, the non-compliance of which would, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default hereunder, or, if such is not the case, setting forth with reasonable particulars the circumstances of any failure to comply and steps taken or proposed to be taken to eliminate such circumstances and remedy such Event of Default, as the case may be.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust offices of the Trustee in the City of Montreal at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business related to this Indenture shall be administered, which offices, at the date hereof, are located at 2001 Robert – Bourassa Blvd. Suite 1600, 16 th Floor, Montreal, QC H3Z 2A6.

 

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Counsel ” means a barrister or solicitor or firm of barristers and solicitors (who may be counsel for the Issuer) retained by the Trustee or retained by the Issuer and acceptable to the Trustee, acting reasonably.

“Debt Account” means an account or accounts established by the Issuer (and maintained by and subject to the control of the Trustee) for a Series pursuant to and in accordance with this Indenture.

Default ” means any event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would constitute an Event of Default.

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note (other than a Global Note) registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Depository ” means CDS or its successor or such other Person as is designated in writing by the Issuer to act as depository in respect of a Series of Book Entry Only Notes.

Depository Procedures ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8.

Directors ” means the directors of the Issuer or, whenever duly empowered by a resolution of the directors of the Issuer, a committee of the directors of the Issuer, and reference to action by the Directors means action by the directors of the Issuer or action by any such committee.

Event of Default ” means any of the events or circumstances specified in Section 6.1.

Financial Instrument Obligations ” means obligations arising under

 

  (a) interest rate swap agreements, forward rate agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options, insurance or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is dependent or based upon interest rates in effect from time to time or fluctuations in interest rates occurring from time to time (excluding obligations which are considered to be Indebtedness of such Person by virtue of any provision of the definition of Indebtedness other than clause (b) thereof);

 

  (b) currency swap agreements, cross currency agreements, forward agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options, insurance or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is currency exchange rates or pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon currency exchange rates in effect from time to time or fluctuations in currency exchange rates occurring from time to time; and

 

  (c)

commodity swap agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, commodity futures or options or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person of which the subject matter is one or more commodities or pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable thereunder

 

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  is dependent or based upon the price of one or more commodities in effect from time to time or fluctuations in the price of one or more commodities occurring from time to time.

Fiscal Quarter ” means the three month-period commencing on the first day of each Fiscal Year and each successive three-month period thereafter during such Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year ” means the Issuer’s fiscal year which at present commences on January 1 of each year and ends on December 31 of such year.

“GAAP” means at any time, in the case of the Issuer any of (a) generally accepted accounting principles in Canada in effect from time to time, including International Financial Reporting Standards approved by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants or any successor body, (b) generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time, approved by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor body, or (c) International Financial Reporting Standards in effect from time to time, approved by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor body, as consistently applied by the Issuer in the consolidated financial statements of the Issuer in respect of the applicable period.

Global Notes ” means a Note or Notes registered in the name of, and held by, the Depository or its nominee.

Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person, without duplication,

 

  (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptance and contingent reimbursement obligations relating to letters of credit and other financial instruments;

 

  (b) all Financial Instrument Obligations;

 

  (c) all obligations issued or assumed by such Person in connection with the acquisition of property in respect of the deferred purchase price of property;

 

  (d) all Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Obligations of such Person, and

 

  (e) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which such Person has guaranteed or for which such Person is responsible or liable,

provided that obligations of such Person or of another Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (c) of this definition shall exclude trade accounts payable, dividends and other distributions payable to shareholders, future income taxes, obligations in respect of Preferred Shares, accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or which are being contested by such Person or such other Person in good faith, and non-monetary obligations in respect of performance guarantees.

 

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Interest Payment Date ” means, for each Series of interest-bearing Notes, a date on which interest is due and payable in accordance with the terms pertaining to such Series.

Internal Procedures ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.7(b)(ii).

Issuer ” means Emera Incorporated, a company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, and, subject to Article 8, includes its successors.

Lien ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.

LVTS ” means the large value electronic money transfer system operated by the Canadian Payments Association and any successor thereto.

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

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.

Non-Recourse Debt ” means any Indebtedness incurred to finance the creation, design, engineering, procurement, construction, servicing, management, operation, ownership and/or acquisition of any project or asset and any increases in or extensions, renewals or refunding of any such Indebtedness in respect of which the person or persons to whom any such Indebtedness is or may be owed by the relevant borrower has or have no recourse whatsoever to the Issuer, for the repayment of that Indebtedness other than:

 

  (a) recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer for amounts limited to the cash flow or net cash flow (other than historic cash flow or historic net cash flow) from, or ownership interests or other investments in, such project or asset;

 

  (b) recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer for the purpose only of enabling amounts to be claimed in respect of such Indebtedness in an enforcement of any encumbrance given by the Issuer over such project or asset or the income, cash flow or other proceeds deriving from the project (or given by any shareholder or the like, or other investor in, the borrower or in the owner of such project or asset over its shares or the like in the capital of, or other investment in, the borrower or in the owner of such project or asset) to secure such Indebtedness, provided that the extent of such recourse to the Issuer is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement; or

 

  (c)

recourse directly or indirectly to the Issuer under any form of assurance, indemnity, undertaking or support, which recourse is limited to a claim for damages (other than liquidated damages and damages required to be calculated in a specified way) for breach of an obligation (not being a payment obligation or an obligation to procure payment by another or an indemnity in respect of a payment obligation, or any obligation to comply or to procure compliance by another with

 

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  any financial ratios or other tests of financial condition) by the person against which such recourse is available.

Noteholders ” or “ Holders ” means, at a particular time, the Persons entered in the registers for the Notes (pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2) as holders of outstanding Notes at such time.

Noteholders’ Request ” means, in respect of a particular Series, an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Noteholders holding not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series or, in respect of all Notes, an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Noteholders holding not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes, in each case requesting or directing the Trustee to take or refrain from taking the action or proceeding specified therein.

Notes ” means senior unsecured notes of the Issuer issued pursuant to this Indenture and, for greater certainty, includes any Additional Notes.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate of the Issuer signed by any two officers of the Issuer, in their capacities as officers of the Issuer and not in their personal capacities.

Participants ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(d).

Paying Agent ” means a Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal, Premium or interest payable in respect of any Notes on behalf of the Issuer, and may include the Issuer and the Trustee.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means any of the following:

 

  (a) Purchase Money Mortgages and Capital Lease Obligations;

 

  (b) liens securing Non-Recourse Debt;

 

  (c) liens on property of an entity existing at the time such entity is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or incurred within 180 days of the time of merger or consolidation thereof or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition to the Issuer of the properties of an entity, provided that such liens on property were not created in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, sale, lease or other disposition;

 

  (d) liens on any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of any entity existing at the time such entity becomes a subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

  (e) liens in favour of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;

 

  (f) liens existing at the date of issuance of the Notes;

 

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(g)     (i)

   liens for taxes and assessments not overdue and securing workmen’s compensation assessments, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations;

 

  (ii) liens for specified taxes and assessments which are overdue but the validity of which is being contested at the time by the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (iii) liens or rights of distress reserved in or exercisable under any lease for rent and for compliance with the terms of such lease;

 

  (iv) deposits or liens in connection with contracts, bids, tenders or expropriation proceedings, or to secure surety or appeal bonds, costs of litigation when required by law, public and statutory obligations, liens or claims incidental to current construction, mechanics’, laborers’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’ and other similar liens;

 

  (v) the right reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental or other public authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, which affects any land, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require annual or other periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

  (vi) undetermined or inchoate liens and charges incidental to the current operations of the Issuer which have not at the time been filed against the Issuer, provided, however, that if any such lien or charge shall have been filed, the Issuer shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review with respect to which it shall have secured a stay in the enforcement of any such lien or charge;

 

  (vii) any mortgage, charge, lien, security interest or encumbrance the validity of which is being contested at the time by the Issuer in good faith or payment of which has been provided for by deposit with the Trustee of an amount in cash sufficient to pay the same in full;

 

  (viii) liens and privileges arising out of judgments or awards with respect to which the Issuer shall be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and with respect to which it shall have secured a stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings for review;

 

  (ix) liens in favour of issuers of surety or performance bonds or letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar credit transactions issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such person in ordinary course of business;

 

  (x)

liens created by the Issuer under or in connection with or arising out of a currency, interest rate or commodity agreement or any transactions or arrangements entered into in connection with the hedging or management

 

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  of risks relating to the electricity or natural gas distribution industry, including a right of set off or right over a margin call account or any form of cash or cash collateral or any similar arrangement for obligations incurred in respect of currency, interest rate or commodity agreements;

 

  (xi) any other liens of a nature similar to the foregoing which do not materially impair the use of the property subject thereto or the operation of the business of the Issuer or the value of such property for the purpose of such business;

 

  (h) liens on property of the Issuer which, in aggregate, do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of consolidated net assets of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries;

 

  (i) liens incurred in connection with development, pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings; and

 

  (j) any refinancing, extensions, renewal, alteration, substitution or replacement (or successive refinancings, extensions, renewals, alterations, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, of any lien or similar interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (i), provided the refinancing, extension, renewal, alteration, substitution or replacement of such lien or similar interest is limited to all or any part of the same property that secured the lien or similar interest refinanced, extended, renewed, altered, substituted or replaced (plus improvements on such property) and the principal amount of the obligations secured thereby is not thereby increased.

Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a trustee or an unincorporated organization; and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning;

Preferred Shares ” means:

 

  (a) Securities which on the date of issue thereof by a Person:

 

  (i) have a term to maturity of more than 30 years;

 

  (ii) rank subordinate to the unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Person outstanding on such date;

 

  (iii) entitle such Person to satisfy the obligation to pay the principal thereof from the proceeds of the issuance of Common Shares;

 

  (iv) entitle such Person to defer the payment of interest thereon for more than 4 years without thereby causing an event of default to occur;

 

  (v) entitle such Person to satisfy the obligation to make payments of interest thereon from the proceeds of the issuance of Common Shares; and

 

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  (b) shares of any class of the share capital of a corporation or Securities representing ownership interests in any Person other than a corporation which, in either case, are not Common Shares.

Premium ” means, with respect to any Note at a particular time, the excess, if any, of the then applicable Redemption Price of such Note, excluding interest, over the principal amount of such Note.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest expressed as a rate per annum which the Issuer’s principal Canadian bank designates as its prime rate and which establishes from time to time the reference rate of interest such bank will use to determine the rate of interest it will charge for demand loans in Canadian dollars made in Canada, as such rate may be adjusted from time to time.

Purchase Money Mortgage ” means any mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance created, issued or assumed by the Issuer to secure a Purchase Money Obligation; provided that such mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance is limited to the property (including the rights associated therewith) acquired, constructed, installed or improved in connection with such Purchase Money Obligation.

Purchase Money Obligation ” means Indebtedness of the Issuer incurred or assumed to finance the purchase price, in whole or in part, of any property or incurred to finance the cost, in whole or in part, of construction or installation of or improvements to any property; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred or assumed substantially concurrently with the purchase of such property or the completion of such construction, installation or improvements, as the case may be, and includes any extension, renewal or refunding of any such Indebtedness so long as the principal amount thereof outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased.

Rating Agencies ” means, in respect of each Series of Notes, each of Moody’s and S&P and, if a rating is obtained in respect of such Series of Notes from an additional “designated rating organization” (as defined in National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions of the Canadian Securities Administrators, for certainty as such reference may be amended from time to time) other than Moody’s or S&P, shall also include the first such additional designated rating organization (the “ Additional Rating Agency ”), if any, that assigns a rating to such Series of Notes, as long as, in each case, such entity has not ceased to assign a rating to such Series of Notes or failed to make a rating assigned to such Series of Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control; provided that if either Moody’s or S&P or the Additional Rating Agency ceases to assign a rating to such Series of Notes or fails to make a rating assigned to such Series of Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, the Issuer may select any other “designated rating organization” (as defined in National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions of the Canadian Securities Administrators, for certainty as such reference may be amended from time to time) as a replacement rating organization for one or more of Moody’s, S&P or the Additional Rating Agency, as the case may be, and provided further that the Issuer shall maintain a rating for the Notes with at least one Rating Agency at all times.

 

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Record Date ” means, in respect of a Series of Notes, a date fixed by the Issuer from time to time or specified in the Notes or a Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule for determining the Noteholders entitled to receive interest on an Interest Payment Date for such Series.

Redemption Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3.

Redemption Price ” means, in respect of a Note, the amount, including interest, if any, payable on the Redemption Date fixed for such Note.

Redemption Price Calculation Date ” means the date on which the Redemption Price is to be calculated for Notes that do not have a fixed Redemption Price.

Registrar ” means the Trustee or a Person other than the Trustee designated by the Issuer to keep a register pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc. and its successor.

Securities ” means any stock, shares, units, instalment receipts, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes, other evidences of indebtedness, or other documents or instruments commonly known as securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participation in temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

SEDAR ” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval.

Series ” means a series of Notes which, unless otherwise specified in a Supplemental Indenture or a Terms Schedule, consists of those Notes which have identical terms, regardless of whether such Notes are designated as a series or were or are to be issued at the same time.

Stated Maturity ” means the date specified, with respect to a Note, as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note is due and payable.

Subsidiary ” or “Subsidiaries” means any corporation of which the majority of the Voting Shares are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer or by one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by the Issuer in conjunction with one or more of its other Subsidiaries.

Supplemental Indenture ” means an indenture supplemental to this Indenture pursuant to which, among other things, Notes may be authorized for issue or the provisions of this Indenture may be amended.

Terms Schedule ” means a schedule setting out the terms and conditions that are applicable to the Notes or Additional Notes specified therein.

Trustee ” means CST Trust Company, or its successor or successors for the time being as trustee hereunder.

 

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Voting Shares ” means a share carrying a voting right under all circumstances or under some circumstances that have occurred and are continuing, and includes a security currently convertible into such a share and currently exercisable options and rights to acquire such a share or such a convertible security.

 

1.2 Meaning of “outstanding” for Certain Purposes

Every Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder shall be deemed to be outstanding until it is cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or money for the payment or redemption thereof has been set aside pursuant to Section 2.10 or 4.5 or Article 7, provided that:

 

  (a) if a new Note has been issued in substitution for a Note that has been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, only one of such Notes shall be counted for the purpose of determining the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding;

 

  (b) Notes that have been partially redeemed, purchased or converted shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent of the unredeemed, unpurchased or unconverted part of the principal amount thereof; and

 

  (c) for the purpose of any provision of this Indenture entitling Holders of outstanding Notes to vote, sign consents, requisitions or other instruments or take any other action under this Indenture or to constitute a quorum at any meeting of Noteholders, Notes beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer shall be disregarded; provided that:

 

  (i) for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such vote, consent, requisition or other instrument or action or on the Noteholders present or represented at any meeting of Noteholders constituting a quorum, only the Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded; and

 

  (ii) Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith other than to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer shall not be disregarded if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee, acting reasonably, the pledgee’s right to vote, sign consents, requisitions or other instruments or take such other actions free from the control of the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer.

 

1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

The division of this Indenture into Articles, Sections and clauses, the provision of a table of contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

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1.4 Extended Meanings

In this Indenture, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; words importing gender include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; references to “ Indenture ”, “ this Indenture ”, “ hereto ”, “ herein ”, “ hereby ”, “ hereunder ” and similar expressions refer to this trust indenture, and not to any particular Article, Section, clause or other portion hereof, and include all Schedules and amendments hereto, modifications or restatements hereof, and any and every Supplemental Indenture and Terms Schedule; and the expressions “ Article ”, “ Section ”, “ clause ” and “ Schedule ” followed by a number, letter or combination of numbers and letter refer to the specified Article, Section or clause of or Schedule to this Indenture.

 

1.5 Day Not a Business Day

Except as otherwise provided herein, if any day on which an amount is to be determined or an action is to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such amount shall be determined or such action shall be taken at or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

1.6 Time Periods

Unless otherwise provided herein, time periods within which a payment is to be made or any other action is to be taken hereunder shall be calculated by including the day on which the period commences and excluding the day on which the period ends.

 

1.7 Currency

Except as otherwise provided herein, all references in this Indenture to “ Canadian dollars ” “ dollars ” and “ $ ” are to lawful money of Canada.

 

1.8 Other Currencies

For the purpose of making any computation under this Indenture, any currency other than Canadian dollars shall be converted into Canadian dollars at the Bank of Canada noon rate of exchange on the date on which such computation is to be made.

 

1.9 Statutes

Each reference in this Indenture to a statute is deemed to be a reference to such statute as amended, re-enacted or replaced from time to time.

 

1.10 Invalidity of Provisions

Each provision in this Indenture or in a Note is distinct and severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such provision by a court of competent jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof or thereof.

 

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1.11 Applicable Law

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Nova Scotia and shall be treated in all respects as Nova Scotia contracts.

 

1.12 Language

In the event of any contradiction, discrepancy or difference between the English language version and the French or other language version of the text of a Note, the English language version of the text shall govern.

The parties hereto expressly request and require that this document be drawn up in English. Les parties aux présentes conviennent et exigent que cette entente et tous les documents qui s’y rattachment soient rédigés en anglais.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

 

2.1 Limit of Issue

The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be issued under this Indenture is unlimited, but Notes may be issued hereunder only upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided.

 

2.2 Issuance in Series

The Notes may be issued in one or more Series. The Notes of each Series shall be designated in such manner, shall bear such date or dates and mature on such date or dates, shall bear interest, if any, at such rate or rates accruing from and payable on such date or dates, may be issued at such times and, if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, in such denominations, may be redeemable before maturity in such manner and subject to payment of such Premium or without Premium, may be payable as to principal, interest and Premium at such place or places and in such currency or currencies, may be payable as to principal, interest and Premium in Securities of the Issuer or any other Person, may provide for such mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other analogous prepayment obligations, may provide for the payment of a yield maintenance amount, may contain such provisions for the exchange or transfer of Notes of different denominations and forms, may have attached thereto or issued therewith Securities entitling the Holders to subscribe for, purchase or acquire Securities of the Issuer or any other Person upon such terms, may give the Holders thereof the right to convert Notes into Securities of the Issuer or any other Person upon such terms, may be defeasible at the option of the Issuer, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be determined by the Issuer at or prior to the time of issue of the Notes of such Series and set forth in a Terms Schedule or in a Supplemental Indenture pertaining to the Notes of such Series; provided, however, that the Notes of each Series shall have a Stated Maturity of not less than one year from the original issuance date of Notes of such Series. At the option of the Issuer, the maximum principal amount of Notes of any Series may be limited, such limitation to be expressed in the Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture providing for the

 

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issuance of the Notes of such Series; provided that any such limitation may be increased at any time by the Issuer.

 

2.3 Form of Notes

 

  (a) The Notes of any Series may be of different denominations and forms (including in uncertificated form) and may contain such variations of tenor and effect, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as are incidental to such differences of denomination and form, including variations in the provisions for the exchange of Notes and beneficial interests in Notes of different denominations or forms and in the provisions for the registration or transfer of Notes and beneficial interests in Notes, and any Series of Notes may consist of Notes having different dates of issue, different dates of maturity, different rates of interest, different redemption prices, different sinking fund provisions, and partly of Notes carrying the benefit of a sinking fund and partly of Notes with no sinking fund provided therefor.

 

  (b) Subject to the foregoing provisions and subject to any limitation as to the maximum principal amount of Notes of any particular Series, any Note may be issued as part of any Series of Notes previously issued.

 

  (c) All Notes shall be in the form specified by the Issuer in the Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule relating thereto and approved by the Trustee, whose approval shall be conclusively evidenced by its authentication thereof.

 

  (d) Certificated Notes of any Series shall be either printed or typewritten.

 

2.4 Notes to Rank Equally

The Notes will be direct unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Notes of each Series will rank equally and pari passu with each other and with the Notes of every other Series (regardless of their actual dates or terms of issue) and, subject to statutory preferred exceptions, with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, except as to sinking fund provisions applicable to different Series of Notes and other similar types of obligations of the Issuer.

 

2.5 Book Entry Only Notes

 

  (a) Except as otherwise provided in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes, and subject to Section 3.2(b), each Series of Notes shall be issued as Book Entry Only Notes represented by one or more Global Notes (in certificated or uncertificated form) and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee. Each Global Note shall bear or, in the case of an uncertificated Global Note, be deemed to bear the legend set out in Schedule A (or such updated legend as may be specified by the Depository from time to time).

 

  (b)

None of the Issuer, the Trustee, any Registrar or any Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspects of the records relating to or payments

 

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  made by any Depository on account of the beneficial interests in any Global Notes, for maintaining, reviewing or supervising any records relating to such beneficial interests, or any advice or representation made by or with respect to the Depository and contained herein or in any prospectus (or supplement thereto) with respect to the rules and regulations of the Depository or any action to be taken by the Depository or at the direction of a Participant.

 

2.6 Appointment of Trustee and Depository

 

  (a) The Trustee will be the trustee for the Notes, subject to Article 11.

 

  (b) The Issuer initially appoints CDS to act as Depository with respect to the Notes.

 

2.7 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes

 

  (a) Any certificates representing Notes shall be signed by any two authorized directors and/or officers of the Issuer, holding office at the time of signing, and an electronic or facsimile signature upon a certificated Note shall for all purposes of this Indenture be deemed to be the signature of the individual whose signature it purports to be. Notwithstanding that any individual whose signature appears on a certificated Note as a director or officer may no longer hold such office at the date of the Note or at the date of the authentication and delivery thereof, such Note shall be valid and binding upon the Issuer and the Holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

  (b) No Notes will be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless such Notes have been authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with the following:

 

  (i) In the case of certificated Notes, such Notes shall have been authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee in the form of certificate set out in the applicable Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule or in such other form approved by the Issuer (as reasonably agreed to by the Trustee); and such authentication will be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such certificated Notes have been duly authenticated, issued and delivered and that the Holder thereof is entitled to the benefits hereof.

 

  (ii)

In the case of uncertificated Notes, such Notes shall, for all purposes of this Indenture, be deemed to have been duly authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee if the Trustee has, in respect of such Notes, completed all Internal Procedures such that the particulars of such Notes as required by Sections 3.1 and 3.2, as applicable, are entered in the applicable register referred to in such Sections; and such authentication will be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such uncertificated Notes have been duly authenticated and issued and that the Holder thereof is entitled to the benefits hereof. For this purpose, “ Internal Procedures means, in respect of the making of any one or more entries to, changes in or deletions of any one or more entries in the registers referred to in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 at any time, the Trustee’s internal procedures customary at

 

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  such time in order to complete (or cause the completion of) the entry, change or deletion made under the operating procedures followed at such time by the Trustee.

 

  (c) Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall from time to time authenticate one or more Notes (including Additional Notes and Global Notes) for original issue on the issue date for such Notes upon and in accordance with an Order of the Issuer signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer (an “ Authentication Order ”), without the Trustee receiving any consideration therefor, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the following:

 

  (i) an Officers’ Certificate stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  (ii) the Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule, as applicable, setting out the terms and conditions of such Notes; and

 

  (iii) an opinion of Counsel to the effect that all requirements of this Indenture and applicable law in connection with the issue of such Notes have been complied with.

Each such Authentication Order shall specify the principal amount of such Notes to be authenticated and the date on which such Notes are to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of a Series of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount specified in the applicable Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.11. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes shall be authenticated for original issue hereunder if, at the time of such authentication, to the knowledge of the Trustee, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the authentication by the Trustee of Notes in accordance with an Authentication Order, the applicable Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule shall be deemed to form part of this Indenture.

 

2.8 Changes in Depository Procedures

In the event the Issuer, the Trustee or any Registrar are required or permitted to take any action in respect of the issuance, execution, certification, authentication, confirmation, settlement, registration, deposit, transfer or exchange of any Global Notes (whether upon original issuance, in connection with a partial redemption or otherwise), to the extent the applicable provisions of this Indenture conflict with or are inconsistent with the rules, procedures or requirements of the Depository in effect at the time of such action (the “ Depository Procedures ”) (and provided such rules, procedures or requirements are consistent, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer as evidenced in an Officer’s Certificate, with market practice at such time) in respect of the issuance, execution, certification, authentication, confirmation, settlement, registration, deposit, transfer or exchange of Global Notes, the Issuer, the Trustee and any Registrar shall be permitted to comply with such Depository Procedures and shall not be in default of this Indenture solely as a result thereof.

 

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2.9 Concerning Interest

 

  (a) Except as otherwise provided in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes:

 

  (i) every Note of a Series, whether issued originally or in exchange or in substitution for previously issued Notes, shall bear interest from and including the later of: (A) its date of issue; and (B) the last Interest Payment Date to which interest shall have been paid or made available for payment on the outstanding Notes of the same Series;

 

  (ii) interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears and in equal instalments to Noteholders on the Record Date for each applicable Interest Payment Date;

 

  (iii) interest payable in respect of any period other than a full semi-annual period will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period; and

 

  (iv) whenever interest is computed on the basis of a year (the “ deemed year ”) which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing such product by the number of days in the deemed year.

 

  (b) Subject to accrual of any interest on unpaid interest from time to time, interest on each Note will cease to accrue from the earlier of the Maturity Date of such Note and, if such Note is called for redemption, the Redemption Date, unless, in each case, upon due presentation and surrender of such Note for payment on or after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, such payment is improperly withheld or refused by the Issuer.

 

  (c) Wherever in this Indenture or the Notes there is mention, in any context, of the payment of interest, such mention is deemed to include the payment of interest on amounts in default to the extent that, in such context, such interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to this Indenture, any Notes or any applicable Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture, and express mention of interest on amounts in default in any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes will not be construed as excluding such interest in those provisions of this Indenture or the Notes in which such express mention is not made.

 

  (d) Except as otherwise provided herein or in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes, if the date for payment of any amount of principal, Premium or interest in respect of any Note is not a Business Day, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the Holder of such Note will not be entitled to any further interest or other payment in respect of the delay.

 

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  (e) Except as otherwise provided in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes, the Issuer shall pay the interest due upon the principal amount of each interest-bearing Definitive Note (except interest payable on maturity or redemption of a Definitive Note which, at the option of the Issuer, may be paid only upon presentation of such Definitive Note for payment) by forwarding or causing to be forwarded by prepaid ordinary mail (or in the event of mail service interruption, by such other means as the Trustee and the Issuer determine to be appropriate) a cheque for such interest (less any tax required by law to be deducted or withheld) payable to the Holder of such Definitive Note on the Record Date for each applicable Interest Payment Date at the address appearing on the applicable register unless otherwise directed in writing by the Holder or, in the case of registered joint Holders, payable to all such joint Holders and addressed to one of them at the last address appearing in the applicable register and negotiable at par at each of the places at which interest upon such Definitive Note is payable. The forwarding of such cheque shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the interest on such Definitive Note to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any tax deducted or withheld) unless such cheque is not paid on presentation at any of the places at which such interest is payable. In the event of the non-receipt of such cheque by the applicable Noteholder or the loss, theft or destruction thereof, the Issuer, upon being furnished with evidence of such non-receipt, loss, theft or destruction and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, shall issue or cause to be issued to such Noteholder a replacement cheque for the amount of such cheque. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer, at its option, may cause the amount payable in respect of interest to be paid to a Noteholder by wire or other electronic transfer to an account maintained by such Noteholder or in any other manner acceptable to the Trustee. If payment of interest is made by cheque, such cheque shall be forwarded at least three Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, and if payment is made in any other manner, such payment shall be made in a manner whereby the recipient receives credit for such payment on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 

  (f)

Except as otherwise provided in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes, the Issuer shall pay the interest due upon the principal amount of each interest-bearing Global Note by wire or other electronic funds transfer by the Issuer either (i) to the Trustee (and then by the Trustee to the Depository or its nominee) or (ii) directly to the Depository or its nominee, in each case for subsequent payment to beneficial holders of interests in that Global Note, unless the Issuer, the Trustee and/or the Depository, as applicable, otherwise agree. Such funds as are required for the payments of interest on Global Notes shall be deposited by the Issuer with the Trustee or the Depository (or its nominee), as applicable, by wire or other electronic transfer on or before 2:00 p.m. (Halifax Time) on the Business Day prior to the Interest Payment Date, unless the Issuer, the Trustee and/or Depository, as applicable, otherwise agree. If the funds are deposited with the Trustee, the Trustee shall pay such funds to the Depository or its nominee on or prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. The deposit of funds by the Issuer with the Trustee or with the Depository (or its

 

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  nominee), as applicable, with respect to the payment of interest will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Issuer in respect of the interest then due on such Global Note to the extent of the amount deposited (plus the amount of any tax deducted and withheld).

 

  (g) Notwithstanding Sections 2.9(e) and 2.9(f), all payments in excess of $25 million (or such other amount as determined from time to time by the Canadian Payments Association or any successor thereto) shall be made by the use of the LVTS.

 

2.10 Payments of Amounts Due on Maturity

 

  (a) Subject to Section 2.10(b), the following provisions shall apply to all Notes:

 

  (i) In the case of any Series of Notes represented, in whole or in part, by Definitive Notes, the Issuer shall (prior to the applicable Maturity Date) establish and maintain with the Trustee a Debt Account for such Definitive Notes. On or before 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on the Business Day before the Maturity Date for such Definitive Notes, the Issuer shall deposit in the Debt Account by wire or other electronic transfer or certified cheque an amount sufficient to pay the principal amount of, Premium (if any) on and accrued and unpaid interest (if any) payable in respect of such Definitive Notes (less any taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld therefrom). The Trustee will pay to each Holder of such Definitive Notes entitled to receive payment, the principal amount of, and Premium and interest, if any, on such Definitive Notes, upon surrender of such Definitive Notes to the Trustee. The deposit or making available of such amounts into the applicable Debt Account will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Issuer for such Definitive Notes to which the deposit or making available of funds relates to the extent of the amount deposited or made available (plus the amount of any taxes deducted or withheld as aforesaid) and such Definitive Notes will thereafter not be considered as outstanding under this Indenture to such extent and such Holders will have no other right except to receive out of the amount so deposited or made available the amount to which they are entitled. Failure to make a deposit or make funds available as required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(i) will constitute an Event of Default in payment on the applicable Notes in respect of which the deposit or making available of funds was required to have been made.

 

  (ii)

In the case of any Series of Notes represented, in whole or in part, by Global Notes, on or before 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on the Business Day before the Maturity Date for such Global Notes, the Issuer shall deliver either (A) to the Trustee to transfer to the Depository or its nominee or (B) directly to the Depository or its nominee, by wire or other electronic funds transfer an amount sufficient to pay the principal amount of, Premium (if any) on and accrued and unpaid interest (if any) payable in respect of such Global Notes (less any taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld

 

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  therefrom). If such payment is made to the Trustee, the Trustee shall pay such amount to the Depository or its nominee. The delivery of such wire or other electronic funds to the Trustee or Depository (or its nominee), as applicable, will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Issuer for such Global Notes to which the deposit or making available of funds relates to the extent of the amount deposited or made available (plus the amount of any taxes deducted or withheld as aforesaid) and such Global Notes will thereafter not be considered as outstanding under this Indenture unless such wire or other electronic funds transfer is not received. Failure to make delivery of funds available as required pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(ii) will constitute an Event of Default in payment on the Notes in respect of which the delivery or making available of funds was required to have been made.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding Section 2.10(a), all payments in excess of $25 million (or such other amount as determined from time to time by the Canadian Payments Association or any successor thereto) shall be made by the use of the LVTS.

 

2.11 Issue of Substitutional Notes

If any certificated Note issued and authenticated hereunder shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Issuer, in its sole discretion, may issue, and thereupon the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note (in either certificated or uncertificated form) of like date and tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Note or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Note. The substituted Note shall be in a form approved by the Trustee and shall be entitled to the benefit hereof and rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Notes issued or to be issued hereunder. The applicant for a new Note shall bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Note so lost, destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to the Issuer and to the Trustee in their discretion, and such applicant will also be required to furnish an indemnity and surety bond, in amount and form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee in their discretion, and shall pay the reasonable charges of the Issuer and the Trustee in connection therewith.

 

2.12 Record of Payment

The Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent shall maintain accounts and records evidencing each payment of principal of and Premium and interest on Notes, which accounts and records shall constitute, in the absence of manifest error, prima facie evidence thereof.

 

2.13 Right to Receive Indenture

Each Noteholder and each beneficial holder of Global Notes (that provides a sworn affidavit confirming such beneficial interest) is entitled to receive from the Issuer a copy of this Indenture and any Terms Schedules or Supplemental Indentures relating to the Notes held by

 

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such Noteholder or such beneficial holder, upon written request and payment of a reasonable copying charge.

ARTICLE 3

REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP OF NOTES

 

3.1 Register of Definitive Notes

 

  (a) With respect to Definitive Notes, the Issuer shall cause to be kept by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or by such other Registrar as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as the Issuer may designate with the approval of the Trustee, a register in which shall be entered the names and addresses of the Holders and particulars of the Definitive Notes held by them respectively and of all transfers and exchanges of such Definitive Notes.

 

  (b) No transfer of a Definitive Note shall be valid unless (i) made by the Holder or such Holder’s executors, administrators or other legal representatives or an attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and executed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee or other Registrar upon surrender of such Definitive Note together with a duly executed form of transfer acceptable to the Trustee or other Registrar and upon compliance with such other reasonable requirements as the Trustee or other Registrar may prescribe and (ii) such transfer has been duly noted on such Definitive Note and on one of the appropriate registers by the Trustee or other Registrar.

 

  (c) A Holder of a Definitive Note may only transfer such Definitive Note in compliance with the provisions of any legend or legends thereon restricting such transfer.

 

3.2 Register of Global Notes

 

  (a) With respect to Notes represented by Global Notes, the Issuer shall cause to be kept by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or by such other Registrar as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as the Issuer may designate with the approval of the Trustee, a register in which shall be entered the name and address of the Holder of each Global Note (being the Depository, or its nominee, for each Global Note) and particulars of the Global Note held by it, and of all transfers and exchanges thereof.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred by the Holder thereof and no Definitive Notes shall be issued to beneficial holders of Global Notes, except in the following circumstances:

 

  (i) Definitive Notes may be issued to beneficial holders of Global Notes at any time after:

 

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  (A) the Issuer has determined, or has been notified by the Depository, that the Depository (1) is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for Global Notes or (2) ceases to be eligible to be a Depository, and in each such case the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor to its reasonable satisfaction;

 

  (B) the Issuer has determined, in its sole discretion, or is required by law, to terminate the book-entry only registration system in respect of such Global Notes and has communicated such determination or requirement to the Trustee in writing, or the book-entry system ceases to exist; or

 

  (C) the Trustee has determined that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Notes issued as Global Notes, provided that beneficial holders of Global Notes representing, in the aggregate, not less than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes represented by Global Notes advise the Depository in writing, through the Participants, that the continuation of the book-entry only registration system for the Notes is no longer in their best interests; and

 

  (ii) Global Notes may be transferred (A) if such transfer is required by applicable law, as determined by the Issuer and Counsel or (B) by a Depository to a nominee of such Depository, or by a nominee of a Depository to such Depository, or to another nominee of such Depository, or by a Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository or its nominee.

 

  (c) Upon the occurrence of one of the conditions specified in Section 3.2(b)(i) or upon a requirement arising to transfer a Global Note to a Person other than a Depository or a nominee thereof in accordance with Section 3.2(b)(ii), the Trustee shall notify all applicable Participants, through the Depository, of the availability of Definitive Notes. Upon surrender by the Depository of the Global Notes and receipt of new registration instructions from the Depository, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Definitive Notes (in a form to be agreed to by the Issuer and the Trustee) to the beneficial holders thereof in accordance with the new registration instructions and thereafter, the registration and transfer of such Notes will be governed by Section 3.1 and the remaining provisions of this Article 3 applicable to Definitive Notes.

 

  (d)

It is expressly acknowledged that transfers of beneficial ownership in any Note represented by a Global Note will be effected only (i) with respect to the interests of participants in the Depository (“ Participants ”), through records maintained by the Depository or its nominee for the Global Note and (ii) with respect to interests of Persons other than Participants, through records maintained by Participants. Beneficial holders of a Global Note who are not Participants but who desire to

 

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  purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership interests in Notes represented by a Global Note may do so only through a Participant.

 

3.3 Transferee Entitled to Registration

The transferee of a Note shall be entitled, after the appropriate form of transfer is deposited with the Trustee or other Registrar and upon compliance with all other conditions for such transfer required by this Indenture or by law, to be entered on the applicable register as the owner of such Note free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Issuer and the transferor or any previous Holder of such Note, save in respect of equities of which the Issuer is required to take notice by law (including any statute or order of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

3.4 No Notice of Trusts

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any Registrar or Paying Agent will be bound to take notice of or see to the performance or observance of any duty owed to a third Person, whether under a trust, express, implied, resulting or constructive, in respect of any Note by the Holder or any Person whom the Issuer or the Trustee treats, as permitted or required by law, as the owner or the Holder of such Note, and may transfer the same on the direction of the Person so treated as the owner or Holder of the Note, whether named as trustee or otherwise, as though that Person were the beneficial holder thereof.

 

3.5 Registers Open for Inspection

The registers referred to in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 shall, subject to applicable law, at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Issuer, the Trustee, any Holder and any beneficial holder of Global Notes (that provides a sworn affidavit confirming such beneficial interest). Every Registrar, including the Trustee, shall from time to time when requested to do so by the Issuer or by the Trustee, in writing, furnish the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be, with a list of names and addresses of Holders entered on the registers kept by them and showing the principal amount and serial numbers (or other applicable information) of the Notes held by each such Holder.

 

3.6 Transfers and Exchanges of Interests in Notes

 

  (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may be transferred, and a beneficial interest in a Global Note may be exchanged for a Definitive Note, in each case, only pursuant to Section 3.2(b); provided, however, that a beneficial interest in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 3.6(b).

 

  (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Applicable Procedures and applicable law. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall also require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable:

 

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  (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note if such beneficial interest is being transferred in accordance with any transfer restrictions or legends set forth in or applicable to such Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect transfers described in this Section 3.6(b)(i).

 

  (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.6(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (A) a written order from a Participant or the beneficial holder, in each case, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, that directs the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note (that is outstanding (or that is permitted to become outstanding pursuant to the applicable Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule) at the time in respect of Notes of the same Series) in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and compliance with any transfer restrictions or legends set forth in or applicable to the relevant Global Notes, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 3.6(c).

 

  (c) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or exchanged or transferred to a Person (or Persons) that take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in one or more different Global Notes, or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.10 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note (or in the case of uncertificated Global Notes, in accordance with the Trustee’s Internal Procedures) by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note (or in the case of uncertificated Global Notes, in accordance with the Trustee’s Internal Procedures) by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

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  (d) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

 

  (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute (in the case of certificated Notes) and the Trustee shall authenticate, Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with or at the Registrar’s request, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7.

 

  (ii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

  (iii) At the option of the Holder, Notes of any Series may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Series of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of such Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Registrar. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute (in the case of certificated Notes) and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7.

 

3.7 Closing of Registers

 

  (a) Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to:

 

  (i) register the transfer of or exchange Notes on any Interest Payment Date for such Notes or between a Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date for such Notes;

 

  (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

 

  (iii) register the transfer of or exchange any Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer, except for the unpurchased portion of any Note tendered in part only.

 

  (b) Subject to any restriction provided in this Indenture, the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee, may at any time close any register for the Notes (other than those kept at the Corporate Trust Office) and transfer the registration of any Notes registered thereon to another register (which may be an existing register) and thereafter such Notes shall be deemed to be registered on such other register. Notice of such transfer shall be given to the Holders of such Notes.

 

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3.8 Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange

For each Note exchanged, registered, transferred or discharged from registration, the Trustee or other Registrar, except as otherwise herein provided, may make a reasonable charge for its services and in addition may charge a reasonable sum for each new Note issued (such amounts to be agreed upon in writing by the Trustee and the Issuer from time to time), and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Trustee or other Registrar for any stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by the party requesting such exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration as a condition precedent thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no charge (except a charge to reimburse the Trustee or other Registrar for any stamp taxes or governmental or other charges) shall be made to a Holder hereunder:

 

  (a) for any exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration of any Note applied for within a period of two months from the date of the first delivery thereof;

 

  (b) for any exchange of a Global Note as contemplated in Section 3.2; or

 

  (c) for any exchange of any Note resulting from a partial redemption or repurchase pursuant to Section 4.2, or resulting from a purchase of Notes pursuant to Section 4.7.

 

3.9 Ownership of Notes

 

  (a) The Holder for the time being of any Note shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for all purposes of this Indenture and shall be entitled to the principal, Premium, if any, and interest evidenced by such Note, free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Issuer and the original or any intermediate Holder thereof (except in respect of equities of which the Issuer is required to take notice by law) and all Persons may act accordingly and the receipt of any such Holder for any such principal, Premium, if any, or interest shall be a valid discharge to the Trustee, any Registrar, any Paying Agent and to the Issuer for the same and none shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such Holder.

 

  (b) Where Notes are registered in more than one name, the principal, Premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable in respect thereof may be paid to the order of all such Holders, and the receipt of any one of such Holders therefor shall be a valid discharge, to the Trustee, any Registrar, any Paying Agent and to the Issuer.

 

  (c) Subject to the Registrar’s receipt of appropriate supporting documentation, in the case of the death of one or more joint Holders, the principal, Premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable thereon may be paid to the order of the survivor or survivors of such Holders and to the estate of the deceased and the receipt by such survivor or survivors and the estate of the deceased thereof shall be a valid discharge by the Trustee, any Registrar, any Paying Agent and the Issuer.

 

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3.10 Cancellation of Notes

All matured, redeemed or repurchased: (i) certificated Notes shall forthwith after payment of all obligations thereunder be delivered to the Trustee and cancelled by the Trustee; and (ii) uncertificated Notes shall forthwith after payment of all obligations thereunder be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with the Trustee’s Internal Procedures.

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF NOTES

 

4.1 General

So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall have the right at its option to redeem, either in whole at any time or in part from time to time before the Stated Maturity, Notes of any Series which by their terms are made so redeemable, at such price or prices, together with the Premium, if any, and on such date or dates and on such terms and conditions as shall be expressed in such Notes or in the Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule authorizing or providing for the issue thereof.

 

4.2 Partial Redemption of Notes

In the event that less than all of the Notes of any Series outstanding are at any time to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes so to be redeemed on a pro rata basis according to the principal amount of the Notes registered in the name of each Holder of Notes or in such other manner as the Trustee shall deem equitable. For this purpose, the Trustee may make regulations with regard to the manner in which such Notes may be so selected, and regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all Holders of Notes. The Holder of any Note called for redemption in part only, upon surrender of such Note for payment in accordance with this Indenture, shall be entitled to receive, without expense to such Holder, one or more new Notes for the unredeemed part of the Note so surrendered, and the Issuer shall, in the case of Definitive Notes, execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge to the Holder thereof or upon the Holder’s order one or more new Notes for the unredeemed part of the principal amount of the Notes so surrendered or, with respect to Global Notes, the Trustee shall make notations on the Global Notes (or in the case of uncertificated Global Notes, in accordance with the Trustee’s Internal Procedures) of the principal amount thereof so redeemed.

 

4.3 Notice of Redemption

Except as may otherwise be provided in a Supplemental Indenture or Terms Schedule applicable to a Series of Notes, notice of intention to redeem any of the Notes shall be given by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes which are to be redeemed, not more than 60 days and not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”), in the manner provided in Section 10.2. Every notice of redemption shall specify the Series and the Maturity Date of the Notes called for redemption, the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price or the Redemption Price Calculation Date, as applicable, the place or places of payment, shall state that all interest thereon shall cease from and after the Redemption Date, and shall, in the case of Global Notes, state that the redemption will take place in such manner as may be agreed by the Depository, the Trustee and the Issuer. In addition, unless all the outstanding Notes

 

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of a Series are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall specify the portion of the principal amount of such Notes that is to be redeemed. If a notice of redemption specifies a Redemption Price Calculation Date for any Notes, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Redemption Date for such Notes, a Certificate of the Issuer which specifies the Redemption Price of such Notes.

 

4.4 Notes Due on Redemption Dates

Upon notice having been given as specified in Section 4.3, all the Notes so called for redemption shall thereupon be and become due and payable at the Redemption Price and on the Redemption Date specified in such notice, in the same manner and with the same effect as if such date was the Stated Maturity specified in such Notes, anything therein or herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and from and after such Redemption Date, if the money necessary to redeem such Notes shall have been deposited as provided in Section 4.5 and affidavits or other proof satisfactory to the Trustee, acting reasonably, as to the publication or delivery of such notices shall have been lodged with the Trustee, such Notes shall not be considered as outstanding hereunder and interest upon such Notes shall cease. If any question shall arise as to whether any notice has been given as required or any deposit has been made, such question shall be decided by the Trustee, whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties in interest.

 

4.5 Deposit of Redemption Amount

Except as otherwise provided in a Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes, upon Notes having been called for redemption, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the order of the Trustee, by 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption, by certified cheque or wire or other electronic funds transfer, such amount as may be sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed. The deposit of such amount by the Issuer with the Trustee will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Issuer in respect of the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed to the extent of the amount deposited (plus the amount of any tax deducted or withheld). From the amount so deposited, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Holders of such Notes called for redemption, upon surrender of such Notes, the Redemption Price to which they are respectively entitled on the Redemption Date (less any taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.5, any payments described in this Section 4.5 in excess of $25 million (or such other amount as determined from time to time by the Canadian Payments Association or any successor thereto) shall be made by the use of the LVTS.

 

4.6 Failure to Surrender Notes Called for Redemption

If the Holder of any Note called for redemption fails on or before the date specified for redemption to surrender such Note, or does not within such time accept payment of the Redemption Price payable in respect thereof or give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Trustee may require, such Redemption Price (less any taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld) may be deposited in trust either with the Trustee or with a chartered bank (which may be an Affiliate of the Trustee), at such rate of interest as the Trustee or such bank may allow, and such deposit (plus the amount of any taxes deducted or withheld) shall for all purposes be deemed a

 

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payment to such Holder of the sum so deposited and, to that extent, the Note shall thereafter not be considered as outstanding hereunder and such Holder shall have no right other than to receive payment out of the amount so deposited, upon surrender and delivery of such Holder’s Note, of the Redemption Price of such Note.

 

4.7 Purchase of Notes

 

  (a) Except as otherwise provided in the Terms Schedule or Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Series of Notes and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer may purchase all or any of the Notes in the open market (which shall include purchases from or through an investment dealer or stock exchange member) or by tender or by private contract, at any price.

 

  (b) If, upon an invitation for tenders, more Notes are tendered at the same lowest price than the Issuer is prepared to accept, the Notes to be purchased by the Issuer will be selected by the Trustee, in such manner (which may include selection by lot, selection on a pro rata basis, random selection by computer or any other method) as the Trustee considers appropriate, from the Notes tendered by each tendering Noteholder who tendered at such lowest price. For this purpose, the Trustee may make, and from time to time amend, regulations with respect to the manner in which Notes may be so selected, and regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all Noteholders, notwithstanding the fact that, as a result thereof, one or more of such Notes become subject to purchase in part only. The Holder of a Note of which a part only is purchased, upon surrender of such Note for payment, shall be entitled to receive, without expense to such Holder, one or more new Notes for the unpurchased part so surrendered, and the Issuer shall, in the case of Definitive Notes, execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge to the Holder thereof, one or more new Notes for the unpurchased part of the principal amount of the Notes so surrendered or, with respect to Global Notes, the Trustee shall make notations on the Global Notes (or in the case of uncertificated Global Notes, in accordance with the Trustee’s Internal Procedures) of the principal amount thereof so purchased.

 

4.8 Cancellation of Notes

Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2 and 4.7 as to Notes redeemed or purchased in part, all Notes purchased or redeemed in whole or in part by the Issuer under the provisions of this Article 4 shall not be reissued or resold and shall be forthwith delivered to (in the case of certificated Notes) and cancelled by the Trustee, and no Notes of the same Series shall be issued in substitution therefor and the provisions of Article 7 shall apply to any such cancelled Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 5

COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

 

5.1 Covenants

The Issuer covenants with the Trustee that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding:

 

  (a) Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest: The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Notes that it will duly punctually pay the principal of (and Premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Notes of that Series in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.

 

  (b) Corporate Existence: Subject to Section 8.1, the Issuer shall maintain its corporate existence in good standing under the laws of its governing jurisdiction and register and qualify and remain registered and qualified as a corporation authorized to carry on business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of any business conducted by it or the character of any properties and assets owned or leased by it requires such registration and qualifications, except in jurisdictions where the failure to so register or qualify does not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer to perform its material obligations hereunder.

 

  (c) Office for Notices, Payments and Registration of Transfer:   The Issuer will maintain at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in such other places as it may designate from time to time, an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for registration, transfer or exchange and for exercise of conversion rights (if any) as in this Indenture provided and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give to the Trustee notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give notice of the location or of any change in location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the principal office of the Trustee in Montreal, Quebec.

 

  (d) Regulatory Filings: The Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, within 15 days after filing them with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities, copies of all annual and quarterly financial statements and of the information, documents and other reports that they are required to file with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities; provided that the Issuer shall be deemed to have furnished such materials if the Issuer has made the same available on SEDAR.

 

  (e) Year End Financial Statements: To the extent the Issuer is no longer required to make filings with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, within 140 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the audited annual financial statements of the Issuer.

 

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  (f) Quarterly Financial Statements: To the extent the Issuer is no longer required to make filings with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, within 65 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the unaudited quarterly financial statements of the Issuer.

 

  (g) Compliance Certificate: The Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate.

 

5.2 Limitation on Liens

While the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer will not create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or security interest (each, a “ Lien ”) in any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests of any subsidiary now or hereafter directly owned by the Issuer, or otherwise encumber any assets owned directly by the Issuer unless at the same time all the Notes then outstanding shall be secured equally and rateably with such indebtedness until such time as such indebtedness is no longer secured by such Lien; provided that this covenant will not apply to any Permitted Encumbrance.

 

5.3 Trustee’s Remuneration and Expenses

The Issuer will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable remuneration for its services hereunder and will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in the administration or execution of the trusts created hereby (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its Counsel and all other advisers and assistants not regularly in its employ), both before any Event of Default and thereafter until all duties of the Trustee under such trusts are finally and fully performed, except any such expenses, disbursements or advances as may arise from the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Trustee. Any amount, other than advances, due under this Section 5.3 and unpaid 30 days after request for such payment will bear interest from the expiration of such 30 days at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate. Any advances due under this Section 5.3 will bear interest from the date of request for payment thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate. After an Event of Default, all amounts so payable and the interest thereon shall be payable out of any funds coming into the possession of the Trustee or its successors in the trusts hereunder in priority to the payment of the principal of, Premium on and interest on the Notes.

 

5.4 Performance of Covenants by Trustee

If the Issuer fails to perform any of its covenants contained in this Indenture, the Trustee may itself perform any of such covenants capable of being performed by it, but will be under no obligation to do so. All sums expended or advanced by the Trustee for such purpose will be repayable as provided in Section 5.3. No such performance or advance by the Trustee shall relieve the Issuer of any Event of Default.

 

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5.5 Not to Accumulate Interest

In order to prevent any accumulation after maturity of unpaid interest, the Issuer will not, except with the approval of the Noteholders, directly or indirectly, extend or assent to the extension of time for payment of any interest payable on registered Notes or be a party to or approve any such arrangement by purchasing or funding any interest or in any other manner. If the time for payment of any such interest shall be so extended, whether for a definite period or otherwise, the registered owners entitled to such interest shall not be entitled in case of an Event of Default to the benefit of these presents except subject to the prior payment in full or the principal of and Premium, if any, on all Notes and of all matured interest on such Notes, the payment of which has not been so extended, and of all other moneys payable hereunder.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT

 

6.1 Events of Default

The occurrence of any one or more of the following events or circumstances constitutes an “ Event of Default ” in respect of Notes of any Series under this Indenture:

 

  (a) Payment of Interest and Other Amounts:  The Issuer defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note of that Series that becomes due and payable and the default continues for 30 consecutive days;

 

  (b) Repayment of Notes: The Issuer defaults in the payment of principal of or Premium, if any, on any Note of that Series, when due at its maturity, upon redemption, upon acceleration or otherwise;

 

  (c) Sinking Fund: The Issuer defaults in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when the same becomes due by the terms of the Notes of that Series;

 

  (d) Breach of Other Covenants: The Issuer defaults in the performance of or breaches any covenant or warranty in the Indenture or any Notes of that Series (other than those heretofore dealt with in this Section 6.1) and such default or breach continues for a period of 90 consecutive days after written notice of such default or breach has been given to the Issuer from the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the principal amount of the Notes of that Series then outstanding;

 

  (e) Cross-Acceleration: Indebtedness of the Issuer is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds in the aggregate the greater of US$100,000,000 and 3% of the Issuer’s consolidated net assets; and

 

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  (f) Insolvency:

 

  (i) the making by the Issuer of a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or a proposal (or the filing of a notice of its intention to do so) under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency;

 

  (ii) any proceeding instituted by the Issuer seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or, where the Issuer is insolvent, seeking liquidation, winding up, dissolution, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking the entry of an order for the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee or other similar official for the Issuer or any substantial part of its property and assets in circumstances where the Issuer is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;

 

  (iii) a receiver, interim receiver, trustee or other similar official is appointed over the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property and assets by a court of competent jurisdiction in circumstances where the Issuer is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency; or

 

  (iv) any proceeding is instituted against the Issuer seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or where the Issuer is insolvent, seeking liquidation, winding up, dissolution, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking the entry of an order for the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee or other similar official for the Issuer or any substantial part of its property and assets in circumstances where the Issuer is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, and either such proceeding has not been stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days of the institution of any such proceeding or the actions sought in such proceedings occur (including the entry of an order for relief against the Issuer or the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and assets).

 

6.2 Notice of Event of Default

 

  (a)

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall, within 30 days after it becomes aware of the occurrence of such Event of Default, give notice of such Event of Default to the Noteholders of the affected Series in the manner provided in Section 10.2; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Trustee shall have been requested to do so by the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes of the affected Series then outstanding, the Trustee shall not be required to give such notice if the Trustee in good faith shall have determined that the withholding of such notice is in the best interests of such Holders and shall have so advised the Issuer in writing.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice relating to an Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest shall not in any circumstances be withheld.

 

  (b) If notice of an Event of Default has been given to Noteholders and the Event of Default is thereafter remedied or cured, notice that the Event of Default is no longer continuing shall be given by the Trustee to such Noteholders, with such notice to be given within a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days, after the Trustee becomes aware that the Event of Default has been remedied or cured.

 

6.3 Acceleration

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.4, if an Event of Default (other than one described in Section 6.1(f)) shall occur and be continuing with respect to a Series of Notes, the Trustee may, in its discretion, and shall, upon receipt of a Noteholders’ Request, by notice in writing to the Issuer, declare the principal of, Premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes of that Series then outstanding to be due and payable and the same shall forthwith become immediately due and payable to the Trustee, anything therein or herein to the contrary notwithstanding. If any Event of Default described in Sections 6.1(f) occurs, the principal of, Premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes of that Series will be automatically due and payable immediately, without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes of the Series. Such payment, when made, will be deemed to have been made in discharge of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and any amounts so received by the Trustee shall be applied in the manner provided in Section 6.7.

 

6.4 Waiver of Acceleration

Any time after an acceleration with respect to the Notes of any Series has occurred, but before a judgement or decree based on such acceleration has been obtained, the Holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of the Notes of that Series then outstanding shall have the power by requisition in writing to instruct the Trustee to waive, rescind and annul such acceleration and to cancel any declaration made by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3, and the Trustee shall thereupon waive the Event of Default or cancel such declaration upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed in such requisition; provided however that the majority-Holders may not waive, rescind or annul a continuing default in payment of principal, Premium, if any, or interest on the Notes of that Series. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of the Noteholders in exercising any right or power accruing upon any acceleration shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such acceleration or acquiescence therein, and no act or omission, either of the Trustee or of the Noteholders of the affected Series, shall extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect any subsequent Event of Default or the rights resulting therefrom.

 

6.5 Enforcement by the Trustee

 

  (a)

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.4 and to the provisions of any Noteholder resolution, if the Issuer shall fail to pay to the Trustee, forthwith after the same shall have been declared to be due and payable under Section 6.3, the principal of and Premium, if any, and interest on all Notes of a Series then outstanding, the

 

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  Trustee may, in its discretion, and shall, upon receipt of a Noteholders’ Request and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred, proceed in its name as trustee hereunder to obtain or enforce payment of such principal of and Premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes of a Series then outstanding by such proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by law or equity as the Trustee in such request shall have been directed to take, or if such request contains no such direction, then by such proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by suit at law or in equity as the Trustee shall deem expedient.

 

  (b) The Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, either in its own name or as trustee of an express trust, or as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of any Series of Notes, or in any one or more of such capacities, to file such proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of such Holders allowed in any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or its creditors or relative to or affecting its property. The Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed (and the successive respective Holders of Series of Notes by taking and holding the same shall be conclusively deemed to have so appointed the Trustee) the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the respective Holders of any Series of Notes with authority to make and file in the respective names of such Holders or on behalf of the Holders of the Notes as a class, subject to deduction from any such claims of the amounts of any claims filed by any of the Holders of the Notes themselves, any proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document in any such proceedings and to receive payment of any sums becoming distributable on account thereof, and to execute any such other documents and to do and perform any and all such acts and things, for and on behalf of such Holders of the Notes, as may be necessary or advisable, in the opinion of the Trustee, in order to have the respective claims of the Trustee and of such Holders of the Notes against the Issuer or its property allowed in any such proceeding, and to receive payment of or on account of such claims, provided that nothing contained in this Indenture shall be deemed to give to the Trustee, unless so authorized by Noteholder Resolution, any right to accept or consent to any plan of reorganization or otherwise by action of any character in such proceeding to waive or change in any way any right of any such Noteholder.

 

  (c) The Trustee shall also have power at any time and from time to time to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may be advised shall be necessary or advisable to preserve and protect its interests and the interests of the Noteholders of any Series.

 

  (d)

All rights of action hereunder may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof on the trial or other proceedings relative thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in the name of the Trustee as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the rateable benefit of the affected Holders of the Notes subject to the provisions of this Indenture. In any proceeding brought by

 

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  the Trustee (and also any proceeding in which a declaratory judgment of a court may be sought as to the interpretation or construction of any provision of this Indenture, to which the Trustee shall be party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the affected Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceeding.

 

6.6 Suits by Noteholders

No Holder of any Note of any Series shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the purpose of enforcing payment of the principal of, Premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder or for the appointment of a liquidator or receiver or for a receiving order under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or to have the Issuer wound up or to file or prove a claim in any liquidation or bankruptcy proceeding or for any other remedy unless:

 

  (a) the Noteholders, by Noteholders’ Request, shall have made a request to the Trustee and the Trustee shall have been afforded reasonable opportunity either itself to proceed to exercise the powers conferred upon it or to institute an action, suit or proceeding in its name for such purpose;

 

  (b) the Noteholders or any of them shall have furnished to the Trustee, when so requested by the Trustee, sufficient funds and security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and

 

  (c) the Trustee shall have failed to act within a reasonable time after such notification, request and provision of indemnity.

If a Noteholder has the right to institute proceedings under this Section 6.6, such Noteholder, acting on behalf of itself and all other Noteholders of a Series, will be entitled to commence proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction in which the Trustee might have commenced proceedings under Section 6.5.

 

6.7 Application of Money

Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, any money received by the Trustee or a Noteholder pursuant to the provisions of this Article 6 or as a result of legal or other proceedings, or from any trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of the Issuer, shall be applied, together with other money in the hands of the Trustee available for such purpose, as follows:

 

  (a) first, in payment or in reimbursement to the Trustee of its compensation, costs, charges, expenses, borrowings, advances or other amounts furnished or provided by or at the instance of the Trustee in or about the execution of its trusts under, or otherwise in relation to, this Indenture, with interest thereon as herein provided (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 5.3 and 5.4 hereof);

 

  (b)

second, in payment of the principal of and Premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default on the Notes of such Series

 

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  which shall then be outstanding in the priority of principal first and then Premium, if any, and then accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default; and

 

  (c) third, in payment of the surplus, if any, of such money to the Issuer or their assigns unless otherwise required by law;

provided, however, that no payment shall be made pursuant to Section 6.7(b) in respect of the principal of or Premium, if any, or interest on any Note held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer (other than any Note pledged for value and in good faith to a Person other than the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer, but only to the extent of such Person’s interest therein) until the prior payment in full of the principal of Premium, if any and interest on all Notes which are not so held; provided further that the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Notes in respect of any payment by it on any Note so held unless the Trustee had actual knowledge that such Note was so held.

 

6.8 Distribution of Proceeds

Payments to Holders of Notes of any Series pursuant to Section 6.7(b) shall be made as follows:

 

  (a) at least 15 days’ notice of every such payment shall be given in the manner provided in Section 10.2 specifying the time and the place or places at which the Notes are to be presented and the amount of the payment and the application thereof as between principal, Premium, if any, and interest;

 

  (b) payment in respect of any Note shall be made upon presentation thereof at any one of the places specified in such notice and any such Note thereby paid in full shall be surrendered, otherwise a memorandum of such payment shall be endorsed thereon, but the Trustee may in its discretion dispense with presentation and surrender or endorsement in any case upon such indemnity being given as the Trustee shall consider sufficient;

 

  (c) from and after the date of payment specified in the notice, interest shall accrue only on the amount owing on each Note after giving credit for the amount of the payment specified in such notice unless the Note in respect of which such amount is owing is duly presented on or after the date so specified and payment of such amount is not made; and

 

  (d) the Trustee shall not be required to make any payment to Noteholders unless the amount in its hands, after reserving therefrom such amount as the Trustee may think necessary to provide for the payments referred to in Section 6.7(a), exceeds two per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

 

6.9 Remedies Cumulative

No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or upon or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy

 

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shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now existing or hereafter to exist by law.

 

6.10 Judgment Against the Issuer

In case of any judicial or other proceedings to enforce the rights of the Noteholders, judgment may be rendered against the Issuer in favour of the Noteholders or in favour of the Trustee, as trustee for the Noteholders, for any amount which may remain due in respect of the principal for the Notes, the Premium, if any, and the interest thereon.

 

6.11 Immunity of Shareholders and Others

The Noteholders and the Trustee hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any past, present or future shareholder, director or officer of the Issuer or of any successor thereof for the payment of the principal of or Premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes or on any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty by the Issuer herein or in the Notes contained.

ARTICLE 7

CANCELLATION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

 

7.1 Cancellation and Destruction

All Notes shall, forthwith after payment is made in respect thereof, be delivered to the Trustee and cancelled by it. All certificated Notes cancelled or required to be cancelled under this or any other provision of this Indenture shall be destroyed by the Trustee, and if required by the Issuer the Trustee shall furnish to the Issuer a destruction certificate in respect of the Notes so destroyed.

 

7.2 Non-Presentation of Notes

If the Holder of any Note shall fail to present the same for payment on the date on which the principal thereof and Premium become payable either at Stated Maturity or otherwise or shall not accept payment on account thereof and give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Trustee may require, then:

 

  (a) the Issuer shall be entitled to pay to the Trustee and direct it to set aside; or

 

  (b) in respect of money in the hands of the Trustee which may or should be applied to the payment of the Notes, the Issuer shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to set aside; or

 

  (c) in the case of redemption pursuant to notice given by the Trustee, the Trustee may itself set aside,

the principal amount and the Premium, if any, and interest, as the case may be, in trust to be paid to the Holder of such Note upon due presentation or surrender thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereupon the principal amount and Premium, if any, and

 

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interest payable on such Note in respect of which such amount has been set aside shall be deemed to have been paid and the Holder thereof shall thereafter have no right in respect thereof other than to receive payment of the amount so set aside (without interest) upon due presentation and surrender thereof, subject to the provisions of Section 7.3.

 

7.3 Repayment of Unclaimed Money

Any amount set aside under Section 7.2 and not claimed by and paid to Holders of Notes as provided in Section 7.2 within six years after the later of the date of such setting aside and the applicable Maturity Date shall be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee on demand and thereupon the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such amount and thereafter the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such amount was so repaid to the Issuer shall have no rights in respect thereof and the Issuer shall be discharged from its obligations in respect thereof.

 

7.4 Discharge

Upon proof being given to the Trustee that the principal of all the Notes and the Premium, if any, thereon and interest (including interest on amounts in default) thereon and other amounts payable hereunder have been paid or satisfied or that all the outstanding Notes having matured or having been duly called for redemption, or the Trustee having been given irrevocable instructions by the Issuer to publish within 90 days of such instructions notice of redemption of all the outstanding Notes, such payment or redemption has been duly and effectually provided for by payment to the Trustee or otherwise, and upon payment of all costs, charges and expenses properly incurred by the Trustee in relation to this Indenture and all interest thereon and the remuneration of the Trustee, or upon provision satisfactory to the Trustee being made therefor, the Trustee shall, at the request and at the expense of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Issuer such deeds or other instruments as shall be required to evidence the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and to release the Issuer from its covenants herein contained other than those relating to the indemnification of the Trustee.

 

7.5 Defeasance

 

  (a) At any time that Notes of any Series are outstanding, the Trustee will, at the request and expense of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Issuer such deeds and other instruments necessary to release the Issuer, subject to this Article 7 from the terms of this Indenture relating to such Series of Notes, except those relating to the indemnification of the Trustee, subject to the following:

 

  (i)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee evidence that the Issuer has: (A) deposited sufficient funds for payment of all principal, Premium, if any, interest and other amounts due or to become due on such Series of Notes to the Stated Maturity thereof; (B) deposited funds or made provision for the payment of all expenses of the Trustee to carry out its duties under this Indenture in respect of such Series; and (C) deposited funds for the payment of taxes arising with respect to all deposited funds or other provision for payment in respect of such Series; in each case

 

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  irrevocably, pursuant to the terms of a trust or escrow agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee;

 

  (ii) the Trustee shall have received an opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Notes of such Series will not be subject to any additional taxes as a result of the exercise by the Issuer of the defeasance option provided in this Section 7.5 and that they will be subject to taxes, if any, including those in respect of income (including taxable capital gain), on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same time or times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised;

 

  (iii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit referred to in Section 7.5(a)(i);

 

  (iv) such release does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

 

  (v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit referred to in Section 7.5(a)(i) was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of such Series of Notes over the other creditors of the Issuer or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Issuer; and

 

  (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the exercise of such defeasance option have been complied with.

 

  (b) The Issuer will be deemed to have made due provision for the depositing of funds if it deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee under the terms of an irrevocable trust or escrow agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee (each acting reasonably), solely for the benefit of the Holders of a particular Series of Notes stated therein, cash or Securities denominated in the currency in which principal is payable constituting direct obligations of Canada (for Notes denominated in Canadian dollars) or the United States (for Notes denominated in U.S. dollars) or an agency or instrumentality of Canada (for Notes denominated in Canadian dollars) or the United States (for Notes denominated in U.S. dollars), which will be sufficient, in the reasonable opinion of a firm of independent chartered accountants or an investment dealer acceptable to the Trustee, to provide for payment in full of such Series of Notes and all other amounts from time to time due and owing under this Indenture which pertain to such Series.

 

  (c) The Trustee will hold in trust all money or Securities deposited with it pursuant to this Section 7.5 and will apply the deposited money and the money from such Securities in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and Premium and interest on the Notes and, as applicable, other amounts.

 

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  (d) If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Securities in accordance with this Section 7.5 by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and reinstated as though no money or securities had been deposited pursuant to this Section 7.5 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or Securities in accordance with this Section 7.5, provided that if the Issuer has made any payment in respect of principal, Premium or interest on such Notes or, as applicable, other amounts because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Securities held by the Trustee.

ARTICLE 8

SUCCESSORS

 

8.1 Requirements for Successors

The Issuer will not, in any transaction or series of transactions, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets or properties to any other Person unless:

 

  (a) the Person (if other than the Issuer) assumes the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture;

 

  (b) no Default or Event of Default will occur as a result of such transaction; and

 

  (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transaction complies with clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 8.1 and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

8.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor

Whenever the conditions of Section 8.1 have been duly observed and performed, the successor and the Trustee shall execute and deliver a Supplemental Indenture as provided for in Section 12.1 and any required assumption agreements or instruments and then:

 

  (a) the successor will possess and from time to time may exercise each and every right and power of the Issuer under this Indenture in the name of the Issuer or otherwise, and any act or proceeding required by any provision of this Indenture to be done or performed by any directors or officers of the Issuer may be done and performed with like force and effect by the directors or officers (or their equivalents) of such successor; and

 

  (b) the Issuer will be released and discharged from liability under this Indenture and the Trustee will execute any documents which it may be advised are necessary or advisable for effecting or evidencing such release and discharge.

 

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ARTICLE 9

MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS

 

9.1 Right to Convene Meetings

 

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

 

  (i) to give any notice to the Issuer or to the Trustee with respect to such Series, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Six;

 

  (ii) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Eleven;

 

  (iii) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.2; or

 

  (iv) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all or any Series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

  (b) The Trustee may at any time and from time to time convene a meeting of Noteholders of any or all Series, and the Trustee shall convene a meeting of Noteholders upon receipt of a request of the Issuer or a Noteholders’ Request and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Issuer or by the Noteholders signing such request against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting. If the Trustee fails within 30 days after receipt of any such request and such indemnity to give notice convening a meeting, the Issuer or such Noteholders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Toronto, Ontario, or at such other place as may be approved or determined by the Trustee, the Issuer or the Noteholders who convened the meeting in accordance with this Section 9.1.

 

9.2 Notice of Meetings

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, at least 15 days’ notice of any meeting shall be given to the Noteholders of all or any Series in the manner provided in Section 10.2 and a copy thereof shall be delivered or sent to the Trustee (unless the meeting has been called by it) and to the Issuer (unless the meeting has been called by it). Such notice shall state the time and place at which the meeting is to be held and shall state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat, and it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article 10.

 

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9.3 Chairperson

The Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, if present, will be the chairperson of any meeting of the Noteholders of all or any Series, failing which an individual (who need not be a Noteholder) nominated in writing by the Trustee shall be chairperson of the meeting. If no individual is so nominated, or if the individual so nominated is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Noteholders present in person or represented by proxy shall choose by resolution an individual present to be chairperson.

 

9.4 Quorum

At any meeting of the Noteholders of all or any Series a quorum shall consist of Noteholders present in person or represented by proxy and owning or representing at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes or a Series of Notes, as applicable, then outstanding. If a quorum of the Noteholders is not present within 30 minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if convened by the Noteholders shall be dissolved, but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be adjourned to the next following Business Day thereafter) at the same time and place, and no notice shall be required to be given in respect of such adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Noteholders present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened notwithstanding that they may not represent at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes or a Series of Notes, as applicable, then outstanding.

 

9.5 Power to Adjourn

The chairperson of a meeting at which a quorum of Noteholders is present may, with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes present or represented thereat, adjourn such meeting, and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

 

9.6 Show of Hands

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, every resolution submitted to a meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on a show of hands, and unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairperson that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.

 

9.7 Poll

On every resolution submitted to a meeting in respect of which the chairperson or one or more Noteholders or proxyholders for Noteholders holding at least $10,000 principal amount of Notes demands a poll, a poll shall be taken in such manner and either at once or after an adjournment as the chairperson shall direct. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, resolutions shall, if a poll is taken, be decided by the votes of the Holders of a majority of the principal amount of the Notes or a Series of Notes, as applicable, represented at the meeting and voted on the poll.

 

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9.8 Voting

 

  (a) On a show of hands, every Person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as a Noteholder or as proxyholder for one or more Noteholders or both, shall have one vote. On a poll, each Noteholder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder. A proxyholder need not be a Noteholder. In the case of joint registered Holders of a Note, any one of them present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting may vote in the absence of the other or others, but if more than one of them are present in person or represented by proxy, they shall vote together in respect of the Notes of which they are joint registered Holders.

 

  (b) In the case of a Global Note, the Depository may appoint or cause to be appointed a Person or Persons as proxies and shall designate the number of votes entitled to each such Person, and each such Person shall be entitled to be present at any meeting of Noteholders and shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting in accordance with the number of votes set out in the Depository’s designation.

 

9.9 Regulations

The Trustee, or the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee, may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall from time to time think fit providing for or governing the following:

 

  (a) voting by proxy by Holders of Notes, the form of the instrument appointing a proxyholder (which will be in writing) and the manner in which it may be executed and the authority to be provided by any Person signing a proxy on behalf of the registered Holder of a Note;

 

  (b) the deposit of instruments appointing proxyholders at such place as the Trustee, the Issuer or the Noteholders convening the meeting, as the case may be, may, in the notice convening the meeting, direct and the time, if any, before the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof by which the same shall be deposited; and

 

  (c) the deposit of instruments appointing proxyholders at an approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxyholders to be provided before the meeting to the Issuer or to the Trustee at the place at which the meeting is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting.

Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Except as such regulations may provide, the only Persons who shall be recognized at a meeting as the Holders of any Notes, or as entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof, shall be registered Noteholders and Persons whom registered Noteholders have by instrument in writing duly appointed as their proxyholders.

 

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9.10 Issuer and Trustee May Be Represented

The Issuer and the Trustee, by their respective officers and directors, and the legal advisers of the Issuer and the Trustee may attend any meeting of the Noteholders, but shall have no vote as such.

 

9.11 Powers Cumulative

Any one or more of the powers or any combination of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the rights of the Noteholders to exercise the same or any other such power or powers or combination of powers thereafter from time to time. No powers exercisable by the Noteholders will derogate in any way from the rights of the Issuer under or pursuant to this Indenture or any Notes.

 

9.12 Minutes

Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of Noteholders shall be made and duly entered in books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Trustee at the expense of the Issuer, and any such minutes, if signed by the chairperson of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings had, or by the chairperson of the next succeeding meeting of the Noteholders, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken to have been duly passed and taken.

 

9.13 Instruments in Writing

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, all actions which may be taken and all powers which may be exercised by the Noteholders at a meeting held as provided in this Article 9 may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the Holders of a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any or all Series.

 

9.14 Binding Effect of Resolutions

Every resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 9 at a meeting of Noteholders shall be binding upon all the Noteholders, of all or any Series, as the case may be, whether present at or absent from such meeting and every instrument in writing signed by Noteholders in accordance with Section 9.13 shall be binding upon all the Noteholders, of all or any Series, as the case may be, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Noteholder and the Trustee (subject to the provisions for its indemnity herein contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution and instrument in writing.

 

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9.15 Record Date for Requests, Demands, Etc.

If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders of Notes of all or any Series, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Issuer may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of such Holders entitled to provide such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business of the Issuer on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Notes for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Notes then outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, and for this purpose the Notes then outstanding shall be computed as of such record date.

ARTICLE 10

NOTICES

 

10.1 Notice to the Issuer

Any notice to the Issuer under the provisions hereof shall be valid and effective if delivered to the Corporate Secretary of the Issuer, 5151 Terminal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1A1 or if sent by facsimile transmission (with receipt confirmed) at (902) 428-6171, and shall be deemed to have been validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. The Issuer may from time to time notify the Trustee of a change in its mailing or email address which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the mailing or email address of the Issuer for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

10.2 Notice to Noteholders

Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, any notice to be given hereunder to Noteholders shall be valid and effective if given in the following manner:

 

  (a) such notice is delivered, provided by electronic communication or sent by ordinary mail postage prepaid addressed to such Holders at their respective addresses appearing on any of the applicable registers, provided that if, in the case of joint Holders of any Note, more than one address appears in the applicable register in respect of such joint holding, such notice shall be sent only to the first address so appearing; and

 

  (b) if for any reason it is impracticable to give any notice by way of delivery, electronic means or by mail, such notice is published once in each of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and such other cities, if any, at which registers in respect of such Notes are required to be kept, each publication to be made in a newspaper of general circulation published in the designated cities and all such publications to be made within a period of seven days, provided that, in the case of the redemption of Notes, such notice shall be published twice in each of the said cities in successive weeks.

 

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Any notice so delivered or provided by electronic communication shall be deemed to have been given on the Business Day received if it is received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. Any notice so given by mail shall be deemed to have been given on the third Business Day after it is mailed. Any notice so given by publication shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which the first publication is completed in all of the cities in which publication is required. In determining under any provisions hereof the date by which notice of any meeting, redemption or other event must be given, the date of giving the notice shall be included and the date of the meeting, redemption or other event shall be excluded. Accidental error or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any Noteholder shall not invalidate any action or proceeding founded thereon.

 

10.3 Notice to the Trustee

Any notice to the Trustee under the provisions hereof shall be valid and effective if delivered to an officer of the Trustee at CST Trust Company, 2001 Robert - Bourassa Blvd., Suite 1600, 16 th Floor, Montreal, QC H3A 3A6, attention: Director, Corporate Services, or if sent by facsimile transmission (with receipt confirmed) at (514) 285-8846, and shall be deemed to have been validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Halifax time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. The Trustee may from time to time notify the Issuer of a change in address or facsimile number which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address or facsimile number of the Trustee for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

10.4 When Publication Not Required

If at any time any notice is required by this Indenture to be published in a particular city and no newspaper of general circulation is then being published and circulated on a daily basis in that city, the Issuer shall not be required to publish in that city.

 

10.5 Waiver of Notice

Any notice provided for in this Indenture 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 Noteholders 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 waivers.

ARTICLE 11

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

11.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

 

  (a)

In the exercise of the rights, powers and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall act honestly and in good faith and exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent trustee would exercise in comparable circumstances, and shall duly observe and comply

 

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  with the provisions of any legislation and regulations which relate to the functions or role of the Trustee as a fiduciary hereunder.

 

  (b) The Trustee shall read, and act upon (as required), all of the certificates, opinions and other documents delivered to it under or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

  (c) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless the Trustee is indemnified as required in this Indenture.

 

  (d) The Trustee, upon the occurrence or at any time during the continuance of any act, action or proceeding, may require the Noteholders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with it Notes held by them, for which Notes the Trustee will issue receipts.

 

  (e) Every provision of this Indenture that by its terms relieves the Trustee of liability or entitles the Trustee to rely upon any evidence submitted to it is subject to the provisions of applicable legislation, this Section 11.1 and Section 11.2.

 

  (f) No provision of this Indenture shall operate to confer any obligation, duty or power on the Trustee in any jurisdiction in which it does not have the legal capacity required to assume, hold or carry out such obligation, duty or power. For the purposes of this Section 11.1, legal capacity includes, without limitation, the capacity to act as a fiduciary in such jurisdiction.

 

11.2 No Conflict of Interest

The Trustee represents to the Issuer that at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture there exists no material conflict of interest in the Trustee’s role as a fiduciary hereunder. If at any time a material conflict of interest exists in respect of the Trustee’s role as a fiduciary under this Indenture that is not eliminated within 90 days after the Trustee becomes aware that such a material conflict of interest exists, the Trustee shall resign from the trusts under this Indenture by giving notice in writing of such resignation and the nature of the conflict to the Issuer at least 21 days prior to the date upon which such resignation is to take effect, and will on such date be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder. The validity and enforceability of this Indenture and any Notes will not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of the existence of a material conflict of interest of the Trustee. If the Trustee contravenes the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.2, any interested party may apply to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for an order that the Trustee be replaced as trustee under this Indenture.

 

11.3 Conditions Precedent to Trustee’s Obligation to Act

The Trustee shall not be bound to give any notice or take any action or proceeding unless it is required to do so under the terms of this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be required to take notice of any Event of Default under this Indenture, other than in respect of payment of any money required by any provision of this Indenture to be paid to it, unless and until the Trustee is

 

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notified in writing of such Event of Default by any Noteholder or the Issuer or unless an officer of the Trustee has specific knowledge of an Event of Default. In the absence of such notice or knowledge, the Trustee may for all purposes of this Indenture assume that no Event of Default has occurred. The obligation of the Trustee to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding under this Indenture will be conditional upon receipt by the Trustee of the following:

 

  (a) a resolution, Noteholders’ Request, or such other notice or direction as is required pursuant to this Indenture, specifying the action or proceeding which the Trustee is requested, directed or authorized to take;

 

  (b) sufficient funds to commence or continue such act, action or proceeding; and

 

  (c) an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to protect and hold harmless the Trustee against the costs, charges, expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason thereof.

 

11.4 Replacement of Trustee

 

  (a) The Trustee may resign its trusts and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder by giving to the Issuer three months’ notice in writing or such shorter notice as the Issuer may accept as sufficient. If at any time a material conflict of interest exists in the Trustee’s role as a fiduciary hereunder, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that such a material conflict of interest exists, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 11.2. The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any Series then outstanding shall have power at any time to remove the Trustee with respect to such Series and to appoint a new trustee. The Issuer may remove the Trustee on 90 days’ notice in writing to the Trustee or on such shorter notice as the Trustee may accept as sufficient. In the event of the Trustee resigning or being removed or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Issuer shall forthwith appoint a new trustee unless a new trustee has already been appointed by the Noteholders. Failing such appointment by the Issuer, the retiring trustee or any Noteholder may apply to a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, on such notice as such judge may direct, for the appointment of a new trustee, but any new trustee so appointed by the Issuer or by the Court shall be subject to removal as aforementioned by the Noteholders. Any new trustee appointed under any provision of this Section 11.4 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. On any new appointment, the new trustee shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Trustee.

 

  (b) Subject to the foregoing, no resignation or removal of a trustee or appointment of a successor trustee hereunder shall be effective unless such successor trustee:

 

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  (i) is eligible to act as a trustee;

 

  (ii) certifies that it will not have any material conflict of interest upon becoming the trustee hereunder; and

 

  (iii) executes, acknowledges and delivers to the Issuer and to the retiring trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,

and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring trustee.

 

  (c) Upon the written request of the successor trustee or of the Issuer and upon payment of all outstanding fees and expenses properly payable to the Trustee under this Indenture, the Trustee ceasing to act will execute and deliver all such assignments, conveyances or other instruments (if any) as, in the opinion of Counsel, may be necessary to assign and transfer to such successor trustee the rights and obligations of the Trustee under this Indenture, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver all property and money held by the Trustee to the successor trustees so appointed in its place. If any deed, conveyance or instrument in writing from the Issuer is required by any new trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to it such estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts, then any and all such deeds, conveyances and instruments in writing will on the request of the new or successor trustee, acting reasonably, be made, executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Issuer, as the case may require. The cost of any act, document or other instrument or thing required or permitted under this Section 11.4 shall be at the expense of the Issuer.

 

11.5 Trustee May Deal in Notes

The Trustee may buy, sell, lend upon and deal in the Notes and generally contract and enter into financial transactions with the Issuer or otherwise, without being liable to account for any profits made thereby.

 

11.6 No Person Dealing with Trustee Need Inquire

No Person dealing with the Trustee shall be concerned to inquire whether the powers that the Trustee is purporting to exercise have become exercisable, or whether any amount remains due upon the Notes or to see to the application of any amount paid to the Trustee.

 

11.7 Investment of Money Held by Trustee

 

  (a)

Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any of the funds held by the Trustee may be deposited in a trust account in the name of the Trustee (which may be held with the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee), which account may be non-interest bearing. Upon the written direction of the Issuer, the Trustee shall invest in its name such funds in Authorized Investments in accordance with such direction.

 

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  Any direction by the Issuer to the Trustee as to the investment of the funds shall be in writing and shall be provided to the Trustee no later than 10:00 a.m. (Halifax time) on the day on which the investment is to be made. Any such direction received by the Trustee after 10:00 a.m. (Halifax time), or received on a non-Business Day, shall be deemed to have been given prior to 10:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. In the event that the Trustee does not receive a direction or only a partial direction, the Trustee may hold cash balances constituting part or all of the funds and may, but need not, invest same in the deposit department of a Canadian chartered bank; but the Trustee and its affiliates shall not be liable to account for any profit to the Issuer, or to the Holder of any Note, or to any person or entity other than at a rate, if any, established from time to time by the Trustee or one of its affiliates which rate shall not exceed 0.5% per annum.

 

  (b) Unless and until the Trustee shall have declared the principal amount of the Notes to be due and payable, the Trustee shall pay over to the Issuer all interest received by the Trustee with respect to any investments or deposits made pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

 

11.8 Trustee Not Required to Give Security

The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of this Indenture.

 

11.9 Trustee Not Required to Possess Notes

All rights of action under this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto.

 

11.10 Certain Rights of Trustee

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.1:

 

  (a) the Trustee may conclusively act and rely as to the truth of, and shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters of, statements and correctness of the opinions expressed in, and shall be fully protected in acting or relying or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

  (b) any request or direction of the Issuer shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Request of the Issuer or Order of the Issuer and any resolution of the Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Certified 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

 

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  omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely and act upon a Certificate of the Issuer; and

 

  (d) the Trustee at the expense of the Issuer may consult with Counsel and the advice of Counsel or any opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

11.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be amalgamated or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, amalgamation or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all 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 Article 11, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

 

11.12 Action by Trustee to Protect Interests

The Trustee shall have power to institute and maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Noteholders.

 

11.13 Protection of Trustee

 

  (a) The Issuer hereby indemnifies and saves harmless the Trustee and its directors, officers and employees from and against all claims, demands, losses, actions, causes of action, costs, charges, expenses, damages, taxes (other than income or capital taxes), penalties and liabilities whatsoever brought against or incurred by the Trustee which it may suffer or incur as a result of or arising in connection with the performance of its duties and obligations under this Indenture, including any and all legal fees and disbursements of whatever kind or nature, except only in the event of the negligence, wilful misconduct, or bad faith of the Trustee. This indemnity will survive the removal or resignation of the Trustee under this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.

 

  (b) The Trustee will not be liable for or by reason of any statements of fact in this Indenture or in the Notes (except for the representations contained in Sections 11.2 and 11.14 and in the certificate of the Trustee on the Notes) or required to verify such statements and all such statements are and will be deemed to be made by the Issuer.

 

  (c) The Trustee will not be bound to give notice to any Person of the execution of this Indenture.

 

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  (d) The Trustee will not incur any liability or responsibility whatever or in any way be responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Issuer of any of the covenants contained in this Indenture or in any Notes or of any acts of the agents or employees of the Issuer.

 

  (e) Neither the Trustee nor any Affiliate of the Trustee will be appointed a receiver or receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertaking of the Issuer.

 

  (f) Nothing in this Indenture will impose on the Trustee any obligation to see to, or to require evidence of the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Indenture or any instrument ancillary or supplemental to this Indenture in any jurisdiction.

 

11.14 Authority to Carry on Business

The Trustee represents to the Issuer that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture it is authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. If the Trustee ceases to be authorized to carry on such business in any province or territory of Canada, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the Notes issued under this Indenture will not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of such event, but within 90 days after ceasing to be authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in any province or territory of Canada the Trustee either shall become so authorized or shall resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 11.4.

 

11.15 Global Notes

Notes issued to a Depository in the form of a Global Note shall be subject to the following:

 

  (a) the Trustee may deal with such Depository as the authorized representative of the Holders of such Notes;

 

  (b) the rights of the beneficial owners of such Notes shall be exercised only through such Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and by agreement between the beneficial owners of such Notes and such Depository or the Participants;

 

  (c) such Depository will make book-entry transfers among the Participants and will receive and transmit payments of principal, Premium and interest on the Notes to such Participants;

 

  (d) the Participants shall have no rights under this Indenture or under or with respect to any of the Notes held on their behalf by such Depository, and such Depository may be treated by the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever;

 

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  (e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders evidencing a specified percentage of the outstanding Notes, the Depository shall be deemed to be counted in that percentage to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from beneficial holders of the Global Notes or from Participants; and

 

  (f) whenever a notice or other communication is required to be provided to Holders, the Trustee shall provide all such notices and communications to the Depository for delivery of such notices and communications to the beneficial holders of the Global Notes in accordance with applicable laws.

 

11.16 Trustee Appointed Attorney

The Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee to be the attorney of the Issuer in the name and on behalf of the Issuer to execute any documents and to do any acts and things which the Issuer ought to execute and do, and has not executed or done, under the covenants and provisions contained in this Indenture and generally to use the name of the Issuer in the exercise of all or any of the powers hereby conferred on the Trustee, with full powers of substitution and revocation.

 

11.17 Acceptance of Trusts

The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture and in trust for the Noteholders from time to time, subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture

 

11.18 Representation regarding Third Party Interests

The Issuer hereby represents to the Trustee that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by, the Trustee in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of the Issuer, is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party.

 

11.19 Anti-Money-Laundering

The Trustee shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Trustee, in its sole judgment, acting reasonably, determines that such act might cause it to be in noncompliance with any applicable anti-money-laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Trustee, in its sole judgment, acting reasonably, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money-laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 30 days prior written notice sent to the Issuer, provided that (i) the Trustee’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance, and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Trustee’s satisfaction within such 30 day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

 

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11.20 Experts, Advisers and Agents

The Trustee may:

 

  (a) employ or retain and act and rely on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any solicitor, auditor or other expert, whether obtained by the Trustee or by the Issuer, or otherwise, and shall not be liable for acting, or refusing to act, in good faith on any such opinion or advice and may pay proper and reasonable compensation for all such legal and other advice or assistance as aforesaid; and

 

  (b) employ such agents and other assistants as it may reasonably require for the proper discharge of its duties hereunder, and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it (and shall be entitled to receive reasonable remuneration for all services performed by it) in the discharge of the trusts hereof and compensation for all reasonable disbursements, costs and expenses made or incurred by it in the discharge of its duties hereunder and in the management of the trusts hereof and any solicitors employed or consulted by the Trustee may, but need not be, solicitors for the Issuer.

ARTICLE 12

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

12.1 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders

From time to time the Trustee and, when authorized by a resolution of the Issuer, the Issuer may, and they shall when required by this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of outstanding Notes, execute, acknowledge and deliver by their proper officers Supplemental Indentures, which thereafter shall form part of this Indenture, for any one or more of the following purposes:

 

  (a) providing for the assumption by a successor to the obligations of the Issuer, under this Indenture;

 

  (b) providing for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

  (c) providing for the issuance of one or more Series of Notes in accordance with this Indenture;

 

  (d) securing all or any of the Notes of any Series, to the extent otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

 

  (e) adding to the covenants of the Issuer or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred by the Issuer ;

 

  (f) effecting any provision of this Indenture;

 

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  (g) conforming the text of this Indenture or the Notes to the “Description of the Notes” set forth in this Offering Memorandum to the extent such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim, or substantially verbatim, recitation of a provision of this Indenture or the Notes; or

 

  (h) making other provisions that do not adversely affect the rights of any holder of outstanding Notes.

The Trustee may also, without the consent or concurrence of the Noteholders, by Supplemental Indenture or otherwise, concur with the Issuer in making any changes or corrections in this Indenture or any Notes which it shall have been advised by Counsel are required for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defective or inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error contained herein or therein or in any Supplemental Indenture, provided that, in the opinion of Counsel, the rights of the Noteholders are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

12.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

With the consent of the Holders of greater than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture, by act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time 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 the Notes of such Series or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes of such Series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of all Holders of the Notes of any Series then outstanding and affected thereby: (a) extend the final maturity of the principal of any Notes; (b) reduce the principal amount of any Notes; (c) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest, including default interest, on any Notes; (d) reduce any amount payable on redemption of any Notes; (e) change the currency in which the principal of, Premium, if any, or interest, on any Notes is payable; (f) waive a continuing default or event of default, or any acceleration in respect thereof, in the payment of principal of or Premium, if any, or interest on any Notes; (g) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any Notes when due; or (h) make any change in the percentage in principal amount of any Series of Notes, the consent of the holders of which is required for any such amendment.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any Series may, on behalf of the holders of all Notes of such Series, waive compliance with any covenant or any past default under the Indenture with respect to such Notes, except a default in the payment of the principal of, Premium, if any, or interest on any Note of that Series or in respect of a provision which under this Indenture cannot be amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 12.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

 

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12.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures

Upon the execution of any Supplemental Indenture, this Indenture (and any Notes) shall be modified in accordance therewith, such Supplemental Indentures shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes to which such Supplemental Indenture relates shall be bound thereby. Any Supplemental Indenture may contain terms which add to, modify or negate any of the terms contained in this Indenture or the Notes, and to the extent that there is any difference between the terms of this Indenture or the Notes and the terms contained in a Supplemental Indenture, the terms contained in the Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes to which such Supplemental Indenture relates and the corresponding terms contained in this Indenture or the Notes shall not be applicable unless otherwise indicated in such Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE 13

EVIDENCE OF RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS

 

13.1 Evidence of Rights of Noteholders

Any instrument which this Indenture may require or permit to be signed or executed by the Noteholders may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor and may be signed or executed by such Noteholders in person or by attorney duly appointed in writing. Proof of the execution of any such instrument, or of a writing appointing any such attorney or (subject to the provisions of Section 9.9 with regard to voting at meetings of Noteholders) of the holding by any Person of Notes shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture if the fact and date of the execution by any Person of such instrument or writing are proved by the certificate of any notary public or other office authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded at the place at which such certificate is made, that the Person signing such request or other instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution, or in any other manner which the Trustee may consider adequate. The Trustee may, nevertheless, in its discretion, require further proof when it deems further proof desirable or may accept such other proof as it shall consider proper. The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the registers as provided pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2.

ARTICLE 14

EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE

 

14.1 Counterpart Execution

This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Indenture by any party hereto by facsimile transmission, email (including by PDF) or other form of electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed copy of this Indenture by such party.

 

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14.2 Formal Date

For the purpose of convenience, this Indenture may be referred to as bearing formal date of June 16, 2016, irrespective of the actual date of execution thereof.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Indenture and the hands of their proper officers in that behalf.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Gregory W. Blunden

  Name:   Gregory W. Blunden
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

  Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
  Title:   Corporate Secretary
CST TRUST COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Radha Mulchan-Singh

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Andersen

  Authorized Signatory

 

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SCHEDULE A

“This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee thereof.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”) to Emera Incorporated or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of CDS & Co., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS (and any payment is made to CDS & Co., or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered holder hereof, CDS & Co., has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.”

 

A-1

EXHIBIT 1.4

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE

This First Supplemental Trust Indenture is entered into as of the 16th day of June, 2016 between:

EMERA INCORPORATED , a company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia

(the “ Issuer ”)

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CST TRUST COMPANY , a trust company incorporated under the laws of Canada

(the “ Trustee ”)

WHEREAS the Issuer and the Trustee entered into a trust indenture (the “ Indenture ”) dated June 16, 2016 to provide for the creation and issuance of senior unsecured notes;

AND WHEREAS Section 12.1 of the Indenture provides that the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Indenture;

AND WHEREAS the Issuer has determined to create and issue a first Series of Notes to be designated as 2.900% senior unsecured notes due June 16, 2023 (Series 2016-1) (the “ Series 2016-1 Notes ”) and to enter into this first supplemental trust indenture (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”) with the Trustee to provide for such creation and issuance of the Series 2016-1 Notes;

AND WHEREAS all necessary acts and proceedings have been done and taken and all necessary resolutions have been passed to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, to make the same effective and binding upon the Issuer, and to make the Series 2016-1 Notes, when certified by the Trustee and issued as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Issuer with the benefit and subject to the terms of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;

AND WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Issuer and not by the Trustee.

NOW THEREFORE it is hereby covenanted, agreed and declared as set forth below.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE

 

1.1 Definitions

 

  (a) All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.


  (b) In this Supplemental Indenture, all references to Articles, Sections and Schedules refer, unless otherwise specified, to articles, sections and schedules of or to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

1.2 Amendments to Indenture

This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture shall hereafter be read together and shall have effect, so far as practicable, with respect to the Series 2016-1 Notes as if all the provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture were contained in one instrument. The Indenture is and shall remain in full force and effect with regards to all matters governing the Series 2016-1 Notes, except as the Indenture is amended, superseded, modified or supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail.

ARTICLE 2

THE SERIES 2016-1 NOTES

 

2.1 Creation and Designation

There is hereby authorized to be issued under the Indenture a Series of Notes designated as 2.900% senior unsecured notes due June 16, 2023 (Series 2016-1). The Series 2016-1 Notes shall have the terms set forth in this Article 2 and be subject to the applicable provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

2.2 Form and Terms of Series 2016-1 Notes

 

  (a) The Series 2016-1 Notes authorized for issue are initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 and shall be designated as 2.900% senior unsecured notes due June 16, 2023 (Series 2016-1); provided that the Issuer may, without the consent of the Noteholders, increase the principal amount of the Series 2016-1 Notes outstanding by issuing additional Series 2016-1 Notes (“Additional Notes”) in the future on the same terms and conditions (including, without limitation, the right to receive accrued and unpaid interest), except for differences in the issue price and issue date of the Additional Notes, and with the same CUSIP/ISIN numbers as the Series 2016-1 Notes then outstanding; provided further that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the Series 2016-1 Notes then outstanding for income tax purposes, the Additional Notes shall have separate CUSIP/ISIN numbers. No Additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Series 2016-1 Notes. Any Additional Notes shall rank equally and ratably with the Series 2016-1 Notes then outstanding and shall be treated as a single series for all purposes hereunder and under the Indenture. From and after the issue date of any Additional Notes, any reference herein to Series 2016-1 Notes shall include such Additional Notes.

 

  (b) The Series 2016-1 Notes shall mature on June 16, 2023.

 

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  (c) The Series 2016-1 Notes bear interest from June 16, 2016, or from the last Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest shall have been paid or made available for payment thereon, whichever is later, to, but excluding the next Interest Payment Date, at the rate of 2.900% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears in equal instalments on June 16 and December 16 in each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) commencing December 16, 2016, in an amount equal to $14.50 per $1,000 principal amount. The first interest payment on December 16, 2016 shall be in respect of Series 2016-1 Notes issued on the date hereof and the last such payment (representing interest payable from and including the last Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date of the Series 2016-1 Notes or the earlier Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date or Redemption Date of the Series 2016-1 Notes), subject as herein provided, to fall due on June 16, 2023 or the earlier Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date or Redemption Date, payable after as well as before maturity and after as well as before default, with interest on amounts in default at the same rate, compounded semi-annually. Interest payable for any period less than a full semi-annual period shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period.

 

  (d) The Issuer will be required to redeem the portion of the then outstanding Series 2016-1 Notes that is in excess of $300 million aggregate principal amount, on a pro rata basis according to the principal amount of the Series 2016-1 Notes registered in the name of each Holder of Series 2016-1 Notes, on the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date (as defined below) at a Redemption Price (the “ Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2016-1 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including June 16, 2016, or from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest shall have been paid or made available for payment therein, whichever is later, to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date if:

 

  (i) the closing of the Acquisition (as defined below) has not occurred by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Triggering Date (as defined below); or

 

  (ii) the Acquisition Agreement (as defined below) is terminated at any time prior to the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Triggering Date (the “ Special Mandatory Partial Redemption ”).

Acquisition ” means the proposed acquisition by the Issuer of TECO Energy, Inc. (“ TECO Energy ”) pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

Acquisition Agreement ” means the agreement and plan of merger dated September 4, 2015, among the Issuer, Emera US Inc. and TECO Energy.

Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date ” means the twentieth (20th) Business Day following the earlier of the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Triggering Date (as defined below) and the date on which the Acquisition Agreement is terminated.

 

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Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Triggering Date ” means the later of (i) December 31, 2016 and (ii) the date that is no later than June 30, 2017 if the closing of the Acquisition has been extended by the Issuer or TECO Energy in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, instalments of interest on the Series 2016-1 Notes to be redeemed that are due and payable on the Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the Record Date in accordance with the Series 2016-1 Notes and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture. The Issuer will cause notice of the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption to be sent (or delivered in accordance with the procedures of the Depository) to Holders of the Series 2016-1 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption to each Holder at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Price of the Series 2016-1 Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee on or before such Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date, and the applicable conditions under Article 4 of the Indenture are satisfied, on and after such Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date, the Series 2016-A Notes so redeemed will cease to bear interest.

Upon the occurrence of the closing of the Acquisition, the foregoing provisions regarding the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption will cease to apply.

 

  (e) In addition to the Special Mandatory Partial Redemption, the Series 2016-1 Notes are redeemable at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, on not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice on payment of a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) the applicable Canada Yield Price and (ii) par, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. In the event that the Company elects to redeem the Series 2016-1 Notes in whole or in part on or after May 16, 2023 (one month prior to the Maturity Date of the Series 2016-1 Notes) (the “ Par Call Date ”), the Redemption Price shall equal par, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

The “ Canada Yield Price ” means a price equal to the price of the Series 2016-1 Notes calculated to provide a yield to the Part Call Date equal to the Government of Canada Yield calculated on the date on which the Issuer gives notice of redemption plus 0.50%.

The “ Government of Canada Yield ” on any date means the yield to the Par Call Date on such date, compounded semi-annually and calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice, which a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued in Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity equal to the remaining term to the Par Call Date calculated as of the redemption date of the Series 2016-1 Notes, such yield to the Par Call Date being the average of the yields provided by two major Canadian investment dealers selected by the Issuer.

 

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  (f) The Series 2016-1 Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. Each certificate representing the Series 2016-1 Notes and the certificate of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be issued in substantially the form set out in Schedule A to this Supplemental Indenture, with such insertions, omissions, substitutions or other variations as shall be required or permitted by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities regulatory authority or to conform with general usage, all as may be determined by any two authorized directors and/or officers of the Issuer executing such Series 2016-1 Note in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Indenture, as conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. Each certificate representing the Series 2016-1 Notes shall additionally bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Trustee shall approve. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the certificate representing the Series 2016-1 Notes may be in such other form or forms as may, from time to time, be, approved by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, or as specified in an Officers’ Certificate. The certificate representing the Series 2016-1 Notes may be engraved, lithographed, printed, mimeographed or typewritten or partly in one form and partly in another.

The Series 2016-1 Notes shall be issued as a Global Note and the Global Note will be registered in the name of the Depository which, as of the date hereof, shall be CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (or any nominee of the Depository). No beneficial holder will receive definitive certificates representing their interest in Series 2016-1 Notes except as provided in Section 2.5 of the Indenture. A Global Note may be exchanged for Series 2016-1 Notes in registered form that are not Global Notes, or transferred to and registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository for such Global Notes or a nominee thereof as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture.

 

  (g) The Trustee shall be provided with the documents and instruments referred to in Sections 2.7(c) of the Indenture with respect to the Series 2016-1 Notes prior to the issuance of the Series 2016-1 Notes.

ARTICLE 3

ADDITIONAL MATTERS

 

3.1 Confirmation of Indenture

The Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects confirmed.

 

3.2 Acceptance of Trusts

The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Supplemental Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions and subject to the provisions set forth in the Indenture.

 

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3.3 Governing Law

This Supplemental Indenture and the Series 2016-1 Notes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated, in all respects, as Nova Scotia contracts.

 

3.4 Further Assurances

The parties shall, with reasonable diligence, do all such things and provide all such reasonable assurances as may be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Supplemental Indenture, and each party shall provide such further documents or instruments required by the other party as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and carry out its provisions.

 

3.5 Counterparts and Formal Date

This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution shall be deemed to bear date as of June 16, 2016.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Supplemental Indenture.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Gregory W. Blunden

  Name:   Gregory W. Blunden
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

  Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
  Title:   Corporate Secretary
CST TRUST COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Radha Mulchan-Singh

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Andersen

  Authorized Signatory


SCHEDULE A

This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee thereof.

Unless permitted under securities legislation, the holder of this security must not trade the security before the date that is 4 months and a day after June 16, 2016.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”) to Emera Incorporated (the “Issuer”) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of CDS & Co., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS (and any payment is made to CDS & Co., or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered holder hereof, CDS & Co., has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.

 

No. ●    CUSIP/ISIN: 290876AC5/CA290876AC55    

EMERA INCORPORATED

(a company formed under the laws of Nova Scotia)

2.900% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

DUE JUNE 16, 2023 (SERIES 2016-1)

EMERA INCORPORATED (the “ Issuer ”), for value received, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the indenture (the “ Original Indenture ”) dated as of June 16, 2016 between the Issuer and CST Trust Company (the “ Trustee ”), as amended by a first supplemental trust indenture (the “ First Supplemental Trust Indenture ”) dated as of June 16, 2016 (the Original Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Trust Indenture being referred to as the “ Indenture ”) between the Issuer and the Trustee, promises to pay to the registered holder hereof on June 16, 2023 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of ● ($● ) in lawful money of Canada on presentation and surrender of this 2.900% senior unsecured note due June 16, 2023 (Series 2016-1) (the “ Series 2016-1 Notes ”) at the principal office of the Trustee in Montreal, Quebéc in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Series 2016-1 Notes shall, subject as herein provided, bear interest on the principal amount hereof from June 16, 2016, or from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest shall have been paid or made available for payment hereon, whichever is later, at the rate of 2.900% per annum, in like money, payable semi-annually in arrears in equal instalments on June 16 and December 16 in each year commencing on December 16, 2016 in an amount equal to $14.50 per $1,000 principal amount. The last interest payment representing interest payable from the last Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or earlier Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date or Redemption Date will fall due on the Maturity Date or

 

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earlier Special Mandatory Partial Redemption Date or Redemption Date and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal or interest, the Issuer shall pay interest on the amount in default at the same rate, in like money and on the same dates on which interest is otherwise payable. Interest payable for any period less than a full semi-annual period shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period. Interest hereon shall be payable by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to the registered holder hereof or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof, and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the sending of such electronic transfer of funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any tax withheld) satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on this Series 2016-1 Note.

This Series 2016-1 Note is one of the Notes of the Issuer issued or issuable in one or more Series under the provisions of the Original Indenture. The Series 2016-1 Notes authorized for issue are limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 in lawful money of Canada. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the Series 2016-1 Notes are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the Series 2016-1 Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Series 2016-1 Note by acceptance hereof assents.

The Series 2016-1 Notes are issuable only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.

The Issuer will be required to redeem all or part of the Series 2016-1 Notes in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture. In addition, the Issuer may redeem the Series 2016-1 Notes, in whole or in part, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Series 2016-1 Note, and by all other Series 2016-1 Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct unsecured obligation of the Issuer, and ranks equally and pari passu with each other and with Notes of every other Series (regardless of their actual dates or terms of issue) and, subject to statutory preferred exceptions, with all other present and future unsubordinated and unsecured indebtedness of the Issuer, except as to sinking fund provisions applicable to different series of Notes and other similar types of obligations, of the Issuer.

The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.

Any payment of money to any holder of Series 2016-1 Notes will be reduced by the amount of applicable withholding tax, if any. The Original Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of Notes outstanding thereunder (or in certain circumstances specific Series of Notes) resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of Notes outstanding (or specific Series), which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of these Series 2016-1 Notes or the Indenture.

 

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The Series 2016-1 Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in Toronto and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this Series 2016-1 Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee and/or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this Series 2016-1 Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new Series 2016-1 Note or Series 2016-1 Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.

This Series 2016-1 Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Indenture.

Capitalized words or expressions used in the Series 2016-1 Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If any of the provisions of this Series 2016-1 Note are inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall take precedence and shall govern.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF EMERA INCORPORATED has caused this Series 2016-1 Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the ● day of ●,●.

 

EMERA INCORPORATED
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE

This Series 2016-1 Note is one of the 2.900% Senior Unsecured Notes due June 16, 2023 (Series 2016-1) referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.

 

CST TRUST COMPANY
By:  

 

  (Authorized Officer)

(FORM OF REGISTRATION PANEL)

(No writing hereon except by Trustee or other registrar)

 

Date of Registration

  

In Whose Name Registered

  

Signature of Trustee or Registrar

   CDS & Co.   
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT 1.5

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated June 16, 2016 (the “ Closing Date ”) is entered into by and among Emera US Finance LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), as issuer, with all limited and general partnership interests, including the sole general partnership interest in the Partnership owned by Emera US Finance General Partner Inc. (the “General Partner”), directly or indirectly owned by Emera Incorporated, a Nova Scotia company (“Emera”), and Emera US Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Emera, as guarantors (each a “ Guarantor ” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as representatives (the “ Representatives ”) of the several initial purchasers (the “ Initial Purchasers ”) named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Partnership and the Guarantors are hereby collectively referred to as the “ Obligors .”

The Obligors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated June 9, 2016 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), which provides for the sale by the Partnership to the Initial Purchasers of i) $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.15% Senior Notes due 2019, (ii) $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.70% Senior Notes due 2021, (iii) $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% Senior Notes due 2026, and (iv) $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Notes due 2046 (collectively, the “ Notes ”), which will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”). The Notes and the Guarantees are hereby collectively referred to as the “ Securities .” As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Obligors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Business Day ” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or the Province of Nova Scotia are authorized or required by law to remain closed. For purposes of this Agreement, if the day on which any deadline specified in this Agreement expires is not a Business Day, such deadline shall be deemed to expire on the next succeeding Business Day.

Canadian Prospectus ” means a prospectus of Emera meeting the requirements of applicable Nova Scotia Securities Laws included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement under the MJDS (as defined herein) (with such additions and deletions as are required or permitted under the MJDS) filed with the NSSC (as defined herein) under National Instrument 71-101 – The Multijurisdictional Disclosure System (“ National Instrument 71-101 ”) for which a final receipt or notification of clearance has been or will be issued by the NSSC.

Closing Date ” means June 16, 2016.


Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Exchange Dates ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

Exchange Offer ” shall mean the exchange offer by the Obligors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration ” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4, Form F-4, Form F-10 and/or, if applicable, any other appropriate form (which, in the case of a registration statement that is prepared in part on Form F-10, shall include a Canadian Prospectus in the form of a base shelf prospectus contemplated by National Instrument 44-102- Shelf Distributions (“National Instrument 44-102”) or a short form prospectus contemplated by National Instrument 44-101- Short Form Prospectus Distributions (“National Instrument 44-101”) or other appropriate form, prepared and filed with the NSSC under National Instrument 71-101) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities ” shall mean unsecured senior notes issued by the Partnership and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities or, if no such interest has been paid, from the Closing Date and (ii) the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Free Writing Prospectus ” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Partnership or used or referred to by the Partnership in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

General Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Guarantees ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Guarantors ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and any Guarantor’s successor that Guarantees the Securities.

Holders ” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

 

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Indemnified Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indenture ” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of June 16, 2016 among the Obligors and the Trustee, as trustee, as amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated as of June 16, 2016, and as the same may be further amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Purchasers ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Inspector ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.

Issuer Information ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

Majority Holders ” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided , further , that if the Partnership shall issue any additional Securities of the same series under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

MJDS ” means the U.S./Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure System adopted by the SEC and Canadian securities regulators.

Notice and Questionnaire ” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Partnership upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder.

Nova Scotia Securities Laws ” shall mean the Securities Act (Nova Scotia) and the rules, regulations and national, multijurisdictional or local instruments and published policy statements applicable in the Province of Nova Scotia, including the rules and procedures established pursuant to National Instrument 44-101 and, if applicable, National Instrument 44-102.

NSSC ” means the Nova Scotia Securities Commission.

Participating Broker-Dealers ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

Participating Holder ” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Partnership in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof.

 

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Partnership ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Partnership’s successors.

Person ” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus ” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act and General Instruction II.L. to Form F-10, if applicable, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registrable Securities ” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding, (iii) when, in the case of a Holder of such Securities who was entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer, an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and either (a) such Securities shall have been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for Exchange Securities or (b) such Securities were not tendered by the Holder thereof in the Exchange Offer or (iv) when such Securities have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act.

Registration Default ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or Section 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not become effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (iii) if the Partnership receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90 days after delivery of such Shelf Request, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter, on more than two occasions in any 12-month period during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement.

Registration Expenses ” shall mean any and all reasonable expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Obligors with this Agreement, including without limitation:

 

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(i) all NSSC, SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel in any particular jurisdiction for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Obligors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the Obligors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Holders and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

Registration Statement ” shall mean any registration statement of the Obligors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Representatives ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration ” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement ” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Obligors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act or General Instruction II.L. to Form F-10, if applicable, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC (which in the case of a registration statement prepared in part on Form F-10 shall include a Canadian Prospectus in the form of a base shelf prospectus contemplated by National Instrument 44-102 or a short form prospectus contemplated by National Instrument 44-101 or other appropriate form, prepared and filed with the NSSC under

 

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National Instrument 71-101), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Shelf Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Staff ” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

Target Registration Date ” shall mean 365 days after the Closing Date.

Trust Indenture Act ” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Trustee ” shall mean American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

Underwriter ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(f) hereof.

Underwritten Offering ” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act . (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (y) have such Registration Statement become and remain effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, pursuant to Section 4 hereof. The Obligors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date and keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is sent to Holders pursuant to the next paragraph.

The Obligors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing or making available the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents, if any, to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

 

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

 

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed or made available) (the “ Exchange Dates ”);

 

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;

 

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(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

 

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address specified in the notice, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Obligors, in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal), that (1) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Registrable Securities from such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Partnership or any Guarantor, (4) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”), that it has not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Registrable Securities and (5) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to:

 

(I) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

 

(II) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Partnership and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to the depository, one or more Exchange Securities in global form in an equivalent principal amount thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture.

The Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

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The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.

For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any provision of this Section 2(a) purporting to require physical mailing, delivery or acceptance of any document or instrument, the Obligors may conduct the Exchange Offer exclusively through the automated tender offer program of the Depository Trust Company or any successor or similar system permitting electronic transmittal, tender and acceptance of documents and instruments, provided that this provision shall apply only to Registrable Securities held in the form of beneficial interests in a global note deposited with (or held by a custodian for) the Depository Trust Company.

(b) In the event that (i) the Obligors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a “ Shelf Request ”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, in each case unless the Obligors have previously done so, the Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the Prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement, until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Partnership as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof.

In the event that the Obligors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Obligors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earliest of (A) the time when all such Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations by non-affiliates of ours under clause (d) of Rule 144, (B) the date on which all such Securities are disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, (C) one year after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, or (D) the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities (the “ Shelf Effectiveness Period” ). The Obligors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement (which, in the case of a registration statement prepared in part on Form F-10 shall include a Canadian Prospectus or supplement thereto filed with the NSSC under National Instrument 71-101), the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the

 

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registration form used by the Obligors for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Obligors agree to furnish or otherwise make available to the Participating Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c) The Obligors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Holder and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC, except to the extent that an Exchange Offer Registration Statement prepared in part on Form F-10 has otherwise become effective in accordance with the MJDS. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 or Rule 467 under the Securities Act.

If a Registration Default occurs, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on the day immediately following such Registration Default and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, so long as any Securities not registered under an Exchange Offer Registration Statement are then covered by a Shelf Registration, no additional interest shall accrue on such Securities), in each case until and including the date such Registration Default ends, up to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum; provided that in no event shall the additional interest on the Securities exceed 0.50% per annum; provided , further , that in no event shall the Obligors be obligated to pay additional interest under more than one Registration Default at any one time. A Registration Default ends when the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is completed, (2) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (iv) or clause (v) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there is no Registration Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply as if there occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such Registration Default occurred and ends on such next date that there is no Registration Default.

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been cured (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not, however, affect the Obligors’ obligations hereunder to pay additional interest that has accrued to such date and that remains unpaid).

(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Obligors acknowledge that any failure by the Partnership or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Obligors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

(f) No Holder of Registrable Securities may include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Obligors, in writing within 30 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information with respect to such Holder (i) specified in Items 507 and 508 (as applicable) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and (ii) specified in any other applicable rules, regulations or policies of the SEC for use in connection with any Shelf Registration or Prospectus included therein, on a form to be provided by the Obligors or reasonably requested by the Obligors. No Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to additional interest if a Registration Default occurs unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to furnish promptly to the Obligors additional information to be disclosed so that the information previously furnished to the Obligors by such Holder does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(g) Additional interest shall not accrue with respect to an event listed in Sections (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of the definition of “Registration Default” (each, a “ Shelf Effectiveness Registration Default ”) if (i) such Shelf Effectiveness Registration Default under Sections (iv) or (v) of the definition of “Registration Default” occurs because of the filing of a post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Obligors where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus, (ii) such Shelf Effectiveness Registration Default occurs in respect of a Shelf Registration because of the occurrence of other material events or developments with respect to the Obligors that would need to be described in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus, and the effectiveness of such Registration Statement is reasonably required to be suspended while such Registration Statement and related Prospectus are amended or supplemented to reflect such events or developments, or (iii) such Shelf Effectiveness Registration Default occurs in respect of a Shelf Registration because the Obligors exercise their rights under Section 3(a)(x)(b) hereof not to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement, any related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, for the limited periods stated therein.

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commencing with the first interest payment date occurring after any such additional interest commences to accrue.

3. Registration Procedures . (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Obligors shall use their reasonable best efforts to:

(i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Obligors, (B) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (C) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include (including through incorporation by reference, if available to the Obligors) all financial statements required by the NSSC and SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and, except as provided in Section 3(a)(x)(b) hereof, cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any prospectus supplement required by applicable law and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act or, to the extent applicable, General Instruction II.L. to Form F-10; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(a)(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Partnership or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Participating Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any (if any Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers are included in the Shelf Registration Statement), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Obligors consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Participating Holders and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

(v) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the

 

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applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder; provided that neither the Partnership nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(a)(v), (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject or (4) make any changes to its incorporating organization documents;

(vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC, any state securities authority, or the NSSC for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC, any state securities authority, the NSSC or any Canadian securities regulator of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Partnership of any notice of objection of the SEC, the NSSC or any Canadian securities regulator to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Partnership or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Partnership or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Partnership or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be appropriate; provided , however , that, in the case of clauses (4), (5) and (6), with respect to any event, development or transaction permitted to be kept confidential without the accrual of additional interest under Section 2(g) hereof, the Obligors shall not be required to describe such event, development or transaction in the written notice provided;

(vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, including by

 

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filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, as soon as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

(ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(x) (a) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC and the NSSC, as applicable, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Obligors shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and the Initial Purchasers and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Partnership (in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Obligors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission and expressly agree to maintain the information contained in such notice confidential (except that such information may be disclosed to their counsel) until it has been publicly disclosed by the Obligors.

(b) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Obligors shall not be required to amend or supplement a Registration Statement, any related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference if (i) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration, any related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, would, in the Obligors’ good faith judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading (with respect to such a Prospectus only, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), and (ii) (a) the Obligors determine in their good faith judgment that the disclosure of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or prospects of the Obligors, or (b) the disclosure otherwise relates to

 

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a pending material business transaction that has not yet been publicly disclosed; provided , however , that the Obligors may only suspend the offering and sale of Securities under a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this clause (x) for a period or periods not in excess of 60 consecutive days or more than two (2) times during any 12-month period during which such Shelf Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable hereunder;

(xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Obligors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such document, provided that the Initial Purchasers, the Participating Holders and their respective counsel shall agree to take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of any material non-public information provided; and the Obligors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object on a timely basis;

(xii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, reasonably cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

(xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration upon reasonable notice, make available for inspection by a representative of the Participating Holders (an “ Inspector ”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating Holders and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of Emera and its subsidiaries as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Obligors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such

 

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Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with their due diligence responsibilities under a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that each such Underwriter, attorney or accountant shall agree in writing that it will keep such information confidential and that it will not disclose any of the information that the Obligors determine, in good faith, to be confidential and notifies them in writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or material omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) the information in has been made generally available to the public other than by any of such persons or its affiliates; provided, however, that prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Obligors of the potential disclosure of any information by such person pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence in order to permit the Obligors to obtain a protective order (or waive the provisions of this paragraph (xiv));

(xvi) if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment promptly after the Partnership has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing;

(xvii) if reasonably requested by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities being sold in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and use reasonable best efforts to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of Emera and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same in writing if and when required by the applicable purchase agreement, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Obligors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Participating Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Obligors (and, if necessary, any other registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Partnership or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Partnership or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Obligors

 

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made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement;

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Partnership may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Partnership a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Obligors may from time to time reasonably request in writing;

(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Obligors may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Obligors such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Obligors may from time to time reasonably request in writing. The Obligors may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities of any Holder so long as such Holder fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Obligors all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Obligors by such Holder not materially misleading;

(d) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Obligors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Participating Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Obligors, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Obligors (at their expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(e) If the Obligors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Obligors shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Obligors may give any such notice for a period or periods not in excess of 60 consecutive days or more than two (2) times during any 12-month period.

(f) The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “ Underwriter ”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such offering.

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer . (a) The Staff has taken the position that any Participating Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the

 

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meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The Obligors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Obligors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(e) hereof), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:

(i) the Obligors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(a)(x), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Obligors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and

(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Obligors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Obligors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Obligors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers (or other Holders with similar prospectus delivery obligations); and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Obligors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with two entities representing the Participating Broker-Dealers (and such other Holders with similar prospectus delivery obligations), which shall be J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. unless either entity elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers (and such other Holders with similar prospectus delivery obligations), which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Effective Date of such Registration Statement and with respect to each

 

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subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.

The Obligors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Partnership, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.

5. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Partnership and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“ Issuer Information ”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Partnership in writing through the Representatives or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Obligors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Obligors, each officer of the Obligors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Partnership, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Partnership in

 

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writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b above, such Person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Representatives, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Partnership. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any

 

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settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Obligors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Obligors on the one hand and Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Obligors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Obligors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Partnership, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

 

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(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Partnership or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Partnership or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. General .

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements.   The Obligors represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Partnership or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Partnership nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

(b) Amendments and Waivers.   The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Obligors have obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

(c) Judgment Currency . In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that is expressed and paid in a currency (the “ judgment currency ”) other than United States dollars, the Obligors, joint and severally, will indemnify each Initial Purchaser against any loss incurred by such Initial Purchaser as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the rate of exchange at which an Initial Purchaser is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of judgment currency actually received by such Initial Purchaser. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Obligors and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “ rate of exchange ” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into United States dollars.

(d) Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, electronic transmission or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

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(i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Partnership by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(d), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(ii) if to the Obligors:

Emera Incorporated

5151 Terminal Road

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1A1

Attention: Stephen D. Aftanas, Corporate Secretary

Fax No.: (902) 428-6171

with a copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Byron B. Rooney

Fax No.: (212) 701-5658; and

(iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(d).

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied or electronically transmitted; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture to the extent required by the Indenture or applicable law.

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Partnership or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

 

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(f) Third Party Beneficiaries.  Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Obligors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(h) Headings.   The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Governing Law.   This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(j) Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunity . The Obligors hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Obligors waive any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Obligors agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Obligors and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Obligors, as applicable, is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Obligors have appointed CT Corporation System, as its authorized agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) upon whom process may be served in any such action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be instituted in any New York Court by any Initial Purchaser or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable and in full force and effect so long as any securities are outstanding. The Obligors represent and warrant that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process and agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Obligors shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Obligors.

To the extent that the Partnership or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law.

 

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The provisions of this Section 6(j) shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part.

(k) Entire Agreement; Severability.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Partnership, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EMERA US FINANCE LP
By:   EMERA US FINANCE GENERAL PARTNER INC.,
 

its general partner

By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
Title:   President
By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
Title:   Secretary
EMERA INCORPORATED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Greg Blunden

Name:   Greg Blunden
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
EMERA US HOLDINGS INC., as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Christopher G. Huskilson

Name:   Christopher G. Huskilson
Title:   President
By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Aftanas

Name:   Stephen D. Aftanas
Title:   Secretary


Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

Name:   Som Bhattacharyya
Title:   Vice President
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
By:  

/s/ Paul McKeown

Name:   Paul McKeown
Title:   Managing Director
For themselves and on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement

EXHIBIT 1.6

 

LOGO

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR

DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Emera Incorporated announces the closing of the offering of US$1.2 billion 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Subordinated Notes, Cdn$500 million 2.90% Senior Notes and US$3.25 billion aggregate principal amount of multiple series of Senior Notes as part of the funding for the acquisition of TECO Energy, Inc.

Halifax, NS (June 16, 2016): Emera Incorporated (“Emera” or the “Company”) (TSX: EMA) announced today that it has completed the sale of US$1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Subordinated Notes – Series 2016-A due June 2076 (the “Hybrid Notes”). J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as sole book runner and structuring agent in connection with the Hybrid Notes offering and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as co-managing underwriters.

In addition, Emera announced today that it has completed the sale of Cdn$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.90% Senior Notes Series 2016-1 due June 16, 2023 (the “Canadian Notes”) on a private placement basis. Scotia Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Canada Inc. acted as joint book running managers in connection with the Canadian Notes offering, and CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. acted as co-managing agents.

Emera also announced today that Emera US Finance LP (the “U.S. Notes Issuer”), a limited partnership wholly-owned directly and indirectly by Emera, has completed the sale of US$3,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of multiple series of senior, unsecured notes (the “U.S. Notes”), fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Emera US Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera, and Emera. J.P Morgan Securities LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. acted as joint book running managers in connection with the U.S. Notes offering. Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as co-managers.

The offerings of the Hybrid Notes, Canadian Notes and U.S. Notes, which together amount to gross proceeds of approximately Cdn$6.2 billion, are part of the financing of the previously announced acquisition of TECO Energy, Inc. (“TECO Energy”) by Emera (the “Acquisition”).

“This completes the financing for the TECO Energy acquisition,” said Chris Huskilson, President and CEO of Emera. “We look forward to working through the remaining steps in the New Mexico regulatory process and continue to expect to close the transaction in mid-2016.”

Use of Proceeds

Upon the closing of the Acquisition, Emera intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Hybrid Notes, Canadian Notes and U.S. Notes to finance, directly or indirectly, part of the purchase price payable for the Acquisition (including acquisition-related expenses). If certain of the net proceeds from the offering of the Hybrid Notes, Canadian Notes and/or U.S. Notes are not otherwise required to complete the Acquisition, Emera intends to use such net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

If (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to the later of December 31, 2016 and the date that is no later than June 30, 2017 if the closing of the Acquisition has been extended by Emera or TECO Energy in accordance with the terms of the agreement and plan of merger relating to the Acquisition (the “Acquisition Agreement”) (as such date may be extended, the “special mandatory redemption triggering date”) or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to the special mandatory redemption triggering date, then Emera will be required to redeem the Hybrid Notes and the portion of the Canadian Notes that is in excess of Cdn$300 million aggregate principal amount on a pro rata basis, and the U.S. Notes Issuer will be required to redeem the U.S. Notes.


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Forward Looking Information

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws with respect to, among other things, the Acquisition and the intended use of the net proceeds from the sale of the Hybrid Notes, the Canadian Notes and U.S. Notes. By its nature, forward-looking information requires Emera to make assumptions and is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements reflect the current beliefs of the management teams of Emera and are based on information currently available to Emera. There is a risk that predictions, forecasts, conclusions and projections that constitute forward-looking information will not prove to be accurate, that the assumptions of Emera may not be correct and that actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking information. Additional detailed information about these assumptions, risks and uncertainties with respect to Emera is included in Emera’s securities regulatory filings, including under the heading “Business Risks and Risk Management” in Emera’s annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis, and under the heading “Principal Risks and Uncertainties” in the notes to Emera’s annual and interim financial statements. The securities regulatory filings of Emera can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com . Except as required by law, Emera disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Emera

Emera is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with approximately Cdn$11.5 billion in assets and 2015 revenues of Cdn$2.79 billion. Emera invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. Emera’s strategy is focused on the transformation of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the delivery of that clean energy to market. Emera has investments throughout northeastern North America and in four Caribbean countries. Emera continues to target having 75-85% of its adjusted earnings come from rate-regulated businesses. Emera’s common and preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade respectively under the symbol EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.B, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E, and EMA.PR.F, and instalment receipts are listed and trade under the symbol EMA.IR. Depositary receipts representing common shares of Emera are listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange under the symbol EMABDR. Additional Information can be accessed at www.sedar.com .

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Investor Relations:

Scott LaFleur

902-428-6375

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Media:

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