As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2019
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CSX Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia | 62-1051971 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
CSX Capital Trust I
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 54-2039106 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
CSX Transportation, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia | 54-6000720 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904) 359-3200
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Nathan D. Goldman
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary
CSX Corporation
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904) 359-3200
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Richard D. Truesdell, Jr.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public : From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has been elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(b) of Securities Act. ☐
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Title of Each Class of Securities to Be Registered |
Amount to Be Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (1) |
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Debt Securities of CSX Corporation |
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An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices is being registered pursuant to this registration statement. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depositary shares. The registrant is deferring payment of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 456(b) and is omitting this information in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r). |
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No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees of securities being registered. In accordance with Rule 457(n), no registration fee is payable with respect to such guarantees. |
PROSPECTUS
CSX Corporation
DEBT SECURITIES, WARRANTS, PREFERRED STOCK, COMMON STOCK, DEPOSITARY SHARES, PURCHASE CONTRACTS, UNITS, GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., GUARANTEES OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF CSX CAPITAL TRUST I
CSX Transportation, Inc.
DEBT SECURITIES
CSX Capital Trust I
TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
We may offer from time to time common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units, debt securities of CSX Corporation, debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., guarantees of debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., and, in conjunction with CSX Capital Trust I, guaranteed trust preferred securities.
Specific terms of these securities will be provided in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest.
Investing in these securities involves certain risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page 3 of this prospectus and beginning on page 8 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is incorporated by reference herein.
We may offer securities through one or more underwriters or dealers, through agents or directly to purchasers. If required, the prospectus supplement for each offering of securities will describe the plan of distribution for that offering. For general information about the distribution of the securities offered, see Plan of Distribution in this prospectus.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol CSX.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is February 12, 2019.
We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or in any such free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than their respective dates.
In this prospectus, except as the context may otherwise require, the terms CSX, the Company, we, us, and our refer to CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation, together with its subsidiaries; the term CSXT refers to CSX Transportation, Inc., a Virginia corporation; and references to the Trust refer to CSX Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust.
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CSX CORPORATION / CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is one of the nations leading transportation companies. The Company provides rail-based transportation services including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers.
CSXs principal operating subsidiary, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), provides an important link to the transportation supply chain through its approximately 20,500 route mile rail network, which serves major population centers in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It has access to over 70 ocean, river and lake port terminals along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. This access allows the Company to meet the dynamic transportation needs of manufacturers, industrial producers, the automotive industry, construction companies, farmers and feed mills, wholesalers and retailers, and energy producers. The Companys intermodal business links customers to railroads via trucks and terminals. CSXT also serves thousands of production and distribution facilities through track connections with other Class I railroads and approximately 230 short-line and regional railroads. CSXT is also responsible for the Companys real estate sales, leasing, acquisition and management and development activities after a merger with CSX Real Property, Inc., a former wholly-owned CSX subsidiary, on July 1, 2017. In addition, as substantially all real estate sales, leasing, acquisition and management and development activities are focused on supporting railroad operations, all results of these activities are included in operating income beginning in 2017. Previously, the results of these activities were classified as operating or non-operating based on the nature of the activity and were not material for any prior periods presented.
In addition to CSXT, the Companys subsidiaries include CSX Intermodal Terminals, Inc. (CSX Intermodal Terminals), Total Distribution Services, Inc. (TDSI), Transflo Terminal Services, Inc. (Transflo), CSX Technology, Inc. (CSX Technology) and other subsidiaries. CSX Intermodal Terminals owns and operates a system of intermodal terminals, predominantly in the eastern United States and also performs drayage services (the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments) for certain customers and trucking dispatch operations. TDSI serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations. Transflo connects non-rail served customers to the many benefits of rail by transferring products from rail to trucks. The biggest Transflo markets are chemicals and agriculture, which includes shipments of plastics and ethanol. CSX Technology and other subsidiaries provide support services for the Company.
CSX Capital Trust I, which is referred to in this prospectus as the Trust, is a statutory trust formed under Delaware law by us, as sponsor for the Trust, and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as successor to Chase Bank USA, National Association (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association), who will serve as trustee in the State of Delaware for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Trust was established pursuant to a trust agreement dated as of May 1, 2001 and a certificate of trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2001, as amended by the certificate of amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 5, 2013. The trust agreement for the Trust will be amended and restated substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the registration statement, effective when securities of the Trust are initially issued. The amended and restated trust agreement will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act).
The amended and restated trust agreement will state the terms and conditions for the Trust to issue and sell its trust preferred securities and its trust common securities (together, the trust securities). Under the amended and restated trust agreement, the Trust will exist for the exclusive purposes of:
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issuing two classes of trust securities, trust preferred securities and trust common securities, which together shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust; |
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investing the gross proceeds of the trust securities in our subordinated debt securities; |
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making distributions; and |
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engaging in only those other activities necessary, advisable or incidental to the purposes listed above. |
We will purchase all of the trust common securities of the Trust. The trust common securities will have terms substantially identical to, and will rank equal in priority of payment with, the trust preferred securities. However, if an event of default under our subordinated indenture pursuant to which the subordinated debt securities held by the Trust were issued occurs, then cash distributions and liquidation, redemption and other amounts payable on the trust common securities will rank lower in priority of payment than the trust preferred securities.
We will guarantee the trust preferred securities as described later in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Pursuant to an agreement as to expenses and liabilities that we will enter into as required under the amended and restated trust agreement, we will pay all indebtedness, expenses, fees and liabilities of the Trust, except that the Trust shall pay for its own obligations to pay to holders of trust preferred securities the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of such securities.
Subordinated debt securities of CSX will be the sole assets of the Trust, and our payments under those subordinated debt securities and the agreement as to expenses and liabilities will be the sole revenue of the Trust. No separate financial statements of the Trust are included in this prospectus. CSX considers that those financial statements would not be material to holders of the trust preferred securities because the Trust has no independent operations and the purpose of the Trust is as described above. The Trust is not required to file annual, quarterly or special reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Our, CSXTs and the Trusts principal executive offices are located at 500 Water Street, 15th Floor, Jacksonville, Florida, and our and their telephone number is (904) 359-3200. We maintain a website at www.csx.com where general information about us is available. We are not incorporating the contents of the website into this prospectus.
About this Prospectus
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that CSX Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., and CSX Capital Trust I filed with the SEC utilizing a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. The exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and the documents incorporated herein by reference contain the full text of certain contracts and other important documents summarized in this prospectus. Since these summaries may not contain all the information relating to the securities, you should review the full text of those documents.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading Where You Can Find More Information.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, from which interested persons can electronically access our SEC filings, including the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and all documents we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on February 6, 2019; |
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Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 16, 2019 (Item 8.01 only); and |
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The information responsive to Part III of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, provided in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC in two parts on April 5, 2018 and one part on May 5, 2018. |
You may request a copy of any filings referred to above, at no cost, by contacting CSX at the following address: Nathan D. Goldman, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, CSX Corporation, 500 Water Street, 15th Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202, telephone number (904) 359-3200.
SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as may, might, will, should, expects, plans, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential or continue, the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed under the caption entitled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations.
Investing in the securities covered by this prospectus involves risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks described under Risk Factors, if any, in the applicable prospectus supplement and in our then most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in any updates to those risk factors in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, together with all of the other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition and cause the value of our securities to decline. You could lose all or part of your investment.
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Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the reduction or refinancing of outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, working capital requirements, improvements in productivity and other cost reductions, redemptions and repurchases of certain outstanding securities, acquisitions and other business opportunities. CSX has not specifically allocated the proceeds to these purposes as of the date of this prospectus. The precise amount and timing of the application of the proceeds from the sale of securities will depend upon funding requirements and the availability and cost of other funds at the time of the sale of securities. Allocation of the proceeds of a particular series of securities, or the principal reasons for the offering, if no allocation has been made, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
For purposes of the Description of Debt Securities, the term CSX refers to CSX Corporation.
DEBT SECURITIES OF CSX CORPORATION
CSX may issue debt securities either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other securities. The debt securities will be either senior obligations or subordinated obligations of CSX. Senior debt securities may be issued under a senior indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between CSX and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee, as currently supplemented and amended and as further supplemented and amended from time to time (the senior indenture). Subordinated debt securities may be issued under a subordinated indenture to be entered into between CSX and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee, as may be supplemented and amended from time to time (the subordinated indenture). A copy of the senior indenture and a copy of the form of the subordinated indenture have been incorporated by reference in, or included as exhibits to, the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture, together with any other indenture CSX may enter into in connection with the issuance of debt securities, as applicable, are sometimes referred to collectively as the indentures. The trustee under the senior indenture and the trustee under the subordinated indenture, together with the trustee under any other indenture CSX may enter into in connection with the issuance of debt securities, as applicable, are sometimes referred to collectively as the trustees.
The discussion of the material provisions of the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture and the debt securities set forth below and the discussion of the material terms of a particular series of debt securities set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the applicable indenture, which provisions (including defined terms) are incorporated in this description of debt securities by reference. The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are each subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act.
The debt securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series of senior debt securities and one or more series of subordinated debt securities. Neither the senior indenture nor the subordinated indenture limits the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that may be issued under it. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a series of debt securities, a series of debt securities may be reopened for issuances of additional debt securities of that series without notice to or consent of any holder of outstanding debt securities. The terms of each series of debt securities will be established by supplemental indenture or by or pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors and set forth in, or determined in the manner provided for in, an officers certificate.
The following description of debt securities summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the series of senior or subordinated debt securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of each series of debt securities offered by a prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements will be described in the prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements relating to that series. The prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements will also indicate whether the general terms and provisions described in this prospectus do not apply to a particular series of debt securities.
Unless otherwise indicated, currency amounts in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement are stated in United States dollars.
General
The prospectus supplement for a particular series of debt securities will describe the specific terms of that series, including (where applicable):
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the title of the debt securities; |
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any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; |
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the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities) at which the debt securities will be issued; |
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the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature; |
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our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of this deferral period; |
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the rate or rates per annum at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the formula pursuant to which the rate or rates will be determined, and the date or dates from which interest will accrue; |
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the interest payment dates on which interest on the debt securities will be payable and the regular record date for any interest payable on any registered debt securities on any interest payment date; |
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whether the debt securities are to be issuable as registered debt securities or bearer debt securities or both, whether any of the debt securities are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any of the debt securities are to be issuable in permanent global form; |
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the person to whom any interest on any registered debt securities will be payable, if other than the person in whose name that debt security (or one or more predecessor debt securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for that interest, the manner in which, or the person to whom, any interest on any bearer debt security will be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the applicable coupons, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global debt security on an interest payment date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in the relevant indenture and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a permanent global debt security on an interest payment date will be paid; |
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each office or agency where, subject to the terms of the relevant indenture as described below under Payment and Paying Agents, the principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities will be payable and each office or agency where, subject to the terms of the relevant indenture as described below under Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer, the debt securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange; |
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the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which the debt securities may, pursuant to any optional redemption provisions, be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option and the other detailed terms and conditions of any optional redemption provisions; |
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the obligation, if any, of CSX to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the holder of the debt securities and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which the debt securities will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to that obligation, and the other detailed terms and conditions of that obligation; |
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the denominations in which any registered debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000, and the denomination or denominations in which bearer debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $5,000; |
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the currency or currencies, including currency units, in which payment of principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities will be payable if other than U.S. dollars and the ability, if any, of CSX or the holders of the debt securities to have payments made in any currency other than those in which the debt securities are stated to be payable; |
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whether the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities may be determined with reference to an index and the manner in which those amounts will be determined; |
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the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities that will be payable upon acceleration if other than the full principal amount; |
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any listing on a securities exchange or quotation system; |
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the application of, and any limitations on or modifications to, the terms of the indenture described below under Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance; |
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the terms, if any, upon which the debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for other securities; |
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any material United States federal income tax consequences; |
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whether the debt securities will be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities and the ranking of the debt securities relative to other outstanding indebtedness; |
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if the debt securities are subordinated, the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness, as of a recent date, that is senior to the subordinated securities, and any limitations on the issuance of additional senior indebtedness; and |
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The prospectus supplement will also describe any special provisions for the payment of additional amounts relating to specified taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in respect of the debt securities of that series and whether CSX has the option to redeem the affected debt securities rather than pay those additional amounts.
As used in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement relating to the offering of any debt securities, references to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities will be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts, if any, required by the terms of the debt securities.
If the purchase price of any debt securities is payable in a currency other than U.S. dollars or if principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the debt securities is payable in any currency other than U.S. dollars, the specific terms and other information with respect to those debt securities and that currency will be specified in the related prospectus supplement.
Debt securities of a series may also be issued under the relevant indenture upon the exercise of warrants issued by CSX. See Description of Securities Warrants.
The senior and subordinated indentures do not contain any provisions that may afford the holders of debt securities of any series protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction or other transaction that may occur in connection with a takeover attempt resulting in a decline in the credit rating of the debt securities. Those provisions, if applicable to the debt securities of any series, will be described in the related prospectus supplement.
Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, each series of debt securities will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. The senior and subordinated indentures, however, provide that CSX may also issue debt securities in bearer form only, or in both registered and bearer form. Bearer debt securities will not be offered, sold, resold or delivered in connection with their original issuance in the United States or to any United States person other than to offices located outside the United States of certain United States financial institutions. Purchasers of bearer debt securities will be subject to certification procedures and may be affected by certain limitations under United States tax laws. Those procedures and limitations will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the bearer debt securities. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements, bearer debt securities will have interest coupons attached. The senior and subordinated indentures also provide that debt securities of a series may be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. See Global Debt Securities.
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the relevant indenture, registered debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other registered debt securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. In addition, if debt securities of any series are issuable as both registered debt securities and bearer debt securities, at the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the relevant indenture, bearer debt securities (with all unmatured coupons, except as provided below, and with all matured coupons in default) of that series will be exchangeable for registered debt securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Bearer debt securities surrendered in exchange for registered debt securities between a regular record date or a special record date and the relevant date for payment of interest will be surrendered without the coupon relating to that date for payment of interest and interest will not be
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payable in respect of the registered debt security issued in exchange for that bearer debt security, but will be payable only to the holder of the coupon relating to that date when due in accordance with the terms of the relevant indenture. Registered debt securities, including registered debt securities received in exchange for bearer debt securities, may not be exchanged for bearer debt securities. Each bearer debt security and coupon will bear a legend to the following effect:
Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Debt securities may be presented for exchange as provided above, and registered debt securities may be presented for registration of transfer (with the form of transfer duly executed), at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by CSX for that purpose with respect to any series of debt securities and referred to in an applicable prospectus supplement, without a service charge and upon payment of any taxes and other governmental charges as described in the relevant indenture. The transfer or exchange will be effected upon the records of the security registrar or the transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request. CSX has appointed the trustee as security registrar. If a prospectus supplement refers to any transfer agent (in addition to the security registrar) initially designated by CSX with respect to any series of debt securities, CSX may at any time rescind the designation of that transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which that transfer agent acts, except that, if debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered debt securities, CSX will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for that series and, if debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer debt securities, CSX will be required to maintain (in addition to the security registrar) a transfer agent in a place of payment for that series located outside the United States and its possessions. CSX may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of debt securities.
In the event of any partial redemption, CSX will not be required to:
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issue, register the transfer of or exchange any debt security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of debt securities of like tenor and of the series of which that debt security is a part, and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all holders of debt securities of like tenor and of the series to be redeemed; |
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register the transfer of or exchange any registered debt security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed in part; or |
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exchange any bearer debt security so selected for redemption, except to exchange that bearer debt security for a registered debt security of that series and like tenor which is immediately surrendered for redemption. |
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, principal of and any premium and interest on bearer debt securities will be payable, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the offices of paying agents outside the United States and its possessions that CSX may designate from time to time or, at the option of the holder, by check or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a financial institution located outside the United States and its possessions. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, payment of interest on a bearer debt security on any interest payment date will be made only against surrender to the paying agent of the coupon relating to that interest payment date. No payment with respect to any bearer debt security will be made at any office or agency of CSX in the United States or its possessions or by check mailed to any address in the United States or its possessions or by transfer to any account maintained with a financial institution located in the United States or its possessions. However, payments of principal of and any premium and interest on bearer debt securities denominated and payable in U.S. dollars will be made at the office of the paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount in U.S. dollars at all offices or agencies outside the United States and its possessions is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
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Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, principal of and any premium and interest on registered debt securities will be payable, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the office of the paying agent or paying agents that CSX may designate from time to time, except that at our option payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to that payment as that address appears in the security register. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, payment of interest on a registered debt security on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name that registered debt security (or predecessor debt security) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for that interest.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, the corporate trust office of the trustee in The City of New York will be designated as a paying agent for CSX for payments with respect to debt securities of each series which are issuable solely as registered debt securities and as a paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each series (subject to the limitations described above in the case of bearer debt securities) which are issuable solely as bearer debt securities or as both registered debt securities and bearer debt securities. Any paying agents outside the United States and its possessions and any other paying agents in the United States or its possessions initially designated by CSX for the debt securities of each series will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. CSX may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts, except that if debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered debt securities, CSX will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for that series and, if debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer debt securities, CSX will be required to maintain:
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a paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for payments with respect to any registered debt securities of the series (and for payments with respect to bearer debt securities of the series in the circumstances described above, but not otherwise), and |
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a paying agent in a place of payment located outside the United States and its possessions where debt securities of that series and any related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; |
provided, however, that if the debt securities of that series are listed on a stock exchange located outside the United States and its possessions and that stock exchange requires CSX to do so, CSX will maintain a paying agent in a city located outside the United States and its possessions for the debt securities of that series.
All moneys paid by CSX to a paying agent for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on any debt security of any series which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after that principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to CSX and the holder of that debt security or any related coupon will after that time look only to CSX for payment of that principal, premium or interest.
Ranking of Debt Securities; Holding Company Structure
The senior debt securities will be unsecured unsubordinated obligations of CSX and will rank on a parity in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of CSX. The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured obligations of CSX and will be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness (as defined below) of CSX. See Additional Terms of Subordinated Debt SecuritiesSubordination.
The debt securities are obligations exclusively of CSX. CSX is a holding company, substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by our subsidiaries. Accordingly, the cash flow of CSX and the consequent ability to service our debt, including the debt securities, are largely dependent upon the earnings of those subsidiaries.
Because CSX is a holding company, the debt securities issued by CSX will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations of CSXs subsidiaries. Therefore, CSXs rights and the rights of our creditors, including the holders of the debt securities, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon the latters liquidation or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of that subsidiarys creditors, except to the extent that CSX may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary, in which case the claims of CSX would still be effectively subordinate to any security interest in, or mortgages or other liens on, the assets of that subsidiary and would be subordinate to any indebtedness of that subsidiary senior to that held by CSX. Although certain debt instruments to which CSX and our subsidiaries are parties impose limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, both CSX and our subsidiaries retain the ability to incur substantial additional indebtedness and lease and letter of credit obligations.
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Global Debt Securities
The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to that series. Global debt securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificates evidencing debt securities in definitive form, a global debt security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary for that global debt security 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 nominee to a successor of the depositary or a nominee of the successor.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of global debt securities and certain limitations and restrictions relating to a series of global bearer debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that series.
Redemption and Repurchase
The debt securities of any series may be redeemable at our option, may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, or may be subject to repurchase by us at the option of the holders, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at the prices set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Conversion and Exchange
The terms, if any, on which debt securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other debt securities will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Those terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holders or at our option.
Certain Covenants and Agreements of CSX
The indentures do not limit the amount of indebtedness or lease obligations that may be incurred by CSX and our subsidiaries. The indentures do not contain provisions that would give holders of the debt securities the right to require CSX to repurchase their debt securities in the event of a decline in the credit rating of our debt securities resulting from a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring, or otherwise. Those provisions, if applicable to the debt securities of any series, will be described in the related prospectus supplement.
Covenant in the Senior IndentureLimitation on Liens on Stock of Our Principal Subsidiaries.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement, the following covenant will be applicable to senior debt securities issued pursuant to our senior indenture but not to subordinated debt securities issued pursuant to our subordinated indenture. The senior indenture provides that CSX may not, nor may it permit any subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the date of the senior indenture or acquired later, of any principal subsidiary, to secure any obligation (other than the senior debt securities) of CSX, any subsidiary or any other person, unless all of the outstanding senior debt securities (and other outstanding debt securities issued from time to time pursuant to the senior indenture) will be directly secured equally and ratably with that obligation. This provision does not restrict any other property of CSX or our subsidiaries. The senior indenture defines obligation as indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness; principal subsidiary as CSXT; and subsidiary as a corporation a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by CSX or one or more subsidiaries, or by CSX and one or more subsidiaries. The senior indenture does not prohibit the sale by CSX or any subsidiary of any stock or indebtedness of any subsidiary, including any principal subsidiary.
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Provision in IndenturesConsolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement, the following provision will be applicable to both senior debt securities issued pursuant to our senior indenture and subordinated debt securities issued pursuant to our subordinated indenture. Each such indenture provides that CSX may, without the consent of the holders of any of the outstanding debt securities of any series, consolidate with, merge into or transfer our assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation organized under the laws of any domestic or foreign jurisdiction, provided that:
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the successor corporation assumes, by a supplemental indenture, CSXs obligations on the debt securities of each series and under the respective indentures; |
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after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default will have occurred and be continuing; and |
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CSX delivers to the relevant trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that the transaction and supplemental indenture, if any, comply with the applicable article of the respective indentures and that all conditions precedent in the respective indentures relating to the transaction have been complied with. |
Events of Default
An event of default with respect to the debt securities of any series is defined in each of our senior indenture and subordinated indenture, unless the prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement otherwise provide, as:
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a failure to pay principal of or any premium on any of the debt securities of that series when due; |
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a failure to pay any interest on any debt security of that series when due, continued for 30 days; |
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a failure to deposit any sinking fund payment, when due, in respect of any debt security of that series; |
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a failure to perform any other covenant of CSX in the relevant indenture (other than a covenant included in that indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than that series) continued for 90 days after written notice as provided in the relevant indenture; |
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certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of CSX; or |
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any other event of default provided with respect to debt securities of that series. |
No event of default with respect to any particular series of debt securities necessarily constitutes an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities. Each indenture provides that the trustee thereunder may withhold notice to the holders of the debt securities of any series of the occurrence of a default with respect to the debt securities of that series (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, or sinking fund payments, if any) if such trustee considers it in the interest of the holders thereof to do so.
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act requiring each trustee, during an event of default under the relevant indenture, to act with the requisite standard of care, and to the provisions of the relevant indenture relating to the duties of the trustee in case an event of default occurs and is continuing, a trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the relevant indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of debt securities of any series thereunder or any related coupons unless those holders offer to such trustee reasonable security or indemnity. Subject to the provisions for the indemnification of the relevant trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series under the relevant indenture will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the relevant trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on such trustee, with respect to debt securities of that series.
If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, either the relevant trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the principal of all the outstanding debt securities of such series (or a lesser amount, if provided for in the applicable series) to be due and payable immediately. At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of any series has been made but before a judgment or decree for
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payment of money due has been obtained by the relevant trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt securities of that series may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences, if all payments due (other than those due as a result of acceleration) have been made and all events of default have been cured or waived.
No holder of any debt securities of any series or any related coupons will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the relevant indenture or for any remedy under such indenture, unless that holder has previously given to the relevant trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to debt securities of that series, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and offered reasonable security and indemnity, to the relevant trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee, and the trustee has not received from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a direction inconsistent with that request and has failed to institute the proceeding within 60 days. However, these limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of an outstanding debt security of that series for enforcement of payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, that debt security on or after the respective due dates expressed in that debt security.
CSX is required to furnish to the relevant trustee annually a statement as to performance or fulfillment of covenants, agreements or conditions in the relevant indenture and as to the absence of default.
Meetings, Modification and Waiver
Unless the prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement otherwise provide, each of our senior indenture and our subordinated indenture contains provisions permitting CSX and the relevant trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series issued under that indenture and affected by a modification or amendment (voting as one class), to modify or amend any of the provisions of that indenture or of those debt securities or the rights of the holders of those debt securities under that indenture, provided that no modification or amendment will, without the consent of each holder of each outstanding debt security affected by that modification or amendment:
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change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any such debt security, or reduce the principal amount of or the rate of interest on or any premium payable upon the redemption of any such debt security, or change any obligation of CSX to pay additional amounts (except as contemplated and permitted by the relevant indenture), or reduce the amount of the principal of an original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of that security or change the coin or currency in which any debt security or any premium or interest on any such debt security is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any such debt security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); |
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reduce the percentage in principal amount of such debt securities, the consent of the holders of which is required for any modification or amendment or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the relevant indenture or certain defaults under such indenture and their consequences) or reduce the requirements for a quorum or voting at a meeting of holders of such debt securities; |
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change any obligation of CSX to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes required by the relevant indenture; |
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solely in the case of the subordinated indenture, modify any of the provisions of the subordinated indenture relating to subordination of the subordinated debt securities or the definition of senior indebtedness in a manner adverse to the holders of the subordinated debt securities; or |
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modify any of the above provisions (except as permitted by the relevant indenture). |
Unless the prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement otherwise provide, each of our senior indenture and our subordinated indenture also contains provisions permitting CSX and the relevant trustee, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities issued under such indentures, to modify or amend the relevant indenture in order, among other things:
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to add any additional events of default or add to the covenants of CSX for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities issued under the relevant indenture; |
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to establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series issued under the relevant indenture; |
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to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the relevant indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision in such indenture, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under such indenture which will not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any debt securities issued under such indenture in any material respect; or |
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to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the relevant indenture, provided that the change or elimination will become effective only when there is no debt security outstanding of any series issued under such indenture created prior to the execution of the supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of that provision. |
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may, on behalf of the holders of all the debt securities of that series, waive, insofar as that series is concerned, compliance by CSX with certain restrictive provisions of the relevant indenture, including the covenant described above under Certain Covenants and Agreements of CSXCovenant in the Senior IndentureLimitation on Liens on Stock of Our Principal Subsidiaries (which covenant appears only in the Senior Indenture). The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may, on behalf of all holders of debt securities of that series and any related coupons, waive any past default under the relevant indenture with respect to debt securities of that series, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any debt security of that series or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision of such indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security of the series affected.
Each of our senior indenture and our subordinated indenture provides that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding debt securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the relevant indenture or are present at a meeting of holders of debt securities for quorum purposes:
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the principal amount of an original issue discount debt security that will be deemed to be outstanding will be the amount of the principal that would be due and payable as of the date of the determination upon acceleration of the maturity thereof; |
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the principal amount of a debt security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit will be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of that debt security, of the principal amount of that debt security or, in the case of an original issue discount debt security, the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of that debt security, of the amount determined as provided in (1) above; and |
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any debt security owned by CSX or any other obligor on that debt security or any affiliate of CSX or other obligor will be deemed not to be outstanding. |
Each of our senior indenture and our subordinated indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the holders of debt securities of any or all series issued under such indenture. A meeting may be called at any time by the relevant trustee, and also, upon request, by CSX or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, in each case upon notice given in accordance with Notices below and the provisions of the relevant indenture. Except for any consent which must be given by the holder of each outstanding debt security that would be affected as described above, any resolution presented at a meeting, or adjourned meeting duly reconvened, at which a quorum (as described below) is present may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series; provided, however, that, except for any consent which must be given by the holder of each outstanding debt security that would be affected, as described above, any resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting, or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened, at which a quorum is present only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series.
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Any resolution passed or action taken at any meeting of holders of debt securities of any series duly held in accordance with the relevant indenture will be binding on all holders of debt securities of that series and the related coupons. The quorum required for any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and at any reconvened meeting, will be persons holding or representing a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at that meeting with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series, the persons holding or representing that specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series will constitute a quorum.
Notices
Except as otherwise provided in the relevant indenture, notices to holders of bearer debt securities will be given by publication at least twice in a daily newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York and in any other city or cities as may be specified in the applicable debt securities. Notices to holders of registered debt securities will be given by mail to the addresses of those holders as they appear in the security register.
Title
Title to any bearer debt securities (including bearer debt securities in temporary global form and in permanent global form) and any related coupons will pass by delivery. CSX, the relevant trustee and any agent of CSX or the relevant trustee may treat the bearer of any bearer debt security and the bearer of any coupon and the registered owner of any registered debt security as the absolute owner (whether or not that debt security or coupon is overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary) for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes.
Replacement of Debt Securities
Any mutilated debt security or a debt security with a mutilated coupon will be replaced by CSX at the expense of the holder upon surrender of that debt security to the relevant trustee. Debt securities or coupons that become destroyed, lost or stolen will be replaced by CSX at the expense of the holder upon delivery to the relevant trustee of evidence of the destruction, loss or theft satisfactory to CSX and the relevant trustee; in the case of any coupon which becomes destroyed, lost or stolen, that coupon will be replaced by issuance of a new debt security in exchange for the debt security to which the coupon appertains. In the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen debt security or coupon, an indemnity satisfactory to the relevant trustee and CSX may be required at the expense of the holder of that debt security or coupon before a replacement debt security will be issued.
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Unless the prospectus supplement and the relevant indenture supplement otherwise provide, upon the direction of CSX, each of our senior indenture and our subordinated indenture will generally cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of debt securities issued under such indenture specified by CSX (subject to the survival of certain provisions of such indenture) when:
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CSX has delivered to the relevant trustee for cancellation all debt securities issued under such indenture; or |
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all debt securities issued under such indenture not previously delivered to the relevant trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year, and CSX has deposited with the relevant trustee as trust funds the entire amount sufficient to pay and discharge at stated maturity or upon redemption the entire indebtedness on all debt securities issued under such indenture; |
and if, in either case, CSX has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the relevant indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series by CSX and CSX has delivered to the trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that the requisite conditions have been complied with.
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In addition, unless otherwise provided in an applicable prospectus supplement, CSX may elect with respect to any series of debt securities either:
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to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to those debt securities (except as otherwise provided in the relevant indenture) (defeasance), or |
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to be released from our obligations with respect to those debt securities described above under Certain Covenants and Agreements of CSXCovenant in the Senior IndentureLimitation on Liens on Stock of Our Principal Subsidiaries (which covenant appears only in the senior indenture) and certain other restrictive covenants in the relevant indenture and, if indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, our obligations with respect to any other covenant applicable to the debt securities of that series (covenant defeasance). |
If we exercise our defeasance option by making a defeasance payment with respect to any series of debt securities, payment of those debt securities may not be accelerated because of an event of default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option with respect to any series of debt securities, payment of those debt securities may not be accelerated because of an event of default related to the covenants noted under clause (2) of the immediately preceding paragraph. We may exercise our defeasance option with respect to those debt securities even though we may have previously exercised our covenant defeasance option.
If CSX effects covenant defeasance with respect to any debt securities and those debt securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default other than an event of default with respect to the covenants as to which there has been covenant defeasance, including the covenant described above under Certain Covenants and Agreements of CSXCovenant in the Senior IndentureLimitation on Liens on Stock of Our Principal Subsidiaries, (which covenant appears only in the senior indenture) and which would no longer be applicable to those debt securities after the covenant defeasance, the amount of monies and/or government obligations deposited with the applicable trustee to effect the covenant defeasance may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on those debt securities at the time of any acceleration resulting from such event of default. However, we would remain liable to make payment of those amounts due at the time of acceleration.
We may exercise our defeasance option or our covenant defeasance option with respect to any series of debt securities, only if:
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CSX irrevocably deposits in trust with the relevant trustee cash and/or U.S. government obligations for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to those debt securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and we deliver to the relevant trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. government obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at the times and in the amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest when due with respect to all those debt securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, |
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no event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series has occurred and is continuing |
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with respect to certain bankruptcy defaults, at any time during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of the deposit, |
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the defeasance or covenant defeasance does not result in the trust arising from that deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act), |
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the defeasance or covenant defeasance does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the relevant indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which we are a party or by which we are bound, |
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with respect to debt securities under the senior indenture, the defeasance or covenant defeasance does not cause any debt securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted, and |
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CSX delivers to the relevant trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred, and |
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CSX delivers to the relevant trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the debt securities as contemplated by the relevant indenture have been complied with. |
The opinion of counsel, with respect to defeasance, referred to in clause (6) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable United States federal income tax law occurring after the date of the relevant indenture.
The trustee must hold in trust cash or U.S. government obligations deposited with it as described above and must apply the deposited cash and the proceeds from deposited U.S. government obligations to the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the debt securities. If and to the extent that deposited money or U.S. government obligations cannot be applied by the trustee because of a court order or are for any reason insufficient in amount, our obligation to pay principal of and any premium and interest shall be reinstated to the extent necessary to cover any deficiency on any relevant due date for payment and, in the case of a covenant defeasance, our covenant obligations will be reinstated unless and until all deficiencies in payment are covered.
The applicable prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting or restricting defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the debt securities of a particular series.
Governing Law
The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Concerning the Trustees
The Trust Indenture Act contains limitations on the rights of a trustee, should it become a creditor of CSX, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of those claims, as security or otherwise. Each trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with CSX and our subsidiaries from time to time, provided that if the trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate the conflict upon the occurrence of an event of default under the relevant indenture, or else resign.
CSX and certain of our subsidiaries may from time to time maintain lines of credit, and have other customary banking and commercial relationships, with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the trustee under the senior indenture and the trustee under the subordinated indenture, and its affiliates. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) acts as trustee under the indentures pursuant to which we have issued numerous series of debt securities.
Additional Terms of Subordinated Debt Securities
Additional Covenants Applicable to Subordinated Debt Securities
Under the subordinated indenture, or under one or more supplemental indentures to the subordinated indenture, we will:
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maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the common securities of any trust to which any subordinated debt securities have been issued while those subordinated debt securities remain outstanding; and |
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pay to any trust to which subordinated debt securities have been issued any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States or any other taxing authority on that trust, so that the net amounts received and retained by that trust (after paying any taxes, duties or other governmental charges (other than withholding taxes)) will be not less than that trust would have received had no such taxes, duties or other governmental charges been imposed. |
Option to Extend Interest Payment Period
If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, we can defer interest payments by extending the interest payment period for the number of consecutive extension periods specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Other details regarding the extension period will also be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. No extension period may extend beyond the maturity of the applicable subordinated debt securities. At the end of the extension period(s), we will pay all interest then accrued and unpaid, together with interest compounded quarterly at the rate for the applicable subordinated debt securities, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
During any extension period, we will not make distributions related to our capital stock, including dividends, redemptions, repurchases, liquidation payments, or guarantee payments. Also, we will not make any payments, redeem or repurchase any debt securities of equal or junior rank to the subordinated debt securities or make any guarantee payments on any such debt securities. We may, however, make the following types of distributions:
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dividends paid in common stock; |
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dividends in connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights plan; |
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payments to a trust holding securities of the same series under a guarantee; or |
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repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of our capital stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants. |
Subordination
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the subordinated indenture, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all senior indebtedness which may at any time and from time to time be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement with respect to an issue of subordinated debt securities, in the event of any distribution of our assets upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of CSX:
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if any payment or distribution of our assets is received by the trustee under the subordinated indenture or the holders of any of the subordinated debt securities before all senior indebtedness is paid in full, that payment or distribution will be paid over to the holders of senior indebtedness or on their behalf for application to the payment of all senior indebtedness remaining unpaid until all senior indebtedness has been paid in full or that payment provided for, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of senior indebtedness. |
Subject to the payment in full of all senior indebtedness upon any distribution of our assets, the holders of the subordinated debt securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the senior indebtedness to the extent of payments made to the holders of senior indebtedness out of the distributive share of the subordinated debt securities.
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By reason of subordination of the subordinated debt securities, if there is any distribution of our assets upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of CSX,
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holders of senior indebtedness will be entitled to be paid in full before payments may be made on the subordinated debt securities and the holders of subordinated debt securities will be required to pay over their share of that distribution to the holders of senior indebtedness until all senior indebtedness is paid in full, and |
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creditors of CSX who are neither holders of subordinated debt securities nor holders of senior indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of senior indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the subordinated debt securities. |
Furthermore, subordination may result in a reduction or elimination of payments to the holders of subordinated debt securities. The subordinated indenture provides that the subordination provisions in the subordinated indenture will not apply to any money and securities held in trust pursuant to the discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of the subordinated indenture (see Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance above).
The subordinated indenture also provides that no payment on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, or interest, if any, on the subordinated debt securities will be made unless full payment of amounts then due for the principal of, premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, and interest, if any, on senior indebtedness has been made or duly provided for.
Senior indebtedness means, with respect to any series of subordinated debt securities, the principal, premium, interest and any other payment in respect of any of the following:
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any liability of CSX |
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evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or |
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for obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, or |
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for the payment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation, or |
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for the payment of money under any swap agreement; |
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any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that CSX has guaranteed or that is otherwise our legal liability; and |
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any deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above, |
unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing any liability referred to in clause (1) or (2) above or any deferral, renewal, extension or refunding referred to in clause (3) above or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is expressly provided that the liability, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to all other indebtedness of CSX or is not senior or prior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities or ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the subordinated debt securities in right of payment; and provided that the subordinated debt securities will not constitute senior indebtedness. Swap agreements are defined as any financial agreement designed to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, including without limitation swap agreements, option agreements, cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements and forward purchase agreements.
Senior indebtedness will be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions in the subordinated indenture irrespective of the amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the senior indebtedness. We may not amend the subordinated indenture to change the subordination of any outstanding subordinated debt securities without the consent of each holder of senior indebtedness that the amendment would adversely affect.
If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of a series of subordinated debt securities, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus will set forth the approximate amount of senior indebtedness outstanding as of a recent date. The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of senior indebtedness that we may issue.
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DEBT SECURITIES OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND GUARANTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES
OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
CSXT may issue debt securities that may be either secured by assets of CSXT or senior unsecured obligations of CSXT. The debt securities will be issued under a base indenture dated December 13, 2007 between CSXT and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as may be supplemented and amended from time to time, or under one or more other indentures that CSXT may enter into in connection with the issuance of debt securities, as applicable. The debt securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
Payment obligations under any debt securities issued by CSXT will be fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by CSX. The discussion of the material provisions of the guarantee provided for any particular series of debt securities of CSXT will be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement.
The discussion of the material provisions of a particular series of debt securities set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the instruments governing such debt securities, which provisions (including defined terms) are incorporated in this description of debt securities by reference.
The particular terms of each series of debt securities offered by a prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements will be described in the prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements relating to that series.
The prospectus supplement for a particular series of debt securities will describe the specific terms of that series, including (where applicable):
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the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities) at which the debt securities will be issued; |
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the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature; |
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the rate or rates per annum at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the formula pursuant to which the rate or rates will be determined, and the date or dates from which interest will accrue; |
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the interest payment dates on which interest on the debt securities will be payable and the regular record date for any interest payable on any registered debt securities on any interest payment date; |
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whether the debt securities are to be issuable as registered debt securities or bearer debt securities or both, whether any of the debt securities are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any of the debt securities are to be issuable in permanent global form; |
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the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which the debt securities may, pursuant to any optional redemption provisions, be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option and the other detailed terms and conditions of any optional redemption provisions; |
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the obligation, if any, of CSXT to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the holder of the debt securities and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which the debt securities will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to that obligation, and the other detailed terms and conditions of that obligation; |
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the denominations in which any registered debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000, and the denomination or denominations in which bearer debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $5,000; |
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the currency or currencies, including currency units, in which payment of principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities will be payable if other than U.S. dollars and the ability, if any, of CSXT or the holders of the debt securities to have payments made in any currency other than those in which the debt securities are stated to be payable; |
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whether the debt securities will be unsecured or secured and if secured, the terms relating to the collateral thereof; |
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any listing on a securities exchange or quotation system; |
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any provisions relating to the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance or covenant defeasance contained in the relevant indenture; |
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the terms, if any, upon which the debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for other securities; |
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any material United States federal income tax consequences; and |
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DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEE OF THE TRUST
The following is a summary of the principal terms of the trust preferred securities. The form of amended and restated trust agreement is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The terms of the trust preferred securities will include those stated in the amended and restated trust agreement and those made part of the amended and restated trust agreement by the Trust Indenture Act. The trust preferred securities and the trust common securities of the Trust are sometimes referred to in this section as the trust securities.
General
The Trust will exist until terminated as provided in its amended and restated trust agreement. Except under certain circumstances, CSX will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace trustees, who will conduct the business and affairs of the Trust. The number of trustees will initially be four, and must consist of:
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at least one employee, officers or affiliates of CSX, as an administrative trustee; |
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a financial institution unaffiliated with CSX that will act as property trustee and as indenture trustee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act; and |
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one trustee with its principal place of business or who resides in the State of Delaware that will act as Delaware trustee for the purpose of complying with provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. |
The amended and restated trust agreement will authorize the administrative trustees to issue, on behalf of the Trust, two classes of trust securities, trust preferred securities and trust common securities, each of which will have the terms described in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement. CSX will own all of the trust common securities. The trust common securities will rank equally in right of payment, and payments will be made on the trust common securities, proportionately with the trust preferred securities. However, if an event of default occurs and is continuing under the amended and restated trust agreement, the rights of the holders of the trust common securities to payment of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the trust preferred securities. CSX will acquire, directly or indirectly, trust common securities in a total liquidation amount of approximately 3% of the total capital of the Trust.
In connection with the sale of the trust preferred securities, the Trust will purchase subordinated debt securities of CSX. These subordinated debt securities will be held in trust by the property trustee for the benefit of the holders of the trust securities. CSX will guarantee the payments of distributions and payments on redemption or liquidation with respect to the trust preferred securities, but only to the extent the Trust has funds available to make those payments and has not made the payments. See Description of the Guarantee.
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The assets of the Trust available for distribution to the holders of trust preferred securities will be limited to payments from us under the subordinated debt securities held by the Trust. If we fail to make a payment on the subordinated debt securities, the Trust will not have sufficient funds to make related payments, including distributions, on its trust preferred securities.
The amended and restated trust agreement will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Each property trustee will act as indenture trustee for the trust preferred securities to be issued by the Trust in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act.
The trust preferred securities will have the terms, including with respect to distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation rights and other preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions that are set forth in the amended and restated trust agreement or made part of the amended and restated trust agreement by the Trust Indenture Act or the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Certain terms of the trust preferred securities will mirror corresponding terms of the subordinated debt securities held by the Trust. In particular, the distribution rate and the distribution payment dates and other payment dates for the trust preferred securities will correspond to the interest rate and interest payment dates and other payment dates on the subordinated debt securities. Holders of trust preferred securities have no preemptive or similar rights.
Provisions of Sole Series of the Trust
The Trust may issue only one series of trust preferred securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the principal terms of the trust preferred securities that will be offered, including:
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the annual distribution rate(s) or method of determining such rate(s), the payment date(s) and the record dates used to determine the holders who are to receive distributions, and the place(s) where distributions and other amounts will be paid; |
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the date from which distributions will be cumulative; |
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the optional redemption provisions, if any, including the prices, time periods and other terms and conditions on which the trust preferred securities will be purchased or redeemed, in whole or in part; |
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the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the subordinated debt securities and the related guarantee may be distributed to holders of those trust preferred securities; |
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any securities exchange on which the trust preferred securities will be listed; |
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whether the trust preferred securities are to be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global certificates, and if so, the depositary for those global certificates and the specific terms of the depositary arrangements; and |
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any other relevant rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions of the trust preferred securities. |
The interest rate and interest and other payment dates of each series of subordinated debt securities issued to a trust will correspond to the rate at which distributions will be paid and the distribution and other payment dates of the trust preferred securities of that trust.
The applicable prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements will describe the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the purchase, holding and disposition of the trust preferred securities offered by such prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements.
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Extensions
CSX has the right under the subordinated indenture to defer payments of interest on the subordinated debt securities by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the subordinated debt securities. The administrative trustees will give the holders of the trust preferred securities notice of any extension period upon their receipt of notice from us. If distributions are deferred, the deferred distributions and accrued interest will be paid to holders of record of the trust preferred securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date next following the termination of such deferral period. See Description of Debt SecuritiesDebt Securities of CSX CorporationAdditional Terms of Subordinated Debt SecuritiesOption To Extend Interest Payment Period.
Distributions
Distributions on the trust preferred securities will be made on the dates payable to the extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of distributions in the property account held by the property trustee. The Trusts funds available for distribution to the holders of the trust securities will be limited to payments received from us on the subordinated debt securities. CSX has guaranteed the payment of distributions out of monies held by the Trust to the extent set forth under Description of the Guarantee.
Distributions on the trust preferred securities will be payable to the holders named on the securities register of the Trust at the close of business on the record dates, which, as long as the trust preferred securities remain in book-entry only form, will be one business day prior to the relevant payment dates. Distributions will be paid through the property trustee who will hold amounts received in respect of the subordinated debt securities in the property account for the benefit of the holders of the trust securities. In the event that the trust preferred securities do not continue to remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates will conform to the rules of any securities exchange on which the trust preferred securities are listed and, if none, the administrative trustees will have the right to select relevant record dates, which will be more than 14 days but less than 60 days prior to the relevant payment dates. In the event that any date on which distributions are to be made on the trust preferred securities is not a business day, then payment of the distributions payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a business day and without any interest or other payment in respect of that delay, except that, if that business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, the payment will be made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the record date.
Mandatory Redemption of Trust Preferred Securities
The trust preferred securities have no stated maturity date, but will be redeemed upon the maturity of the subordinated debt securities or to the extent the subordinated debt securities are redeemed prior to maturity. The subordinated debt securities will mature on the date specified in the applicable prospectus supplement and may be redeemed at any time, in whole but not in part, in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event as described under Special Event Redemption.
Upon the maturity of the subordinated debt securities, the proceeds of their repayment will simultaneously be applied to redeem all the outstanding trust securities at the applicable redemption price. Upon the redemption of the subordinated debt securities, either at our option or as a result of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event, the proceeds from the redemption will simultaneously be applied to redeem trust securities having a total liquidation amount equal to the total principal amount of the subordinated debt securities so redeemed at the redemption price; provided, that holders of trust securities will be given not less than 20 nor more than 60 days notice of the redemption. In the event that fewer than all of the outstanding trust securities are to be redeemed, the trust securities will be redeemed proportionately.
Special Event Redemption
Both a Tax Event and an Investment Company Event constitute Special Events for purposes of the redemption provisions described in the two immediately preceding paragraphs.
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A Tax Event means that the administrative trustees have received an opinion of independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change or announced proposed change in:
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which amendment or change becomes effective or proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or after the date the trust preferred securities are issued and sold, there is more than an insubstantial risk that:
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the Trust is or within 90 days would be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the subordinated debt securities, |
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interest payable to the Trust on the subordinated debt securities is not or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by CSX for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or |
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the Trust is or within 90 days would be subject to a material amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges. |
An Investment Company Event means that the administrative trustees have received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the effect that, as a result of an amendment to or change in the Investment Company Act or regulations thereunder on or after the date the trust preferred securities are issued and sold, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an investment company and be required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
Redemption Procedures
The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding trust securities unless all accrued and unpaid distributions have been paid on all trust securities for all distribution periods terminating on or before the date of redemption. In the event that fewer than all of the outstanding trust securities are to be redeemed, the trust securities will be redeemed proportionately.
If the Trust gives a notice of redemption in respect of the trust securities (which notice will be irrevocable), then, by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, and if CSX has paid to the property trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the subordinated debt securities, (i) with respect to trust preferred securities represented by global securities the property trustee will irrevocably deposit with the depositary funds sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price and will give the depositary irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to the holders of the trust preferred securities, and (ii) with respect to trust securities not represented by global securities (including the trust common securities), the paying agent will pay the applicable redemption price to the holders of such trust securities by check. If notice of redemption has been given and funds deposited as required, then, immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the deposit, distributions will cease to accrue and all rights of holders of trust securities called for redemption will cease, except the right of the holders of the trust securities to receive the redemption price but without interest on the redemption price. In the event that any date fixed for redemption of trust securities is not a business day, then payment of the redemption price payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a business day, without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay, except that, if that business day falls in the next calendar year, payment will be made on the immediately preceding business day. In the event that payment of the redemption price in respect of trust securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by CSX under the guarantee, distributions on the trust preferred securities will continue to accrue at the then applicable rate from the original redemption date to the date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the redemption price.
Subject to the foregoing and applicable law, including, without limitation, U.S. federal securities laws, we or our subsidiaries may at any time, and from time to time, purchase outstanding trust preferred securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement.
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Conversion or Exchange Rights
The terms, if any, on which the trust preferred securities are convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or our other securities will be contained in the applicable prospectus supplement. Those terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option, and may include provisions under which the number of shares of common stock or our other securities to be received by the holders of trust preferred securities would be subject to adjustment.
Distribution of the Subordinated Debt Securities
CSX will have the right at any time to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of the liabilities of creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to cause subordinated debt securities to be distributed to the holders of the trust securities in a total stated principal amount equal to the total stated liquidation amount of the trust securities then outstanding. Prior to any such dissolution, we will obtain any required regulatory approvals. The right to dissolve the Trust and distribute the subordinated debt securities will be conditioned on our receipt of an opinion rendered by an independent tax counsel that the distribution would not result in the recognition of gain or loss for federal income tax purposes by the holders.
Liquidation Distribution upon Dissolution
The amended and restated trust agreement will state that the Trust will be dissolved:
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upon our bankruptcy; |
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upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to CSX; |
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upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the Trust; |
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after obtaining the consent of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the trust securities, voting together as a single class; |
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90 days after the revocation of our charter, but only if the charter is not reinstated during that 90-day period; |
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at our election upon notice and upon the distribution of the related subordinated debt securities directly to the holders of the trust securities in exchange therefor, subject to the receipt of an opinion of independent tax counsel that such distribution will not result in the recognition of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes by holders of trust preferred securities; |
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upon the redemption of all of the trust securities; or |
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upon entry of a court order for the dissolution of CSX or the Trust. |
In the event of a dissolution, after the Trust pays all amounts owed to creditors, the holders of the trust securities will be entitled to receive:
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cash equal to the total liquidation amount of each trust security specified in an accompanying prospectus supplement, plus accumulated and unpaid distributions to the date of payment; or |
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subordinated debt securities in a total principal amount equal to the total liquidation amount of the trust securities. |
If the Trust cannot pay the full amount due on its trust securities because insufficient assets are available for payment, then the amounts payable by the Trust on its trust securities will be paid proportionately. However, if an event of default under the related amended and restated trust agreement occurs, the total amounts due on the trust preferred securities will be paid before any distribution on the trust common securities. Under certain circumstances involving the dissolution of the Trust, subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, subordinated debt securities will be distributed to the holders of the trust securities in liquidation of the Trust.
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Trust Enforcement Events
An event of default under the subordinated indenture relating to the subordinated debt securities will be an event of default under the amended and restated trust agreement (a Trust Enforcement Event). See Description of Debt SecuritiesDebt Securities of CSX CorporationEvents of Default.
In addition, the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or termination of the Trust is also a Trust Enforcement Event, except in connection with:
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Under the amended and restated trust agreement, the holder of the trust common securities will be deemed to have waived any Trust Enforcement Event with respect to the trust common securities until all Trust Enforcement Events with respect to the trust preferred securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all Trust Enforcement Events with respect to the trust preferred securities have been so cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated, the property trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the holders of the trust preferred securities and only the holders of the trust preferred securities will have the right to direct the property trustee with respect to certain matters under the amended and restated trust agreement and the subordinated indenture. In the event that any Trust Enforcement Event with respect to the trust preferred securities is waived by the holders of the trust preferred securities as provided in the amended and restated trust agreement, under the amended and restated trust agreement the holders of trust common securities have agreed that the waiver also constitutes a waiver of the Trust Enforcement Event with respect to the trust common securities for all purposes under the amended and restated trust agreement without any further act, vote or consent of the holders of trust common securities.
CSX and the administrative trustees must file annually with the property trustee a certificate evidencing compliance with all the applicable conditions and covenants under the amended and restated trust agreement.
Upon the occurrence of a Trust Enforcement Event, the property trustee, as the sole holder of the subordinated debt securities, will have the right under the subordinated indenture to declare the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the subordinated debt securities to be immediately due and payable.
If the property trustee fails to enforce its rights under the amended and restated trust agreement or the subordinated indenture to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of the amended and restated trust agreement and the subordinated indenture, any holder of trust preferred securities may sue us, or seek other remedies, to enforce the property trustees rights under the amended and restated trust agreement or the subordinated indenture without first instituting a legal proceeding against the property trustee or any other person. If a Trust Enforcement Event occurs and is continuing as a result of our failure to pay principal of or interest or premium, if any, on the subordinated debt securities when payable, then a holder of the trust preferred securities may directly sue us or seek other remedies, to collect its proportionate share of payments owed. See Relationship Among the Trust Preferred Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debt Securities Held by the Trust.
Removal and Replacement of Trustees
Only the holders of trust common securities have the right to remove or replace the trustees of the Trust, except that while an event of default in respect of the subordinated debt securities has occurred and is continuing, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities will have this right. The resignation or removal of any trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee will be effective only on the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the amended and restated trust agreement.
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Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations of the Trust
The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other corporation or other body (each, a Merger Event), except as described below. The Trust may, with the consent of a majority of its administrative trustees and without the consent of the holders of its trust securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, another trust, provided that:
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substitutes other securities for the trust securities that are substantially similar to the trust securities, so long as the successor securities rank the same as the trust securities for distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise; |
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CSX acknowledges a trustee of the successor entity, who has the same powers and duties as the property trustee of the Trust, as the holder of the subordinated debt securities; |
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the trust preferred securities are listed, or any successor securities will be listed, upon notice of issuance, on the same securities exchange or other organization that the trust preferred securities are then listed; |
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the Merger Event does not cause the trust preferred securities or successor securities to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization; |
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the Merger Event does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the trust securities or successor securities in any material way, other than with respect to any dilution of the holders interest in the new entity; |
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the successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust; |
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prior to the Merger Event, CSX has received an opinion of counsel from a nationally recognized law firm stating that |
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the Merger Event does not adversely affect the rights of the holders of the trust preferred securities or any successor securities in any material way, other than with respect to any dilution of the holders interest in the new entity, and |
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following the Merger Event, neither the Trust nor the successor entity will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
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CSX guarantees the obligations of the successor entity under the successor securities in the same manner as in the guarantee; and |
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the successor entity expressly assumes all of the obligations of the trust with respect to the trustees. |
In addition, unless all of the holders of the trust preferred securities and trust common securities approve otherwise, the Trust will not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it, if, in the opinion of a nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters, the transaction would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified other than as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Voting Rights; Amendment of Trust Agreement
The holders of trust preferred securities have no voting rights except as discussed above under Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations of the Trust and below under Description of the GuaranteeAmendments, and as otherwise required by law and the amended and restated trust agreement.
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The amended and restated trust agreement may be amended if approved by a majority of the administrative trustees of the Trust. However, any amendment that would (a) change the amount or timing of any distribution of the trust securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any distribution required to be made in respect of the trust securities as of a specified date or (b) restrict the right of a holder of trust securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, will entitle the holders of such trust securities, voting together as a single class, to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal will only be effective with the approval of each of the holders of the trust securities affected thereby.
Additionally, if any proposed amendment provides for, or the administrative trustees otherwise propose to effect,
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any action that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the trust securities, whether by way of amendment to the amended and restated trust agreement or otherwise, or |
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the dissolution, winding up or termination of the Trust other than under the terms of its amended and restated trust agreement, |
then the holders of the trust preferred securities as a single class will be entitled to vote on the amendment or proposal. In that case, the amendment or proposal will only be effective if approved by at least a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities affected by the amendment or proposal.
No amendment may be made to an amended and restated trust agreement if that amendment would:
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reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the property trustee; or |
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cause the Trust to be deemed to be an investment company which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. |
The holders of a majority of the total liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities have the right to:
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direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the property trustee; or |
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direct the exercise of any power conferred upon the property trustee under the amended and restated trust agreement, including the right to direct the property trustee, as the holder of the subordinated debt securities, to: |
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exercise the remedies available under the subordinated indenture with respect to the subordinated debt securities, |
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waive any event of default under the subordinated indenture that is waivable, or |
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cancel an acceleration of the principal of the subordinated debt securities. |
In addition, before taking any of the foregoing actions, the property trustee must obtain an opinion of counsel stating that, as a result of that action, the Trust will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
As described in the form of amended and restated trust agreement, holders of trust preferred securities may vote on a change at a meeting or by written consent.
If a vote by the holders of trust preferred securities is taken or a consent is obtained, any trust preferred securities owned by CSX or any of our affiliates will, for purposes of the vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding, which will have the following consequences:
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we and any of our affiliates will not be able to vote on or consent to matters requiring the vote or consent of holders of trust preferred securities; and |
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any trust preferred securities owned by CSX or any of our affiliates will not be counted in determining whether the required percentage of votes or consents has been obtained. |
Information Concerning the Property Trustee
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) will be the property trustee. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) will also be the guarantee trustee, the subordinated indenture trustee and the senior indenture trustee. CSX and certain of our affiliates may from time to time maintain deposit accounts and other banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) also serves as trustee under other indentures pursuant to which securities of CSX are outstanding. See Description of Debt SecuritiesDebt Securities of CSX CorporationConcerning the Trustees.
For matters relating to compliance with the Trust Indenture Act, the property trustee will have all of the duties and responsibilities of an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act. The property trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a Trust Enforcement Event, undertakes to perform only the duties that are specifically described in the amended and restated trust agreement and, upon a Trust Enforcement Event, must use the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the property trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the applicable amended and restated trust agreement at the request of any holder of trust preferred securities unless it is offered reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
Information Concerning the Delaware Trustee
BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as successor to Chase Bank USA, National Association (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association) will serve as trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), an affiliate of BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, will serve as property trustee and in the other capacities described above under Information Concerning the Property Trustee.
Information Concerning the Administrative Trustees
The administrative trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of and to operate the Trust in a way that:
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will cause it to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and |
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will cause the subordinated debt securities it holds to be treated as indebtedness of CSX for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
CSX and the administrative trustees are authorized to take any action, so long as it is not inconsistent with applicable law or the certificate of trust or amended and restated trust agreement, that we and the administrative trustees determine to be necessary or desirable for those purposes.
Description of the Guarantee
CSX will execute the guarantee at the time the Trust issues the trust preferred securities for the benefit of the holders of the trust preferred securities.
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) will act as guarantee trustee under the guarantee. The guarantee trustee will hold the guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the trust preferred securities.
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The following description of the guarantee is only a summary. The form of guarantee is an exhibit to the registration statement and the following discussion is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
General
CSX will irrevocably and unconditionally agree under the guarantee to pay the guarantee payments that are defined below, to the extent specified in the guarantee, to the holders of the trust preferred securities, to the extent that the guarantee payments are not paid by or on behalf of the Trust. We are required to pay the guarantee payments to the extent specified in the guarantee regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that we may have or may assert against any person.
The following payments and distributions on the trust preferred securities of the Trust are guarantee payments:
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any accrued and unpaid distributions required to be paid on the trust preferred securities of the Trust, but only to the extent that the Trust has funds legally and immediately available for those distributions; |
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the redemption price for any trust preferred securities that the Trust calls for redemption, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the redemption date, but only to the extent that the Trust has funds legally and immediately available for the payment; and |
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upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection with the distribution of subordinated debt securities to the holders of trust securities of the Trust or the redemption of all the trust preferred securities of the Trust, the lesser of: |
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the sum of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions on the trust preferred securities of the Trust to the payment date, to the extent that the Trust has funds legally and immediately available for the payment; and |
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the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of the trust preferred securities of the Trust in liquidation of the Trust. |
We may satisfy our obligation to make a guarantee payment by making that payment directly to the holders of the related trust preferred securities or by causing the Trust to make the payment to those holders.
The guarantee will be a full and unconditional guarantee, subject to certain subordination provisions, of the guarantee payments with respect to the trust preferred securities from the time of issuance of the trust preferred securities, except that the guarantee will only apply to the payment of distributions and other payments on the trust preferred securities when the Trust has sufficient funds legally and immediately available to make those distributions or other payments.
If CSX does not make the required payments on the subordinated debt securities that the property trustee holds under the Trust, the Trust will not make the related payments on the trust preferred securities.
Subordination
Our obligations under the guarantee will be unsecured obligations. Those obligations will rank:
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subordinate and junior in right of payment to certain other liabilities of CSX, as described in the prospectus supplement; |
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equal in priority with subordinated debt securities and similar guarantees that CSX may issue or enter into in respect of the Trust or any similar financing vehicle sponsored by CSX; and |
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senior to our preferred and common stock. |
CSX has no subordinated debt securities outstanding that will rank equal in priority with the guarantee. CSX has common stock outstanding that will rank junior to the guarantee.
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The guarantee will be a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This means that the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly against us, as guarantor, to enforce its rights under the guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity.
The terms of the trust preferred securities will provide that each holder of the trust preferred securities, by accepting those trust preferred securities, agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of the guarantee.
Amendments
CSX may amend the guarantee without the consent of any holder of the trust preferred securities to which the guarantee relates if the amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of those holders. We may otherwise amend the guarantee with the approval of the holders of at least 50% of the outstanding trust preferred securities to which the guarantee relates.
Termination
The guarantee will terminate and be of no further effect when:
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the redemption price of the trust preferred securities to which the guarantee relates is fully paid; |
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CSX distributes the related subordinated debt securities to the holders of those trust preferred securities; or |
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the amounts payable upon liquidation of the related Trust are fully paid. |
The guarantee will remain in effect or will be reinstated if at any time any holder of the related trust preferred securities must restore payment of any sums paid to that holder with respect to those trust preferred securities or under the guarantee.
Material Covenants
CSX will covenant that, so long as any trust preferred securities remain outstanding, if there is an event of default under the guarantee or under the subordinated indenture for the related subordinated debt securities or during an extension of the interest payment period for the related subordinated debt securities:
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we will not declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of CSXs capital stock; and |
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we will not make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any CSX debt securities that rank equally with or junior to the subordinated debt securities issued to the Trust or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by CSX of the debt securities of any subsidiary of CSX if such guarantee ranks equally with or junior to the subordinated debt securities issued to the Trust. |
We may, however, make the following types of distributions:
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dividends or distributions paid in common stock; |
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dividends in connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights plan or the redemption or repurchase of any rights pursuant to such a plan; |
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payments to a trust holding securities of the same series under a guarantee; and |
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purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of CSXs benefit plans. |
Because we are a holding company that conducts all of our operations through our subsidiaries, our ability to meet our obligations under the guarantee is dependent on the earnings and cash flows of those subsidiaries and the ability of those subsidiaries to pay dividends or to advance or repay funds to us. The Trust, as holder of the guarantee and the subordinated debt securities, will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries, including trade creditors, debtholders, secured creditors, taxing authorities, guarantee holders and any preferred shareholders.
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Events of Default
An event of default will occur under the guarantee if we fail to perform any of our payment obligations under the guarantee. The holders of a majority of the trust preferred securities of any series may waive any such event of default and its consequences on behalf of all of the holders of the trust preferred securities of that series. The guarantee trustee is entitled to enforce the guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the trust preferred securities of a series if an event of default occurs under the related guarantee. The holders of a majority of the trust preferred securities to which the guarantee relates have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the guarantee trustee with respect to the guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power that the guarantee trustee holds under the guarantee. Any holder of the related trust preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce that holders rights under the guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the guarantee trustee or any other person or entity.
Concerning the Guarantee Trustee
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) will be the guarantee trustee. It will also serve as the property trustee, the subordinated indenture trustee and the senior indenture trustee. We and certain of our affiliates may from time to time maintain deposit accounts and other banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and its affiliates. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) also serves as trustee under one other indenture pursuant to which securities of CSX are outstanding. See Description of Debt SecuritiesDebt Securities of CSX CorporationConcerning the Trustees. The guarantee trustee will perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in each guarantee unless an event of default under the guarantee occurs and is continuing. In case an event of default occurs and is continuing, the guarantee trustee will exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to those provisions, the guarantee trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its powers under any guarantee at the request of any holder of the related trust preferred securities unless that holder offers to the guarantee trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the guarantee trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur as a result.
Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
CSX will enter into an agreement as to expenses and liabilities as required under the amended restated trust agreement. The agreement as to expenses and liabilities will provide that we will, with certain exceptions, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee the full payment of any indebtedness, expenses or liabilities of the Trust to each person or entity to whom the Trust becomes indebted or liable. The exceptions to CSXs obligation are the obligations of the Trust to pay to the holders of the trust preferred securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due to the holders under the terms of the trust preferred securities or the similar interests.
Relationship among the Trust Preferred Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debt Securities Held by the Trust
CSX will guarantee payments of distributions and redemption and liquidation payments due on the trust preferred securities, to the extent the Trust has funds available for the payments, as described under Description of the Guarantee. No single document executed by us in connection with the issuance of the trust preferred securities will provide for our full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the trust preferred securities. It is only the combined operation of our obligations under the guarantee, the amended and restated trust agreement and the subordinated indenture that has the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the Trusts obligations under the trust preferred securities.
As long as we make payments of interest and other payments when due on the subordinated debt securities held by the Trust, those payments will be sufficient to cover the payment of distributions and redemption and liquidation payments due on the trust preferred securities issued by the Trust, primarily because:
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the total principal amount of the subordinated debt securities will be equal to the sum of the total liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities; |
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the interest rate and interest and other payment dates on the subordinated debt securities will match the distribution rate and distribution and other payment dates for the trust preferred securities; |
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we will pay for any and all costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust except its obligations under its trust preferred securities; and |
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the amended and restated trust agreement will provide that the Trust will not engage in any activity that is not consistent with the limited purposes of the Trust. |
If, and to the extent that, we do not make payments on the subordinated debt securities, the Trust will not have funds available to make payments of distributions or other amounts due on its trust preferred securities. In those circumstances, you will not be able to rely upon the guarantee for payment of these amounts. Instead, you may directly sue us or seek other remedies to collect your proportionate share of payments owed. If you sue us to collect payment, then we will assume your rights as a holder of trust preferred securities under the amended and restated trust agreement to the extent we make a payment to you in any such legal action.
Accounting Treatment
The Trust will be treated as a subsidiary of ours for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, our consolidated financial statements will include the accounts of the Trust. The trust preferred securities, along with other trust preferred securities that we guarantee on an equivalent basis, will be presented as a separate line item in our consolidated balance sheets, and appropriate disclosures about the trust preferred securities, the guarantee and the subordinated debt securities will be included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. We will record distributions that the Trust pays on the trust preferred securities as an expense in our consolidated statement of income.
Governing Law
The amended and restated trust agreement and the rights of the parties under such agreement will generally be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. The guarantee of the trust preferred securities will be governed by the law of the State of New York.
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As of the date of this prospectus, the authorized capital stock of CSX is (i) 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, and (ii) 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value, issuable in series. As of January 31, 2019, 815,630,366 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
The following discussion of the material provisions of the common stock, preferred stock, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of CSX are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, copies of which have been incorporated by reference to the registration statement.
Common Stock
CSX may issue shares of common stock, either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other securities. If we offer common stock, the specific terms of the offering, including the number of shares offered and the initial public offering price, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CSX. All outstanding shares of common stock are fully-paid and non-assessable. Any additional shares of common stock we issue will also be fully-paid and non-assessable. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters voted on by shareholders and, except as otherwise required by law or provided by the terms of any series of preferred stock, the holders of those shares exclusively possess all voting power of CSX. No holder of common stock is entitled as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any shares of common stock or preferred stock. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors, who are elected annually by a vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to a nominees election; provided, that if there are more nominees for election than the number of directors to be elected, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast in such an election. Subject to the preferential rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably dividends as may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors from funds legally available for that purpose. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of CSX, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment or provision for liabilities and amounts owing in respect of any outstanding preferred stock.
The transfer agent for CSX common stock is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., located in Edgewood, New York.
Preferred Stock
CSX may issue shares of our preferred stock, in one or more series, either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other securities.
The following description of preferred stock sets forth certain general terms and provisions of any series of preferred stock to which any prospectus supplement may relate. If we offer preferred stock, the terms of any particular series of preferred stock, including preferred stock to be represented by depositary shares, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including (where applicable):
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the title of the series; |
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the initial public offering price; |
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the dividend rate or method of calculation of the dividend rate and the dividend payment dates or periods; |
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the date from which dividends will accrue and whether dividends will be cumulative; |
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any right to vote with holders of shares of any other series or class and any right to vote as a class; |
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the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, including any sinking fund provisions for the redemption or repurchase of shares; |
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the amount payable with respect to both the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of CSX; |
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any listing on any securities exchange; |
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the procedures for any auction or remarketing, if any; |
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the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the preferred stock will be convertible into or exchangeable for other securities; |
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whether interests will be represented by depositary shares; and |
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any other specific terms of the offered preferred stock. |
The form of articles of amendment relating to a series of preferred stock will be filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference in, the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The terms of the preferred stock offered by any prospectus supplement may differ from the general terms set forth in this prospectus.
Subject to limitations prescribed by Virginia law and CSXs Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, our Board of Directors, without further action by the shareholders, is authorized to designate and issue in series preferred stock and to fix as to any series:
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the number of shares constituting that series; |
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the rate of dividend, the time of payment and, if cumulative, the dates from which dividends will be cumulative, and the extent of participation rights, if any; |
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any right to vote with holders of shares of any other series or class and any right to vote as a class, either generally or as a condition to specified corporate action; |
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the price at and the terms and conditions on which shares may be redeemed, including any sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of shares; |
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the amount payable upon shares in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation; and |
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whether shares will have the privilege of conversion, and if so, the terms and conditions on which shares may be converted. |
The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common stock and, under certain circumstances, make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of CSX or to remove present management and could have the effect of delaying or preventing a merger, tender offer or other attempted takeover of CSX. No holder of preferred stock will be entitled, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any shares of preferred stock or common stock.
Preferred stock will, when issued, be fully-paid and non-assessable. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any series of offered preferred stock will rank, with respect to dividends and the distribution of assets, senior to common stock, and on a parity with shares of any other then outstanding series of preferred stock. Therefore, any preferred stock that may subsequently be issued may limit the rights of the holders of our common stock and preferred stock. In addition, under certain circumstances, preferred stock could also restrict dividend payments to our holders of common stock.
The transfer agent and registrar for a series of preferred stock will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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Virginia Stock Corporation Act; Anti-takeover Effects
The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (VSCA) contains provisions governing Affiliated Transactions. These provisions, with several exceptions discussed below, generally require approval of certain material transactions between a Virginia corporation and any beneficial holder of more than 10% of any class of its outstanding voting shares (an Interested Shareholder) by a majority of disinterested directors and by the holders of at least two-thirds of the remaining voting shares. Affiliated Transactions subject to this approval requirement include mergers, share exchanges, material dispositions of corporate assets not in the ordinary course of business, any dissolution of the corporation proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Shareholder, or any reclassification, including a reverse stock split, recapitalization or merger of the corporation with its subsidiaries, which increases the percentage of voting shares owned beneficially by an Interested Shareholder by more than 5%.
For three years following the time that a person becomes an Interested Shareholder, a Virginia corporation cannot engage in an Affiliated Transaction with that Interested Shareholder without the approval of two-thirds of the voting shares other than those shares beneficially owned by the Interested Shareholder, and the approval of a majority of the Disinterested Directors. Disinterested Director means, with respect to a particular Interested Shareholder, a member of our Board of Directors who was:
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recommended for election by, or was elected to fill a vacancy and received the affirmative vote of, a majority of the Disinterested Directors then on the Board of Directors. |
After the expiration of the three-year period, the statute requires approval of Affiliated Transactions by two-thirds of the voting shares other than those beneficially owned by the Interested Shareholder.
The principal exceptions to the special voting requirements apply to transactions proposed after the three-year period has expired and require either that the transaction be approved by a majority of CSXs Disinterested Directors or that the transaction satisfy the fair-price requirements of the statute. In general, the fair-price requirement provides that in a two-step acquisition transaction, the Interested Shareholder must pay the shareholders in the second step either the same amount of cash or the same amount and type of consideration paid to acquire CSXs shares in the first step.
None of the limitations and special voting requirements described above applies to an Interested Shareholder whose acquisition of shares making that person an Interested Shareholder was approved by a majority of CSXs Disinterested Directors.
These provisions are designed to deter certain types of takeovers of Virginia corporations. The statute provides that, by affirmative vote of a majority of the voting shares other than shares owned by any Interested Shareholder, a corporation can adopt an amendment to its articles of incorporation or bylaws providing that the Affiliated Transactions provisions will not apply to the corporation. At the 2006 annual meeting, the shareholders of CSX voted to opt out of the Affiliated Transactions provisions of the VSCA. Under CSXs amended and restated articles of incorporation, the following actions must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting shares entitled to vote: (1) any plan of merger or share exchange for which the VSCA requires shareholder approval; (2) the sale of all or substantially all of CSXs property for which the VSCA requires shareholder approval; and (3) the dissolution of CSX. Majority voting for these three types of actions became effective on November 3, 2007, 18 months after the amendment was approved by the shareholders.
Virginia law also generally provides that shares of a Virginia corporation acquired in a transaction that would cause the acquiring persons voting strength to meet or exceed any of three thresholds (20%, 33-1/3% or 50%) have no voting rights with respect to those shares unless granted by a majority vote of shares not owned by the acquiring person or any officer or employee-director of the corporation. This provision empowers an acquiring person to require the Virginia corporation to hold a special meeting of shareholders to consider the matter within 50 days of its request. CSXs bylaws provide that this law does not apply to acquisitions of CSX stock.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
CSX may offer depositary shares (either separately or together with other securities) representing fractional interests in shares of our preferred stock of any series. In connection with the issuance of any depositary shares, CSX will enter into a deposit agreement with a bank or trust company, as depositary, which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the related deposit agreement. Immediately following the issuance by CSX of the preferred stock related to the depositary shares, we will deposit the shares of preferred stock with the relevant preferred stock depositary and will cause the preferred stock depositary to issue, on our behalf, the related depositary receipts. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary receipt will be entitled, in proportion to the fraction of a share of preferred stock represented by the related depositary share, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of, and will be subject to all of the limitations and restrictions on, the preferred stock represented by the depositary receipt (including, if applicable, limitations and restrictions on dividend, voting, conversion, exchange, redemption and liquidation rights).
The form of deposit agreement, together with the form of related depositary receipt, that will be entered into with respect to a particular offering of depositary shares will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the registration statement or incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the depositary shares and the related deposit agreement for a particular issue of depositary shares, which terms may include the following if applicable to those depositary shares:
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the terms of the series of preferred stock deposited by CSX under the related deposit agreement; |
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the name and address of the depositary; |
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the number of depositary shares and the fraction of one share of preferred stock represented by one depositary share; |
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whether the depositary shares will be listed on any securities exchange; |
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whether the depositary shares will be sold with any other securities and, if so, the amount and terms of those securities; and |
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WARRANTS
CSX may issue warrants for the purchase of CSXs debt securities, guarantees, preferred stock or common stock, or securities of third parties (including debt securities of CSXT) or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the principal amount of debt securities, number of shares of preferred stock or common stock, or specified amount of securities of third parties or specified other rights, as the case may be, at the exercise price and in the manner specified in the prospectus supplement relating to such warrants. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the date and time specified in the applicable warrant agreement and set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Warrants will be issued under one or more warrant agreements to be entered into between CSX and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The material terms and provisions of such warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The form of securities warrant agreement, including the form of certificates representing the warrants, that will be entered into with respect to a particular offering of warrants will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the registration statement or incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus and such prospectus supplement is being delivered, which terms may include the following if applicable to those warrants:
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the title and aggregate number of the warrants; |
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the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued; |
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the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency, currencies or currency units and terms of the debt securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants; the price, or the manner of determining the price, at which the debt securities may be purchased upon exercise of the warrants; |
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the designation, number of shares and terms of the series of preferred stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants; the price, or the manner of determining the price, at which the preferred stock may be purchased upon exercise of the warrants; |
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the number of shares of common stock that may be purchased upon exercise of each warrant; the price, or the manner of determining the price, at which the shares may be purchased upon the exercise of the warrants; |
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the securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more |
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specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing, purchasable upon exercise of such warrants; |
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the price at which and the currency or currencies in which the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased; |
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if other than cash, the property and manner in which the exercise price of the warrants may be paid; and any maximum or minimum number of warrants that may be exercisable at any one time; |
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the time or times at which, or period or periods during which, the warrants may be exercised and the expiration date of the warrants; |
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if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable; |
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the terms of any right of CSX to redeem the warrants; |
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the terms of any right of CSX to accelerate the exercise of the warrants upon the occurrence of certain events; |
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whether the warrants will be sold with any other securities, and the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the other securities will be separately transferable; |
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whether the securities warrants will be issued in registered or bearer form and information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; |
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a discussion of certain material U.S. Federal income tax, accounting and other special considerations, procedures and limitations relating to the warrants; and |
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any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such warrants. |
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DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase or sale of:
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CSXs debt securities, guarantees, common or preferred stock, or securities of third parties (including debt securities of CSXT), a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the foregoing as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement; |
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Each purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to purchase or sell, and obligate us to sell or purchase, on specified dates, such securities, currencies or commodities at a specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may, however, satisfy our obligations, if any, with respect to any purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies, by delivering the underlying currencies, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also specify the methods by which the holders may purchase or sell such securities, currencies or commodities and any acceleration, cancellation or termination provisions or other provisions relating to the settlement of a purchase contract.
The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require the holders thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are issued. Our obligation to settle such pre-paid purchase contracts on the relevant settlement date may constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, pre-paid purchase contracts will be issued under either the senior indenture or the subordinated indenture.
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or more purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities (of CSX or CSXT), guarantees, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock or any combination of such securities. The applicable supplement will describe:
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the terms of the units and of the warrants, debt securities and common and/or preferred stock comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately; |
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a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units; and |
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a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units. |
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CSX, CSXT or the Trust, as applicable, may sell securities to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell securities to institutional investors directly or through agents who solicit or receive offers on our behalf or through dealers or through a combination of any of these methods of sale. The prospectus supplement with respect to particular securities will set forth the terms of the offering of those securities, including the following:
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the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents; |
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the public offering or purchase price and the proceeds to CSX, CSXT or the Trust, as applicable, from that sale; |
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the expenses of the offering; |
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any discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to the underwriters, dealers or agents; |
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all other items constituting underwriting compensation and the discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to dealers, if any; and |
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the securities exchanges, if any, on which the securities will be listed. |
Underwriters may offer and sell the securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. We also may offer and sell securities in exchange for one or more of our outstanding issues of securities. We may, from time to time, authorize agents acting on a best or reasonable efforts basis as our agents to solicit or receive offers to purchase the securities upon the terms and conditions as are set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters or agents may be deemed to have received compensation from CSX, CSXT or the Trust, as applicable, in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.
Underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of securities and their controlling persons may be entitled, under agreements that may be entered into with CSX, CSXT or the Trust, as applicable, to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments that the underwriters, dealers or agents and their controlling persons may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may authorize underwriters or other persons acting as our agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from us pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions with which those contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases those institutions must be approved by us. The obligations of any institutional purchaser under those contracts will not be subject to any conditions except:
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the purchase by that institution of the securities covered by the contract will not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which that institution is subject, and |
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if the securities are being sold to underwriters, we will have sold to the underwriters the total principal amount of the securities less the principal amount covered by delayed delivery contracts. |
Each series of offered securities other than common stock will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom offered securities are sold by CSX, CSXT or the Trust, as applicable, for public offering and sale may make a market in such offered securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any offered securities.
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Any underwriter may engage in stabilizing and syndicate covering transactions in accordance with Rule 104 under the Exchange Act. Rule 104 permits stabilizing bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. The underwriters may over-allot offered securities, thereby creating a short position in the underwriters account. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of offered securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed to cover syndicate short positions. Stabilizing and syndicate covering transactions may cause the price of the offered securities to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of such transactions. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their affiliates may engage in transactions with and perform services for CSX or CSXT in the ordinary course of business.
The validity of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered will be passed on for us by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, Virginia and by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York. Certain matters relating to the formation of the Trust and the issuance of the trust preferred securities under Delaware law and the trust agreements will be passed upon by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Trust and CSX.
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLPs reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the Registrant in connection with the sale of the securities being registered hereby.
Amount to Be
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Registration fee |
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Printing |
(2 | ) | ||
Legal fees and expenses (including Blue Sky fees) |
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Trustee fees |
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Rating Agency fees |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
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Omitted because the registration fee is being deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b). |
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The amount of these expenses is not presently known. |
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
CSX Corporation
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Article 10 of the VSCA allows, in general, for indemnification, in certain circumstances, by a corporation of any person threatened with or made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is, or was, a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation. Indemnification is also authorized with respect to a criminal action or proceeding where the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Article 10 of the VSCA also provides that a corporation may make any other or further indemnity (including indemnity with respect to a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation) if authorized by its articles of incorporation or a shareholder-adopted bylaw, except an indemnity against willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. Article 9 of the VSCA provides limitations on damages payable by officers and directors, except in cases of willful misconduct or knowing violation of criminal law or any federal or state securities law.
Article VII of CSXs Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification of any director or officer of CSX who is, was or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (including any proceeding by or on behalf of CSX) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of CSX against all liabilities and reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding, except such liabilities and expenses as are incurred because of such directors or officers willful misconduct or knowing violation of the criminal law.
CSXs Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation also provide that in every instance permitted under the VSCA in effect from time to time, the liability of a director or officer of CSX to CSX or CSXs shareholders arising out of a single transaction, occurrence or course of conduct will be limited to one dollar.
Article V of CSXTs Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification of any director or officer of CSXT who is, was or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (including any proceeding by or on behalf of CSXT) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of CSXT against all liabilities and reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding, except such liabilities and expenses as are incurred because of such directors or officers willful misconduct or knowing violation of the criminal law.
CSXTs Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation also provide that in every instance permitted under the VSCA in effect from time to time, the liability of a director or officer of CSXT to CSXT or CSXTs shareholders arising out of a single transaction, occurrence or course of conduct will be limited to one dollar.
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Each of CSX and CSXT maintains a standard policy of officers and directors liability insurance.
The underwriting, distribution or similar agreements filed or to be filed as exhibits to the registration statement will contain provisions regarding indemnification of the registrants officers, directors and controlling persons against certain liabilities.
CSX Capital Trust I
The Trust Agreement of the CSX Trust provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, CSX shall indemnify BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as successor to Chase Bank USA, National Association (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association), referred to herein as the Indemnified Party, or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives or agents, from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Indemnified Party by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the CSX Trust in a manner the Indemnified Party reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Indemnified Party by the Trust Agreement, except that the Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by the Indemnified Party by reason of negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement will provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, CSX will indemnify any administrative trustee, any affiliate of an administrative trustee, any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives of agents of any administrative trustee or any affiliates thereof, or any officer, employee or agent of the CSX Trust or its affiliates, each such person referred to as a Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person, who was or is an actual or threatened party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was a Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person against (A) in the case of actions, suits or proceedings other than an action by or in the right of the CSX Trust, expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the CSX Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful and (B) in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the CSX Trust to procure a judgment in its favor, expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the CSX Trust (except, subject to certain limitations, where such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the CSX Trust). CSX or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such.
The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement will also provide that CSX will indemnify the property trustee, the Delaware trustee, any affiliate of the property trustee or the Delaware trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the property trustee or the Delaware trustee, each of such persons being referred to as a Fiduciary Indemnified Person, against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the CSX Trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.
Item 16. Exhibits
(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities (b) | |
1.2 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for the other securities registered hereby (a) | |
4.1.1 | Indenture, dated August 1, 1990, between CSX and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (b) |
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To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in the registration statement. |
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Filed herewith. |
Item 17. Undertakings
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided , however , that paragraphs (a)(1) (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided , however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: |
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
(2) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida, on February 12, 2019.
CSX Corporation | ||||
By: |
/s/ Frank A. Lonegro |
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Name: |
Frank A. Lonegro |
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Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers and directors of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the Corporation), hereby constitutes and appoints Nathan D. Goldman, Angela C. Williams and Sean R. Pelkey, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form) for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental or amendatory thereto, including any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits thereto, with respect to the issuance, either separately or together with other such securities, of senior and subordinated debt securities, warrants, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, purchase contracts and units of the Corporation, secured or senior unsecured debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., guarantees of debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., trust preferred securities of CSX Capital Trust I, and guarantees of trust preferred securities of CSX Capital Trust I (each a Security and collectively, the Securities) (including any Securities that are, by their terms, exchangeable for or convertible into other Securities and the Securities issuable upon exchange or conversion of such convertible or exchangeable Securities), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities, in the locations and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ James A. Foote |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
James A. Foote | ||||
/s/ Frank A. Lonegro |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
Frank A. Lonegro | ||||
/s/ Angela C. Williams |
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
Angela C. Williams | ||||
/s/ Nathan D. Goldman |
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary | February 12, 2019 | ||
Nathan D. Goldman |
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/s/ John J. Zillmer |
Chairman of the Board and Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
John J. Zillmer | ||||
/s/ Donna M. Alvarado |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Donna M. Alvarado | ||||
/s/ John B. Breaux |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
John B. Breaux | ||||
/s/ Pamela L. Carter |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Pamela L. Carter | ||||
/s/ Steven T. Halverson |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Steven T. Halverson | ||||
/s/ Paul C. Hilal |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Paul C. Hilal | ||||
/s/ John D. McPherson |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
John D. McPherson | ||||
/s/ David M. Moffett |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
David M. Moffett | ||||
/s/ Linda H. Riefler |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Linda H. Riefler | ||||
/s/ J. Steven Whisler |
Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
J. Steven Whisler |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida, on February 12, 2019.
CSX Capital Trust I,
By CSX Corporation, as Sponsor |
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By: |
/s/ Frank A. Lonegro |
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Name: | Frank A. Lonegro | |||
Title: |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida, on February 12, 2019.
CSX Transportation, Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Nathan D. Goldman |
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Name: | Nathan D. Goldman | |||
Title: |
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Nathan D. Goldman, Angela C. Williams and Sean R. Pelkey and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities, in the locations and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ James M. Foote |
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
James M. Foote | ||||
/s/ Frank A. Lonegro |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
Frank A. Lonegro | ||||
/s/ Angela C. Williams |
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | February 12, 2019 | ||
Angela C. Williams | ||||
/s/ Nathan D. Goldman |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Director | February 12, 2019 | ||
Nathan D. Goldman |
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Exhibit 1.1
[FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT FOR DEBT SECURITIES]
CSX CORPORATION
$[AMOUNT OF OFFERING]
[TITLE OF SECURITIES]
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[DATE]
[NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE]
As Representative of the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the Company ), proposes to issue and sell to the parties named in Schedule II hereto (the Underwriters ), for whom you are acting as Representative (the Representative ), $[AMOUNT] principal amount of its [TITLE OF SECURITIES] (the Securities ). The Securities are to be issued under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1991, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 6, 1997, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 22, 1998, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 30, 2001, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 27, 2003, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 23, 2004, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 25, 2007, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 24, 2010 and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated February 12, 2019 (collectively, the Indenture ).
In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company, along with CSX Transportation, Inc. and CSX Capital Trust I, prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) a registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-[ ]) for the registration of debt securities of the Company, including the Securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts, units, debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., guarantees of debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., and guaranteed trust preferred securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Such Registration Statement covers the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 1(b) hereof) on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by the Underwriters. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 18 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1. Any reference to persons acting on behalf of the Company does not include any of the Underwriters, with respect to whom the Company makes no representation.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3ASR under the Securities Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405, on Form S-3ASR, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been electronically furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Applicable Time or, to the extent not completed at the Applicable Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Applicable Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto), as of its date and on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 hereof), will, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the TIA ), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. On the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the TIA and the rules thereunder. On the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the TIA of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriters consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) As of the Applicable Time, (i) the Disclosure Package and (ii) each electronic roadshow when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(I)(c) hereto does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(g) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except as may otherwise be stated therein or contemplated thereby, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
(h) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities (other than any stabilization done by the Underwriters, as to which the Company makes no representation).
(i) The Company is not an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act ), without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of holders of the Companys securities.
(j) The information, if any, provided by the Company pursuant to Section 4(I)(g) hereof will not, at the date thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(l) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the Indenture (assuming that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles; the Securities have been duly authorized, and when executed, issued and delivered by the Company and authenticated in the manner provided in the Indenture, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(m) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, except for a filing of any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(n) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or any of their properties or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company is subject, or the charter, by-laws or operating agreement, as the case may be, of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(o) The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, and to the knowledge of the Company, its directors and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company, any subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company or such subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or any subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the offering of the Securities, is a Sanctioned Person. No part of the proceeds of this offering will be used to violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
2. Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the aggregate principal amounts of Securities set forth opposite each Underwriters name in Schedule II hereto at a purchase price equal to [ ] % of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from [DATE].
3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at [TIME], New York City time, on [DATE], or such later date (not later than seven full Business Days thereafter) as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment being herein called the Closing Date ). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer of federal funds or other immediately available funds or in such other manner of payment as may be agreed by the Company and the Representative.
Delivery of any Securities to be issued in definitive certificated form shall be made on the Closing Date at such location, and in such names and denominations, as the Representative shall designate at least one Business Day in advance of the Closing Date. The Company agrees to have the Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the Representative in New York, New York, not later than [TIME] on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The closing for the purchase and sale of the Securities shall occur at the office of [UNDERWRITERS COUNSEL], [ADDRESS] ( Counsel for the Underwriters ) or such other place as the parties hereto shall agree.
The Securities will be issued in the form of [NUMBER] fully registered global [Security][Securities] in [the] denomination[s] of $[DENOMINATIONS], [respectively], which will be deposited with, or in accordance with the instructions of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ( DTC ) and registered in the name of DTCs nominee. Except as provided in the Indenture, beneficial owners of the Securities will not have the right to have the Securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such Securities, and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture.
4. Agreements . (I) The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter and to Counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, during the period referred to in paragraph (e) below, as many copies of each of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto (to be delivered electronically) and the Final Prospectus, as they may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(b) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the
Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(c) To prepare a final term sheet, in the form of Schedule I hereto, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in a form approved by you and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(d) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) If at any time prior to the earlier of (i) completion of the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters (as determined by the Representative) or (ii) six months from the date hereof, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it should be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus (including any document incorporated by reference therein which was filed under the Exchange Act) to comply with the Exchange Act or the rules thereunder or other applicable law, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company will promptly notify the Representative of the same and, subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this Section 4, will prepare and provide to the Representative pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 4 an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and, if such an amendment or supplement is required to be filed under the Exchange Act and is to be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, will file such amendment or supplement with the Commission. The Representative will promptly advise the Company, in writing, of the completion of the initial distribution of the Securities.
(f) The Company will, during the period when the Final Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and during which the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, timely file all Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any other reports, statements, documents, registrations, filings or submissions required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(g) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Companys fiscal quarter next following the effective date (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) The Company will cooperate with the Representative and use its reasonable best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(i) The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other
than the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(I)(c) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein at the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, at the Applicable Time, and at the Closing Date and to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 4(I)(c) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters the opinion of [COMPANYS LOCAL COUNSEL], dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;
(ii) Each significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act (each a Significant Subsidiary ) of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, has organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;
(c) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters the opinion of the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, the General Counsel or an Associate General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise;
(ii) To the best of such counsels knowledge, each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be, of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable, and, except for directors qualifying shares, if any, is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise;
(iii) This Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, except for a filing of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and such as may be required under state securities laws;
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or any of their properties or, to the best of such counsels knowledge, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is subject, or the charter, bylaws or operating agreement, as the case may be, of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;
(vi) The Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, and the Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and
(vii) Each document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus complied when filed as to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he or she has, or persons under his or her supervision have, participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of [COMPANYS AUDITOR], independent auditors for the Company, the Representative and Counsel for the Underwriters, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto and related matters were discussed, and, although such counsel has not undertaken to investigate or verify independently, and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that would lead such counsel to believe (A) that the Registration Statement (other than the historical, pro forma, projected or other financial statements, information and data and statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, and Form T-1, in each case as to which no opinion need be given), at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) that (i) the Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, and (ii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of its date or as of the Closing Date (in each case, other than the historical, pro forma, projected or other financial statements, information and data and statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, in each case as to which no opinion need be given), included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all references in this Section 5(b) to the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to include any amendment or supplement thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters the opinion and negative assurance letter of [COMPANYS COUNSEL], counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibits A and B attached hereto.
(d) The Representative shall have received from Counsel for the Underwriters such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date) and other related matters as they may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, Counsel for the Underwriters may rely as to all matters governed by Virginia law on those covered in the opinion of [COMPANYs LOCAL COUNSEL], referred to above.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President and another person who is the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, or, in their absence, other proper officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representative, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement and that, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and
(ii) since the date of the most recent financial statements incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof) or as described in such certificate.
(f) At the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, [COMPANYS AUDITOR] shall have furnished to the Representative letters, dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus.
(g) Subsequent to the Applicable Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 5 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Securities as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereof or thereto after the date hereof).
(h) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Companys debt securities by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Ratings Group or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall furnish to the Representative such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and Counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder with respect to the Securities may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or telefax confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 will be delivered at the office of Counsel for the Underwriters, at [ADDRESS], on the Closing Date.
6. Reimbursement of Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because of cancellation by the Representative pursuant to Section 5 hereof, because of any termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any material agreement herein or comply with any material provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters in payment for the Securities on the Closing Date, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of Counsel for the Underwriters) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
7. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(I)(c) hereto, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriters through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and each Underwriter acknowledge that the statements set forth in the [ ] under the heading Underwriting in the Preliminary Prospectus and the [ ] under the heading Underwriting in the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (or in any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel); however, the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel only if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded upon advice of counsel that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 7 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise, or consent is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively Losses ) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and by the Underwriters from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses), and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters from the Company in connection with the purchase of the Securities hereunder, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information provided by the Company or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), 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 Underwriters obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 7(d) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each officer and director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among the Underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus.
8. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities within 36 hours of such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company except as otherwise provided in Section 10. In
the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company or to any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
9. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the applicable Securities, if prior to such time (i) there shall have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs the investment quality of the Securities, (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating), (iii) trading in any of the Companys securities shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereof or thereto after the date hereof).
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11. Fees, Expenses . The Company covenants and agrees with the Representative that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and accountants in connection with the issue of the Securities and all other expenses in connection with the preparation and printing of the Final Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters; (ii) the cost of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities as provided in Section 4(I)(a); (iii) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (iv) the cost of preparing the Securities; (v) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (vi) any fees charged by DTC; (vii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state and Canadian securities laws, including the fees and disbursements of Counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with Blue Sky and Legal Investment Survey and Canadian offering documents; (viii) any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Notes; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 11. It is understood, however, that except as provided in Sections 6 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees, disbursements and expenses of their counsel and any marketing expenses connected with any offers they may make.
12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to them, care of (i) [ADDRESS OF REPRESENTATIVE] or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to it at CSX Corporation, 500 Water Street, 2 nd Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202, attention: [ ] .
13. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
15. No Fiduciary Duty . The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Companys engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument.
17. Headings . The section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
18. Definitions . The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
Applicable Time shall mean [TIME] (Eastern Time) on [PRICING DATE] or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.
Base Prospectus shall mean the base prospectus referred to in Section 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Applicable Time.
Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.
Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus most recently distributed generally to investors prior to the Applicable Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iii) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(I)(c) hereto, identified in Schedule I hereto, if any, and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
Effective Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or become effective, and each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act.
Final Prospectus shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time, together with the Base Prospectus.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in Section 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.
Registration Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.
Rule 158, Rule 163, Rule 164, Rule 172, Rule 405, Rule 415, Rule 424, Rule 430B, and Rule 433 refer to such rules under the Securities Act.
Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person more than 50% owned or controlled by any such person or persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b).
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters.
[ Signature page follows ]
Very truly yours, |
CSX CORPORATION |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
[REPRESENTATIVE]
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
For itself and the other Underwriters named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement
SCHEDULE I
[FORM OF PRICING TERM SHEET]
Sch. I-1
SCHEDULE II
$[AMOUNT]
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
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Underwriters |
Purchased | |||
[UNDERWRITERS] |
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Sch. II-1
SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
[FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES INCLUDED IN DISCLOSURE PACKAGE]
Sch. III-1
Exhibit B-1
Exhibit 4.1.1
CSX CORPORATION
TO
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 1, 1990
Senior Securities
CSX CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1990
TIA Section |
Indenture Sections |
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§ 310(a)(1) |
609 | |
(a)(2) |
609 | |
(a)(3) |
Not Applicable | |
(a)(4) |
Not Applicable | |
(b) |
608 | |
610 | ||
§ 311(a) |
613(a) | |
(b) |
613(b)(1) | |
(b)(2) |
613(b)(2) | |
703(b) | ||
§ 312(a) |
701 | |
702(a) | ||
(b) |
702(b) | |
(c) |
702(c) | |
§ 313(a) |
703(a) | |
(b) |
703(b) | |
(c) |
703(c) | |
(d) |
703(d) | |
§ 314(a) |
704 | |
(b) |
Not Applicable | |
(c)(1) |
102 | |
(c)(2) |
102 | |
(c)(3) |
Not Applicable | |
(d) |
Not Applicable | |
(c) |
102 | |
§ 315(a) |
601(a) | |
(b) |
602 | |
703(a)(6) | ||
(c) |
601(b) | |
(d) |
601(c) | |
(d)(1) |
601(a)(1) | |
(d)(2) |
601(c)(2) | |
(d)(3) |
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(e) |
514 | |
§ 316(a) |
101 | |
(a)(1)(A) |
502 | |
512 | ||
(a)(1)(B) |
513 | |
(a)(2) |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and Coupons |
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons |
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Section 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER |
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Section 1302. |
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Section 1303. |
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Section 1304. |
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Section 1305. |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings |
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Section 1306. |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 1401. |
Applicability of Article; Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 1403. |
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Section 1404. |
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Section 1405. |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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Exhibit A. |
Form of Registered Security Which Is Not an Original Issue Discount Security |
A-1 | ||||
Exhibit B. |
Form of Registered Security Which Is an Original Issue Discount Security |
B-1 |
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Exhibit C. |
Form of Bearer Security Which Is Not an Original Issue Discount Security and Form of Related Coupon |
C-1 | ||||
Exhibit D. |
Form of Bearer Security Which Is an Original Issue Discount Security and Form of Related Coupon |
D-1 | ||||
Exhibit E. |
Form of Temporary Global Security |
E-1 | ||||
Exhibit F. |
Form of Permanent Global Security |
F-1 | ||||
Exhibit G. |
Forms of Certification |
G-1 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of August 1, 1990, between CSX Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (herein called the Company), having its principal office at One James Center, 901 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, trustee (herein called the Trustee).
The Company 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), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually 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
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America from time to time; 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 Six are defined in that Article.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
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.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
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 the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
Bearer Security means any Security in the form set forth in either Exhibit C, Exhibit D, Exhibit E or Exhibit F to this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors 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 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.
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Cedel S.A. means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières S.A.
Commission means the 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 instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Common Depositary has the meaning specified in Section 304.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers or by any Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at One New York Plaza, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10081.
corporation means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.
coupon means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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.
Euro-clear means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as the operator of the Euro-clear System.
Euro Security means any Bearer Security, any Security initially represented by a Security in temporary global form exchangeable for Bearer Securities and any Security in permanent global form exchangeable for Bearer Securities.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Exchange Date has the meaning specified in Section 304.
Holder, when used with respect to any Security, means in the case of a Registered Security the Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register and in the case of a Bearer Security the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means the bearer thereof.
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Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Obligation means indebtedness for money borrowed or indebtedness evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or word added before or after the title vice president), the Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary, the Controller or the Managing Director-Corporate Finance of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers or by any Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, 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 502.
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;
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(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; 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 which have been defeased pursuant to Section 1402 hereof; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 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 Company;
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 whether a quorum is present of a meeting of Holders of Securities (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security in accordance with Section 301 hereof, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit, the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above), and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means, any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
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Periodic Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
possessions of the United States include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains as the case may be.
Purchase Money Lien means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind upon any stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, acquired after the date hereof if such Purchase Money Lien is for the purpose of financing, and does not exceed, the cost to the Company or any Subsidiary of acquiring the stock or property of such Restricted Subsidiary and such financing is effected concurrently with, or within six months after, the date of such acquisition.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Registered Security means any Security in the form set forth in either Exhibit A, Exhibit B or Exhibit F to this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
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Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary the stock or indebtedness of which was not, as of the date hereof, pledged or required to be pledged to secure any Obligation, one of the principal operations of which consist of one or more transportation services, including, without limitation, railroad, trucking or barge services.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such instalment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means a corporation a majority the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia).
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United States Alien means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
U.S. Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more permanent global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, U.S. Depositary as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
Vice President, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title vice president.
Voting Stock means stock having voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture (other than in connection with the delivery of any Security offered in a Periodic Offering to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to Section 303), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and;
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. 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 Company.
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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 and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent or proxy, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The 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) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(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 or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
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Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not earlier than the earlier date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. 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 of a Registered Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such
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notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
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 of Securities 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 107. Language of Notices, Etc.
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.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section heading herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities or coupons 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities and coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons 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 interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series, the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons, the temporary global Securities of each series, if any, and the permanent global Securities of each series, if any, shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A, B, C, D, E or F, as applicable, to this Indenture, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one 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 may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons. [ ]
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons, it any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
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Section 202. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of a series issued under the Indenture described herein.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) |
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By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
Section 203. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, 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 from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee or the Security Registrar 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 Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee or the Security Registrar the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 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 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 201 and 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) [any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture] (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) [whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as] Registered Securities, Bearer Securities or both, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form with or without coupons and, if so, the name of the Common Depositary with respect to any such temporary global Security, and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent 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 305 and the name of the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary with respect to any such permanent global Security and, notwithstanding Section 303 or any other provision of this Indenture relating thereto, the form of the certificates set forth in Exhibits G.1, G.2 and G.3 and the time, manner and requirements for delivery of any such certificates;
(4) 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, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they mature, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 304 and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a permanent global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid;
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(5) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(6) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Sections 114 and 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than denomination of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(11) the currency or currencies, including currency units, in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America;
(12) if the principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, including currency units, other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;
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(13) if the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(15) the application, if any, of either or both of Section 1402 and 1403 to the Securities of the series;
(16) the application, if any, of Section 311 to the Securities of the series; and
(17) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture other than any provisions of this Indenture relating to the time, manner and requirements for delivery of the certificates set forth in Exhibit G.1, G.2, and G.3).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms or the manner of determining the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any Registered Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000.
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Corporate Secretary (provided that the Corporate Secretary shall not attest his or her own signature as an Officer) or one of its Assistant Corporate Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Corporate Secretary or one of the Assistant Corporate Secretaries of the Company.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such Series; provided further, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Euro Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States or its possessions; and provided further, however, that a Euro Security (other than a Security in temporary global form) may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if (x) the Person entitled to physical delivery of such Euro Security (which, in the case of a Euro Security to be received in exchange for all or a portion of a Security in temporary global form, shall be the account holder with Euro-clear or Cedel S.A. to whose account all or such portion of such Security in temporary global form has been credited) shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the date on which such Euro Security is delivered or, in the case of a Euro Security to be received in exchange for all or a portion of a temporary global Security, no earlier than 15 days prior to the date on which Euro-clear or Cedel S.A., as the case may be, furnish to the Common Depositary, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 304, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.2 to this Indenture that relates to all or such portion of such temporary global Security, and (y) the Person entitled to physical delivery of such certificate does not have actual knowledge that the information contained in such certificate is false. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owners interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be physical delivery in connection with
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its original issuance of such beneficial owners interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.
If the forms or terms of the Securities of the series and any related coupons have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Section 201 and 301, 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 Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) if the forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such forms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and to general equity principles.
If such forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the two preceding paragraphs, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
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With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication; and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 in connection with the Securities of any series.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security, or the Security to which such coupon appertains, a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in the Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, 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 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as officers executing such Securities or coupons may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Securities shall be delivered only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303 and maybe in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definite Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
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series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 in a Place of Payment for such series for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further, however, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global Security shall unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the Common Depositary), for the benefits of Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A., for credit to the respective accounts for the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days before the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security of a series (the Exchange Date), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be presented and surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Companys agent for such purpose or to the Security Registrar, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities of such series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security must be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euro-clear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed CEDEL S.A. as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit G.2 to this Indenture. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and , if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that definitive Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall be
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exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor upon the receipt by Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, after the Exchange Date of a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.1 to this Indenture signed by the account holder and dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the date on which Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, furnishes to the Common Depositary in accordance with the preceding paragraph a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.2 to this Indenture that relates to the interest to be exchanged for definitive Securities. Copies of the certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.1 to this Indenture shall be available from the offices of Euro-clear and CEDEL, S.A., the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States and its possessions.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder except that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable a on temporary global Security on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the exchange of such temporary global Security shall be payable to Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. to the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent of certificate or certificates in the form set felt in Exhibit G.3 to this Indenture for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons for whom Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A. as the cast may be, holds such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.1 to this Indenture. If such Interest Payment Date occurs on or after the Exchange Date, Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A. as the case may be, following the receipt of such certificate shall exchange, in accordance with the procedures hereinabove provided, the portion of the temporary global Security that relates to such certificate for definitive Securities (which in the absence of instructions to the contrary, shall be an interest in permanent global Security). Any interest so received by Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustees or the applicable Paying Agent immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 1002 a register (the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers of
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Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided, and for facilitating exchanges of temporary global Securities for permanent global Securities or definitive Securities, or both, or of permanent global Securities for definitive Securities, or both, as herein provided.
Upon due surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose in a Place of Payment for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.
At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons (except as provided below) and with all matured coupons in default appertaining thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Securities shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States and its possessions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business as such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business as such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section only as provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a permanent global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee or the Security Registrar definitive Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such permanent global Security executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, in accordance with instructions given by the Company to the Trustee or the Security Registrar and the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), such permanent global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other depositary or Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Companys agent for such purpose, or to the Security Registrar, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definite Securities of the same series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in accordance with such instructions, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the permanent global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series and of like tenor for redemption and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States or its possessions. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent global Security should be returned by the Trustee or the Security Registrar to the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other depositary or Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered
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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, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of 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 to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or any transfer agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar or any transfer agent 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 Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
In the event of any redemption in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening business day 15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the series of which Security is a part, and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed; (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 exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and of like tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and Coupons
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall, subject to the following paragraph, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about is become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that principal of and any premium and interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and its possessions.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require 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 new Security of any series, with any coupons appertaining thereto, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and any coupons appertaining thereto, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
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Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duty provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest 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 may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clauses (1) and (2) below:
(1) The Company 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 Company 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 Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory by the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of such series as the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid 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 such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on 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 Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, 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 other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such 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 305 and 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any temporary or permanent global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or impair, as between a Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary and holders of beneficial interests in any temporary or permanent global Security, as the case may be, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary as Holder of such temporary or permanent global Security.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered Securities and matured coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons so delivered shall be cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other
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Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed unless otherwise directed by a Company Order.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
If pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Section are established as terms of a series of Securities, the following provisions shall apply: (a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities in the currency or currency unit specified pursuant to Section 301 (the Specified Currency) shall be of the essence and the Company agrees that, to the extent permitted under applicable law, judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the Specified Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Specified Currency of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency or currency unit (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Specified Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency or currency unit (after any premium and cost of exchange) on the Business Day in the country of issue of the Specified Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, in the international banking community, immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in the Specified Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for, and any right to receive additional amounts, as provided in Section 1006), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
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(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered an all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under the arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company;
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(B) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
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Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. 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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
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(5) the Company pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law;
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(E) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(F) consents to the filing of such petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding, or adjudicates the Company insolvent or bankrupt;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company;
(D) and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest 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 any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events or Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and on any premium and 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 and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto 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 504. 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 Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and any premium and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities 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 any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607) and of the Holders of Securities and coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
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(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 of Securities and coupons 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 of Securities and coupons, 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 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. 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 any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, 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 607; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities and coupons 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 and coupons for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.
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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 304, 305 and 307) any interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (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 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons 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.
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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by the law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
Subject to any applicable statute of limitations, no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control of Holders of Securities.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and would not in the good faith judgment of the Trustee have a substantial likelihood of involving the Trustee in personal liability, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto waive any past default hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or any interest on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that, unless such majority in principal amount shall have been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Upon any waiver pursuant to this Section 513, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security or the payment of any coupon on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any series, except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such 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 provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to the 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.
(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;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
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(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. 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 to the extent provided in Section 703(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shalt have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund instalment 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 or Responsible Officers of the Trustees 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 501(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. For the purpose of this Section, the term default means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securitas of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, director, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or as otherwise expressly provided herein and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers Certificate;
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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under a 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 or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate statement, instruments, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, 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 in good faith determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company personally or by agent of attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder, either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustees certificates of authentication) and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
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Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation 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 or any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or such predecessor 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
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it 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.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of or interest, if any, on particular Securities.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section, with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article;
(b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 703(c); to all Holders of Securities of that series notice of such failure.
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(c) For the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series if
(1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of any series other than that series or its trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture, provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph the Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1986, between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), as trustee, pursuant to which the Companys 9 1/2% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 2016, its 8.40% Notes Due 1996, its 9% Debentures Due 2006 and its 8 1/4% Notes Due 1996 were issued, the Indenture dated as of March 1, 1987 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), as trustee, pursuant to which the Companys 11 1/2% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 1993, Series A, its 11-5/8% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 1999, Series B, its 11-7/8% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 1999, Series B1 and its 12.75% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 1994 were issued and this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series other than that series or any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if
(i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures are wholly unsecured and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to Section 305(b) or Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to Securities of that series and one or more other series or the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures, or
(ii) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures;
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(2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an obligor upon the Securities or an underwriter for the Company;
(3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with the Company or an underwriter for the Company;
(4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an executive officer, or both of the Company but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent or depositary, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Subsection, to act as trustee, whether under an indenture or otherwise;
(5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company of by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially owned collectively, by any two or more such persons;
(6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company not including the Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company;
(7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company;
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(8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company; or
(9) the Trustee owns, on May 15 in any calendar year, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this Subsection. As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after May 15 in each calendar year, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such May 15. If the Company fails to make a payment in full of the principal or any premium or interest on any of the Securities when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holding of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this Subsection.
The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this Subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this Subsection.
For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this Subsection only, (i) the terms security and securities shall include only such securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of indebtedness; (ii) an obligation shall be deemed to be in default when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in default as defined in clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it hold as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity.
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(d) For the purposes of this Section:
(1) The term underwriter, when used with reference to the Company, means every person who, within three years prior to the time as of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors or sellers commission.
(2) The term director means any director of a corporation or any individual performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
(3) The term person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term trust shall include only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or beneficiaries are evidenced by a security.
(4) The term voting security means any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangement whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person.
(5) The term Company means any obligor upon the Securities.
(6) The term executive officer means the president, every vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary and the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of the board of directors.
(e) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of whom is referred to as a person in this paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such person.
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(2) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the class outstanding.
(3) The term amount, when used in regard to securities, means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security.
(4) The term outstanding means issued and not held by or for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition:
(i) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to securities of the issuer of the same class;
(ii) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise;
(iii) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; and
(iv) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the issuer thereof;
provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights thereof.
(5) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders thereof substantially the same rights and privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such series different classes and provided further that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture.
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Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York. 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 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 610. 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 611.
(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 Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) The Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608(a) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder of a Security who
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has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 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 Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities of that series and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided in Section 106. 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 611. 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 Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
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(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 Company, 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 each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to 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 as co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(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 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all 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.
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
(a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within four months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities and coupons and the holders of other indenture securities, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section:
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal, or interest, effected after the beginning of such four months period and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2) of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claims as such creditor, either as securities therefor, or in satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such four months period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to the beginning of such four months period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as securities for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of such four months period and such property was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, would occur within four months; or
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(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property held as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after the beginning of such four months period for property held as security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the Trustee, the Holders of Securities and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Holders of Securities and the holders of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term dividends shall include any distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, the Holders of Securities and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
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Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such four months period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such four months period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the following conditions exist: (i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such four months period; and (ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within four months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the Holders of Securities at the time and in the manner provided in this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section.
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(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) the term default means any failure to make payments in full of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and payable;
(2) the term other indenture securities means securities upon which the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account;
(3) the term cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
(4) the term self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, ware or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation;
(5) the term Company means any obligor upon the Securities; and
(6) the term Federal Bankruptcy Act means the Bankruptcy Law.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue or upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
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$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specific 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 such 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 of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall promptly give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
As Authenticating Agent | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
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If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent (which, if so requested by the Company, shall be such Affiliate of the Company) having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities, provided that the terms and conditions of such appointment are acceptable to the Trustee.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and June 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require; containing all the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of the preceding January 1 or June I, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee if and so long as it acts as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701, (ii) received by the Trustee if and so long as it acts as Security Registrar and (iii) filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 703(c)(2). The Trustee may (i) destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, (ii) destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than January 15 or June 15 of each year, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities obtained from such
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information since the delivery of next previous list, if any, (iii) destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and (iv) destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 703(c)(2).
(b) If three or more Holders of Securities (herein referred to as applicants) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder of Securities whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702 (a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders of Securities or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such materials to all such Holders of Securities with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after July 15 of each year commencing with the July 15 occurring after the initial issuance of Securities hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, as provided in Subsection (c) of this Section, a brief report dated as of such July 15 with respect to:
(1) its eligibility under Section 609 and its qualifications under Section 608, or in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible and qualified under said Sections, a written statement to such effect;
(2) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Securities of such series Outstanding on the date of such report;
(3) the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 613(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6);
(4) the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(5) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and
(6) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 602.
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(b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Securities of any series for which it acts as Trustee, as provided in Subsection (c) of this Section, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail:
(1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear in the Security Register;
(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose; and
(3) except in the case of reports pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section, to each Holder of a Security whose name and address is preserved at the time by the Trustee, as provided in Section 702(a).
(d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and with the Company.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 703, if the Trust Indenture Act is amended subsequent to the date hereof to eliminate the requirement of the transmittal of the Trustees report required by this Section, such report need not be transmitted to any Holders.
The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
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information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents, and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as my be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit or cause to be transmitted, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 703(c) with respect to reports pursuant to Section 703(a), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the coporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of any domestic or foreign jurisdiction, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other corporation, or any conveyance or transfer by the Company of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor corporation which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities in accordance with Article Eight hereof; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or
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interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 1005 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) 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 611(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 1006 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
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Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, or
(3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 1002, or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1007, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security or coupon with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1007 or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that, unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) 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 Trustees own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. 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 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the respective coupons for such interest instalments.
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States and its possessions, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1006); provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed on The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, Limited, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and its possessions and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States and its possessions, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States and its possessions an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt notice to the Trustee and give prompt notice to the Holders as provided in Section 106 of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1006) at any Paying Agent for such series located outside the United States and its possessions, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands.
No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or its possessions or by check mailed to any address in the United States or its possessions or by transfer to any account maintained with a financial institution located in the United Sates or its
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possessions; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities on such series pursuant to Section 1006) shall be made at the office of the Companys Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States and its possessions maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of and any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of and any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest 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 Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on Securities of that 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;
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(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and any premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Statements as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate, stating as to each signer, that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision; and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default under Section 501, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
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Section 1005. Limitation on Liens on Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien, other than a Purchase Money Lien, upon any stock or indebtedness, whether owned on the date of this Indenture or hereafter acquired, of any Restricted Subsidiary, to secure any Obligation (other than the Securities) of the Company, and Subsidiary or any other Person, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Outstanding Securities shall be directly secured equally and ratably with such Obligation.
Section 1006. Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto additional amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and nay premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Companys principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupon who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the additional amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
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Section 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 1005 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive compliance with any term, provision or condition referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive compliance with any such term, provision or condition, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that, unless such requisite percentage in principal amount shall have been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
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Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or of the principal amount of global Securities of such series. If less than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. If so specified in the Securities of a series, partial redemptions must be in the amount not less than $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company 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 Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
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(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places which must include the applicable Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and its possessions (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, 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 such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
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If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and its possessions (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a temporary global Security or permanent global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new temporary global Security or permanent global Security, respectively.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption), together in the case of any Bearer securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 75 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not been previously so credited, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 45 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner state in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
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Section 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
Section 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons holding or representing such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting, shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of
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not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 902, any resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct if the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
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(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1401. Applicability of Article; Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
If pursuant to Section 301 provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1402 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities
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of series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section 1402 or Section 1403, as the case may be, together with Sections 1404 and 1405, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section 1403 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen.
Section 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section and subject to Section 1405, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, defeasance). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities had this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder; (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to the Securities of such series. Following a defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 1005 (and any other Sections applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, covenant defeasance). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. Following a covenant defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default solely by reference to such Sections specified above in this Section 1403.
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Section 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions precedent or as specifically noted below, subsequent to application of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee 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) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations 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, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to Maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof. Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article Eleven which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. For this purpose U.S. Government Obligations means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
(2) No Event of Default, or event which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, shall have happened and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as subsections 501(5) and (6) are concerned, at any time during the
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period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in this clause (B) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 608 or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted.
(6) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(7) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(8) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent and subsequent provided for in this Indenture relating to either the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403, as the case may be, have been complied with.
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Section 1405. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1404 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, provided that the Trustee shall not be required to liquidate any U.S. Government Obligations in order to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if and to the extent the deposited money or U.S. Government Obligations (or the proceeds thereof) either (i) cannot be applied by the Trustee in accordance with this Section because of a court order or (ii) are for any reason insufficient in amount, then (x) the Companys obligations to pay principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series shall be reinstated to the extent necessary to cover the deficiency on any due date for payment and (y) in the case of a covenant defeasance under Section 1403, the Companys obligations under Section 1005 (and any other Sections applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision) shall be reinstated unless and until all deficiencies on any due date for payment are covered. In any case specified in clause (i), the Companys interest in the deposited money and U.S. Government Obligations (and proceeds thereof) shall be reinstated to the extent the Companys payment obligations are reinstated.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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I N WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CSX CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ David D. Owen | |
Name: | ||
Title: Managing Director-Corporate Finance |
(Seal) |
Attest: |
/s/ Rachel E. Geiersbach |
Assistant Corporate Secretary |
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) |
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By: | /s/ C.J. Heinzelmann | |
Name: C.J. Heinzelmann | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Seal] |
Attest: |
/s/ Thomas Provenzeno |
[Assistant] Secretary |
State of Virginia
City of Richmond ss.:
On the 2 nd day of August, 1990, before me personally came David D. Owen , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Managing Director-Corporate Finance of CSX Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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(Notarial Seal) | /s/ [Stuart Y. Suge] |
State of New York
County of New York ss.:
On the 2 nd day of August, 1990, before me personally came C.J. Heinzelmann , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Vice President of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the By-laws of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
(Notarial Seal)
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF REGISTERED SECURITY WHICH IS NOT AN
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY]
[Form of Face]
CSX CORPORATION
No. [R-] |
[U.S.] $ |
CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of [United States] Dollars on , and to pay interest thereon from , 19 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if the date of this Security is an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, then from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing 19 , and at Maturity at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insertand (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal [and premium] and on any overdue instalment of interest]. 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 [or ] (whether or not a Business Day) [, as the case may be,] next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,] 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 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 to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security 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 such Indenture. Payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security will be made at [the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , 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] [the option of the Holder (a) at [the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee] or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such 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 shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts or (b) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as
provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by [United States dollar] check drawn on, or transfer to a [United States dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received timely and proper transfer instructions in writing)] [If applicable, insert; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by [United States dollar] check mailed to the addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United States dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received timely and proper transfer instructions in writing)].
[If Securities of the series are to be offered to United States Aliens, insert]The Company will pay to the Holder of this Security who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States (as defined below) or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment, will not be less than the amount provided for in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provide for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
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(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g);
nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on this Security to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Security. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)] or interest on, or in respect of, a Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions hereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a
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non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, and the term United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia).
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. This Security is one of the Securities originally sold under the Companys Prospectus date , 19 , as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 .
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
CSX CORPORATION | ||||||
[Seal] | By: | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
Attest: |
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Secretary |
[Form of Reverse]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (herein called the Securities) of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (the indenture, as supplemented, being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertand any coupons appertaining thereto] and of the terms upon which the
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Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to [U.S.]$ ]. [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Securities of this series are issuable as Bearer Securities [, with interest coupons attached,] in the denomination of U.S.$ , and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and Registered Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption [(1)] [If applicable, inserton in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount [and (2)]] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): if redeemed [on or before , % and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
YEAR |
REDEMPTION PRICE |
YEAR |
REDEMPTION PRICE |
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,] [If applicable, insert[and ( )] under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,] together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
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through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
YEAR |
REDEMPTION PRICE FOR REDEMPTION
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REDEMPTION PRICE FOR
REDEMPTION
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount [If applicable, insertand (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,] together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than % per annum.]
[If Securities of the series are to be offered to United States Aliens, insertThe Securities of this series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after , 19 , the Company will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face hereof) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if, they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due, and (b) at the time notice of such redemption is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of
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redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.]
[If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and if applicable * , insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States and its possessions by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [, premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security or coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if and so long as any such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar charge, pay to the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens certain additional amounts specified in the Bearer Securities of this series. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities or will pay to the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens the additional amounts specified in the Bearer Securities of this series and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date, unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee shall cause notice thereof to be duly given in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on
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Generally this provision will only be applicable if the Securities of the series bear interest at a fixed rate. |
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Securities would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay such additional amounts to the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts to such Holders, the Company may subsequently redeem the Securities, at any time, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not less than] [U.S.] $ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than [U.S.] $ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse order in which they become due].]
Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of [If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Securities; not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
[In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new [If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
[[Except as otherwise provide herein,] the Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture [do not] apply to Securities of this series.
[If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and if applicable, insertThe provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected and any related coupons under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
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time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series [If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertand any related coupons] to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this 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 of in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
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)] and interest [(including additional amounts, as described on the face hereof)] on this Security at the time, 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 may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [any place where the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security are payable] [the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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[If the Securities of the series are not issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $ and any integral multiple 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 and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.]
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Securities of this series shall be dated the date of their authentication.
[If the Securities of the Series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Indenture, the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.]
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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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF REGISTERED SECURITY WHICH IS AN
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY]
[Form of Face]
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the Regulations thereunder.]
CSX CORPORATION
No. [R-] | [U.S.] $ |
CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of [United States] Dollars on [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, and to pay interest thereon from , 19 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if the date of this Security is an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, then from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and
In each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal [and premium] and on any overdue instalment of interest]. 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 [or ] (whether or not a Business Day) [, as the case may be,] next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,] 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 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 to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security 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 such Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in
such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [If applicable, insertany such] interest on this Security will be made at [the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , 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] (the option of the Holder (a) at [the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee] or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such 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 shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts or (b) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , , in , , in , , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by [United States dollar] check drawn on, or transfer to a [United States dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received timely and proper transfer instructions in writing)] [If applicable, insert; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by [United States dollar] check mailed to the addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United States dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received timely and proper transfer instructions in writing)].
[If Securities of the series are to be offered to United States Aliens, insertThe Company will pay to the Holder of this Security who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertevery net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) the net payment of principal of (and interest on overdue principal, if any, on) this Security and (ii) the net proceeds from the sale or exchange of this Security to the extent of the issue price plus accrued but unpaid original issue discount], after deduction or; withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States (as defined below) or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment, [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor, as a result of such sale or exchange] will not be less than the amount provided for in this Security to be then due and payable [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor, in the case of a sale or exchange, the amount of the net proceeds from the sale or exchange before any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge]; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection
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between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security or from payments from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of such Security];
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed [If the Security is interest-bearing, inserton interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder
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(as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended]; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g);
nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on this Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of (or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) this Security or of the proceeds of any sale or exchange of this Security] to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Security. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)] or interest on, or in respect of, a Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions hereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation , a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, and the term United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia).
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. This Security is one of the Securities originally sold under the Companys Prospectus dated , 19 , as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 .
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: |
CSX CORPORATION | ||||||
[Seal] | By: | |||||
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Title: |
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Secretary |
[Form of Reverse]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (herein called the Securities) of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of August 1, 1990, between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (the indenture, as supplemented, being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertand any coupons appertaining thereto) and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to [U.S.]$ ]. [If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Securities of this series are issuable as Bearer Securities [, with interest coupons attached,] in the denomination of U.S.$ , and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and Registered Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or
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Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption [(1)] [If applicable, inserton in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to [Insert formula for determining the amount] [and (2)]] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): if redeemed [on or before , %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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Redemption
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Redemption
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,] [If applicable, insert[and ( )] under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [Insert formula for determining the amount)] [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture].
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after ,19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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Redemption Price
for Redemption Through Operation of the Sinking Fund |
Redemption Price
for Redemption Otherwise Than Through Operation of the Sinking Fund |
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount [If applicable, insertand (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [insert formula for determining the amount)] [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture].] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than % per annum.]
[If Securities of the series are to be offered to United States Aliens, insertThe Securities of this series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption,] if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after 19 , the Company will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face hereof) [If the Security is interest-bearing, inserton the next succeeding Interest Payment Date] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange of any Security], provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwere payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due or a sale or exchange of a Security of this series then made], and (b) at the time notice of such redemption is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to
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the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.]
[If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and if applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States and its possessions by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [, premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security or coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if and so long as any such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar charge, pay to the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens certain additional amounts specified in the Bearer Securities of this series. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities or will pay to, the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens the additional amounts specified in the Bearer Securities of this series and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee shall cause notice thereof to be duly given in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the
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This provision will only be applicable if the Securities of the series are interest-bearing and generally only if the Securities bear interest at a fixed rate. |
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foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on the Securities would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay such additional amounts to the Holders of Bearer Securities who are United States Aliens, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts to such Holders, the Company may subsequently redeem the Securities, at any time, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
[If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and if applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States and its possessions by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount due with respect to any Bearer Security would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) permit any Holder of a Security to present such Security for redemption within 90 days of notice of such redemption, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, provided that if any such Holder fails to present its Security for redemption, such Holder will not be entitled to any additional amounts, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the second paragraph on the face of this Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company has elected to permit redemption of the Securities or to pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last day by which the Company may give any
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This provision will only be applicable if the Securities of the series are not to bear interest prior to Maturity. |
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notice of redemption. If the Company elects to permit redemption of the Securities, notice of the redemption will be given not more than 268 days following the Determination Notice and will specify the date fixed for redemption. The Securities will be redeemed on the day 97 days after notice of the redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not permit redemption of the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner described below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect.] .
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year of [not less than] [U.S.] $ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than [U.S.] $ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse order in which they become due].]
Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
[In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and [any] interest on the Securities of this series shall terminate.
[[Except as otherwise provided herein,] the Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture [do not] apply to Securities of this series.
[If Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and if applicable, insertThe provision of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected and any related coupons under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities and are interest-bearing, insertand any related coupons] to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this 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.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
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)] and [any] interest [(including additional amounts, as described on the face hereof)] on this Security at the time, 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 may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [any place where the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [any] interest of this Security are payable] [the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
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to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new [If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertRegistered] Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
[If the Securities of the series are not issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons, in denominations of $ and any integral multiple 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 and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.]
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Securities of this series shall be dated the date of their authentication.
[If the Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, insertThe Indenture, the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.]
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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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF BEARER SECURITY WHICH IS NOT AN
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY AND FORM
OF RELATED COUPON]
[Form of Face of Security]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF MAY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS ORIGINAL ISSUANCE BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR RESALE, SOLD OR RESOLD, OR DELIVERED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS POSSESSIONS, OR TO A UNITED STATES PERSON, UNLESS SUCH UNITED STATES PERSON IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.165-12(c)(1)(y) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A CUSTOMER, WHICH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, AS A CONDITION OF THE PURCHASE, AGREES TO PROVIDE ON DELIVERY OF THE OBLIGATION (OR ON ISSUANCE, IF THE OBLIGATION IS NOT IN DEFINITIVE FORM) THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(B)(4) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS. UNITED STATES PERSON MEANS ANY CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY CREATED OR ORGANIZED IN OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY ESTATE OR TRUST THE INCOME OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE.
CSX CORPORATION
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U.S. $ |
CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer upon presentation and surrender of this Security, the principal sum of Thousand United States Dollars on and to pay interest thereon, from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity at the rate of % per annum until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue instalment of interest]. Such payments [(including premium, if any)] shall be made, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and
to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies outside the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States) as the Company may designate, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. Interest on this Security due on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender at such an office or agency of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally mature. To the extent necessary under the taxation laws of the United States or any official application or interpretation of the taxation laws of the United States for such payments to be treated as having been made outside the United States, no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agency to any address in the United States and no transfer of funds shall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States [If the Security is denominated and payable in United States dollars, insert; provided, however, that payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security (including any additional amounts which may be payable as provided below) shall be made at the office of the Companys Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if (but only if) payment in United States dollars of the full amount of such principal, [premium,] interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with the Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions].
The company will pay to the Holder of this Security or any coupon appertaining hereto who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment, will not be less than the amount provided for in this Security or in such coupon to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States of America, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
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(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States of America or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of America of the Holder of beneficial owner of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g);
nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on this Security to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Security or any coupon appertaining hereto. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series, the Company shall not be required to make any
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payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)] or interest on, or in respect of, a Security or any coupon appertaining thereto, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provision hereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States federal Income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as a certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement with respect to any and all Securities of this series referred to in the [fifth] paragraph on the reverse hereof would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect to have the provisions of this paragraph apply in lieu of the provisions of such paragraph, which election may be stated in the Determination Notice (as defined in such [fifth] paragraph). In such event, the Company will pay as additional amounts with respect to any Security of this series that the Company determines is subject to such requirement such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made following the effective date of such requirement outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of principal [(and premium, if any)] or interest due in respect of any Bearer Security or any coupon of which the beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge which (a) would not be applicable to a payment made to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner or which can be satisfied by such a custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided, however, in each case that payment by such custodian, nominee or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any requirement referred to in this paragraph, (b) is applicable only to payment by a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner to such beneficial owner, (c) would not be applicable to a payment made by any other Paying Agent of the Company in Western Europe or (d) is imposed as a result of the presentation of such Bearer Security or coupon for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will not be less than the amount provided for in such Bearer Security or coupon to be then due and payable.
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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. This Security is one of the Securities originally sold under the Companys Prospectus dated , 19 , as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 .
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, neither this Security, nor any coupon appertaining hereto, shall be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal and coupons bearing the facsimile signature of to be annexed hereto.
CSX CORPORATION | ||||||
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[Form of Reverse]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (herein called the Securities) of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (the indenture as supplemented, being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to US$ ]. The Securities of this series are issuable as Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in the denomination of U.S.$ [, and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof]. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and
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Registered Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer; provided, however, that Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities between a Record Date and the relevant Interest Payment Date shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption [(1)] [If applicable, inserton in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, [and (2)]] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ] as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): if redeemed [on or before , %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,] [and ( )] under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest instalments on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise).]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount and (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise).] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than % per annum.]
The Securities of this series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after , 19 , the Company will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face hereof) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due, and (b) at the time notice of such redemption is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.
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[If applicable * , insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [, premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security or coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and if any such Holder fails to present its Security for redemption, such Holder will not be entitled to any additional amounts, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [third] paragraph on the face of this Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice) ,in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities or will pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date, unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee shall cause notice thereof to be duly given in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on Securities would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay additional amounts, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts, the Company may subsequently redeem the Securities, at any time, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
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Generally, this provision will only be applicable if the Securities of the series bear interest at a fixed rate. |
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With respect to any redemption made pursuant to the terms of this Security, no payment in respect of the portion of the Redemption price which represents accrued interest thereon shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States.
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not less than] U.S.$ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than U.S.$ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse order in which they become due].]
Notice of redemption will be given by publication in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if the Securities of this series are then listed on [The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited] [the Luxembourg Stock Exchange] [or] any [other] stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in [London] [Luxembourg] [or] in any [other] required city outside the United States or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe, [and by mail to Holders of Registered Securities,] not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default, with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
[[Except as otherwise provided herein,] the Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture [do not] apply to Securities of this series.
[If applicable, insertThe provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected and any related coupons under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
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provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series and any related coupons to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and any coupon appertaining hereto and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series or any related coupon will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof or any related coupon for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or any interest on this Security or payment of such coupon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein or in such coupon.
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)] and any interest (including additional amounts, as described on the face hereof) on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
Title to [Bearer] Securities and coupons shall pass by delivery. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Registered Securities may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of a Registered Security for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
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[No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.]
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of a Bearer Security of any series and any coupon appertaining thereto [, and prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered,] as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security or such coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Each Security of this series shall be dated the date of [In the case of Securities of a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe related Predecessor Security; if there is no Predecessor Security, insertits authentication] [In the case of Securities of a series other than a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued].
The Indenture, the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[Form of Face of Coupon]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
No.
CSX CORPORATION
U.S.$
Due
Unless the Security to which this coupon appertains shall have been called for previous redemption and payment thereof duly provided for on the date set forth hereon, CSX Corporation (herein called the Company) will pay to bearer, upon surrender hereof, the amount shown hereon (together with any additional amounts in respect thereof which the Company may be required to pay according to the terms of said Security and the Indenture referred to therein) at the Paying Agents set out on the reverse hereof or at such other offices or agencies (which, except as otherwise provided in the Security to which this coupon appertains, shall be located outside the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions
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(including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States)) as the Company may designate from time to time, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in the The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States, being (one years) interest then payable on said Security, provided, that no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agent to an address in the United States, and no transfer of funds shall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States.
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF BEARER SECURITY WHICH IS AN
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY
AND FORM OF RELATED COUPON]
[Form of Face of Security]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION Will BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF MAY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS ORIGINAL ISSUANCE BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR RESALE, SOLD OR RESOLD, OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS POSSESSIONS, OR TO A UNITED STATES PERSON, UNLESS SUCH UNITED STATES PERSON IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A CUSTOMER, WHICH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, AS A CONDITION OF THE PURCHASE, AGREES TO PROVIDE ON DELIVERY OF THE OBLIGATION (OR ON ISSUANCE, IF THE OBLIGATION NOT IN DEFINITIVE FORM) THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(B)(4) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS. UNITED STATES PERSON MEANS ANY CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY CREATED OR ORGANIZED IN OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY ESTATE OR TRUST THE INCOME OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE.
[Insert any other legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the Regulations thereunder.]
CSX CORPORATION
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CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer upon presentation and surrender of this Security the principal sum of Thousand United States Dollars on [If the Security interest-bearing, and to pay interest thereon, from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per
annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue instalment of interest]. Interest on this Security due on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender at such an office or agency of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally mature]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such Interest shall also be payable on demand.] Such payments [(including premium, if any)], shall be made, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies outside the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States) as the Company may designate, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. To the extent necessary under the taxation laws of the United States or any official application or interpretation of the taxation laws of the United States for such payments to be treated as having been made outside the United States, no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agency to any address in the United States and no transfer of funds shall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States [If Security is denominated and payable in United States dollars, insert; provided, however, that payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [any] interest on this Security (including any additional amounts which may be payable as provided below) shall be made at the office of the Companys Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in United States dollars of the full amount of such principal [, premium] [, interest] or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with the Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions].
The Company will pay to the Holder of this Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining hereto] who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that [If Security is interest-bearing, insertevery net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on this Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) the net payment of principal of (and interest on overdue principal, if any, on) this Security and (ii) the net proceeds from the sale or exchange of this Security, to the extent
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of the issue price plus accrued but unpaid original issue discount], after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor as a result of such sale or exchange], will not be less than the amount provided for in this Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor in such coupon] to be then due and payable [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor, in the case of a sale or exchange, the amount of the net proceeds from the sale or exchange before any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge], provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States of America, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States of America or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of ([and premium, if any] or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security or from payments from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of such Security];
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge requited to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
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(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of America of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed [If the Security is interest-bearing, inserton interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended)]; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g); nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on this Security] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of [or interest on overdue principal, if any, on] this Security or of the proceeds of any sale or exchange of this Security] to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining hereto]. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)) or interest on, or in respect of, a Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions hereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
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[Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as a certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement with respect to any and all Securities of this series referred to in the [fourth] paragraph on the reverse hereof would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect to have the provisions of this paragraph apply in lieu of the provisions of such paragraph, which election may be stated in the Determination Notice (as defined in such [fourth] paragraph). In such event, the Company will pay as additional amounts with respect to any Security of this series that the Company determines is subject to such requirement such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made following the effective date of such requirement outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of principal [(and premium, if any)] [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor interest] due in respect of any Bearer Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] of which the beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge which (a) would not be applicable to a payment made to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner or which can be satisfied by such a custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided, however, in each case that payment by such custodian, nominee or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any requirement referred to in this paragraph, (b) is applicable only to payment by a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner to such beneficial owner, (c) would not be applicable to a payment made by any other Paying Agent of the Company in Western Europe, or (d) is imposed as a result of the presentation of such Bearer Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will not be less than the amount provided for in such Bearer Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] to be then due and payable.]
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. This Security is one of the Securities originally sold under the Companys Prospectus dated , 19 , as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 .
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, neither this Security, nor any coupon appertaining hereto, shall 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal and coupons bearing the facsimile signature of to be annexed hereto.
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[Form of Reverse]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (herein called the Securities) of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (the indenture as supplemented, being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$ ]. The Securities of this series are issuable as Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in the denomination of U.S.$ [, and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof]. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and Registered Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer; provided, however, that Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities between a Record Date and the relevant Interest Payment Date shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]
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[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption [(I)] [If applicable, insert(1) on in any year commencing with. the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to [insert formula for determining the amount], [and (2)]] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): if redeemed [on or before , %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,] [and ( )] under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph(s) at a Redemption Price equal to [Insert formula for determining the amount] [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest instalments on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise)].]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, and (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [Insert formula for determining the amount] [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that instalments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise)].] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than %, per annum.]
The Securities of this series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph [If the Security is interest-bearing, insert, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption,] if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after , 19 , the Company will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face hereof) [If the Security is interest-bearing, inserton the next succeeding Interest Payment Date] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange of any Security], provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series then due or a sale or exchange of a Security of this series then made], and (b) at the time notice of such redemption is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to
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this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.
[If applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [, premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security or coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price. determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the third paragraph on the face of this Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities or will pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date, unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee shall cause notice thereof to be duly given in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on Securities would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that
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determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay additional amounts, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts, the Company may subsequently redeem the Securities, at any time, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
[If applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount due with respect to any Bearer Security would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States of America affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) permit any Holder of a Security to present such Security for redemption within 90 days of notice of such redemption, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, provided that if any such Holder fails to present its Security for redemption, such Holder will not be entitled to any additional amounts, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [third] paragraph on the face of this Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company has elected to permit redemption of the Securities or to pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last day by which the Company may publish any notice of redemption. If the Company elects to permit redemption of the Securities, notice of the redemption will be given not more than 268 days following the Determination Notice and will specify the date fixed for redemption. The Securities will be redeemed on the day 97 days after notice of the redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not permit redemption of the Securities if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the
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date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner described below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect.]
With respect to any redemption made pursuant to the terms of this Security, no payment in respect of the portion of the Redemption Price which represents accrued interest thereon or amounts received in respect of original issue discount shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States.
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not less than] U.S.$ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than U.S.$ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse order in which they become due].]
Notice of redemption will be given by publication in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if the Securities of this series arc then listed on [The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited] [the Luxembourg Stock Exchange] [or] any [other] stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in [London] [Luxembourg] [or] in any [other] required city outside the United States or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe, [and by mail to Holders of Registered Securities,] not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to[insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and [any] interest on the Securities of this series shall terminate.
[[Except as otherwise provided herein,] the Securities of this series are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture [do not] apply to Securities of this series.
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[If applicable, insertThe provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected [If the Securities of the series are interest-bearing, insertand any related coupons] under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series and any related coupons, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and any coupon appertaining hereto and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor any related coupon] will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor if any related coupon] for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest on this Security [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor payment of such coupon] on or after the respective due dates expressed herein [If the Security is interest-bearing, insertor in such coupon].
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)] and [any] interest (including additional amounts, as described on the face hereof) on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
Title to [Bearer] Securities and coupons shall pass by delivery. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Registered Securities may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of a Registered Security for registration of transfer at the [Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it in the
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Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
No service charge shall be made for any [such registration of transfer or] exchange [of Securities as provided above], but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may treat the bearer of a Bearer Security of any series and any coupon appertaining thereto], and prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered,] as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security or such coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Each Security of this series shall be dated the date of [In the case of Securities of a series to be offered Pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe related Predecessor Security; if there is no Predecessor Security, insertits authentication] [In the case of Securities of a series other than a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued].
The Indenture, the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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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[Form of Face of Coupon]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING. THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
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Unless the Security to which this coupon appertains shall have been called for previous redemption and payment thereof duly provided for on the date set forth hereon, CSX Corporation (herein called the Company will pay to bearer, upon surrender hereof, the amount shown hereon (together with any additional amounts in respect thereof which the Company may be required to pay according to the terms of said Security and the Indenture referred to therein) at the Paying Agents set out on the reverse hereof or at such other offices or agencies (which, except as otherwise provided in the Security to which this coupon appertains, shall be located outside the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States)) as the Company may designate from time to time, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States, being [one years] interest then payable on said Security, provided that no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agent to an address in the United States, and no transfer of funds shall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States.
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EXHIBIT E
(FORM OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY)
(Form of Face)
CSX CORPORATION
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF MAY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OR DURING THE 45 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE HEREOF BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR RESALE, SOLD OR RESOLD, OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS POSSESSIONS, OR TO A UNITED STATES PERSON, UNLESS SUCH UNITED STATES PERSON IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A CUSTOMER, WHICH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, AS A CONDITION OF THE PURCHASE, AGREES TO PROVIDE ON ISSUANCE THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(B)(4) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS. UNITED STATES PERSON MEANS ANY CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY CREATED OR ORGANIZED IN OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY ESTATE OR TRUST THE INCOME OR WHICH IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE.
[Insert any other legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the Regulations thereunder.]
THIS SECURITY IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY, WITHOUT COUPONS, EXCHANGEABLE FOR ONE OR MORE PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES, WITHOUT COUPONS, FOR DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OR THIS SERIES, WITHOUT COUPONS, FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES, WITH INTEREST COUPONS ATTACHED, OR FOR A COMBINATION THEREOF, AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE [TRUSTEE] [SECURITY REGISTRAR] (AS DEFINED
HEREIN) IN LONDON, ON OR AFTER 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE HEREOF UPON PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFICATION SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR A PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY OF THIS SERIES OR FOR DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES OF DEFINITIVE BEARER SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES ARE AS SPECIFIED HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE.
NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.
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This temporary global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the Securities) of CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (the indenture as supplemented being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This temporary global Security is one of the series of Securities designated on the face hereof, of an aggregate initial principal amount of Thousand United States Dollars (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and as set forth on Schedule A hereto, the Principal Amount), with the Interest Payment Dates, date of original issuance, and date of Maturity specified herein and bearing interest on said Principal Amount at the interest rate specified herein.
The Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer, upon presentation and surrender of this temporary global Security, the Principal Amount hereof on [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insert, and to pay interest thereon, from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue instalment of interest]. [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe principal of this temporary global Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration,
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upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case the overdue principal of this temporary global Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
This temporary global Security shall be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part for (i) a permanent global Security of this series, without interest coupons, (ii) definitive Bearer Securities of this series [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insert, with interest coupons attached] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwithout interest coupons], (iii) definitive Registered Securities of this series, without interest coupons, or (iv) a combination of the foregoing, provided that the interest in this temporary global Security being exchanged has not been acquired from or otherwise beneficially owned by a United States person, provided further that the permanent global Security or the definitive Securities so issued in exchange for this temporary global Security shall be in authorized denominations and be of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the portion of this temporary global Security to be exchanged, and provided further that, unless the Company agrees otherwise, definitive Bearer Securities of this series or definitive Registered Securities of this series will be issued in exchange for this temporary global Security, or any portion hereof, only if prior to the issuance of this temporary global Security, such definitive Bearer Securities or definitive Registered Securities were requested by written notice to the London office of the Security Registrar and the London office of a common depositary (the Common Depositary), by or on behalf of a Person who is a beneficial owner of an interest herein, given through Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euro-clear System (Euro-clear), or Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A. (CEDEL S.A.).
In the event that this temporary global Security or any portion hereof is exchanged for one or more permanent global Securities of this series or an interest therein, such permanent global Security will be deposited in London with the main office in London of the Common Depositary for Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. Any exchange of this temporary global Security or portion hereof, whether for a permanent global Security of this series or an interest therein, one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, will be made at the London office of the Security Registrar, upon request and by or on behalf of the Person who is the beneficial owner of an interest herein given through Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., only (i) on or after a date which is at least 45 days after the date of original issuance hereof (the Exchange Date) and (ii) in accordance with the procedures and certification requirements set forth in the Indenture. Upon exchange of any portion of this temporary global Security for a permanent global Security of this series or one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, or both, the Security Registrar shall endorse Schedule A of this temporary global
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Security to reflect the reduction of its Principal Amount by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the definitive Registered Securities of this series or Bearer Securities of this series so issued in exchange or by the aggregate principal amount to be entered on the permanent global Security of this series, or both, whereupon the Principal Amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and noted. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, until exchanged in full for a permanent global Security of this series or interests therein or one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series of one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, or both; this temporary global Security shall in all respects be subject to and entitled to the same benefits and conditions under the Indenture as a duly authenticated and delivered permanent global Security of this series or definitive Registered Security of this series or definitive Bearer Security of this series.
Except as provided in the next paragraph, neither the Holder of this temporary global Security nor any beneficial owner of any portion of this temporary global Security shall be entitled to receive payment of [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertaccrued interest][ [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertaccrued interest on overdue principal, if any,] hereon until this temporary global Security or the relevant portion hereof has been exchanged for a permanent global Security of this series or an interest therein or for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series or a combination thereof, as provided herein and in the Indenture.
The principal and any [premium or] interest in respect of any portion of this temporary global Security payable [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing insertin respect of an Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity thereof] [if the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof], in each case occurring prior to the exchange of such portion for a permanent global Security of this series or interests therein or a definitive Registered Security or Securities of this series or a definitive Bearer Security or Securities of this series, as the case may be, will be paid to each of Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. with respect to the portion of this temporary global Security held for its account upon compliance with the procedures and certification requirements set forth in the Indenture. Each of Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. will undertake such circumstances to credit any such principal[,] [premium] and interest received by it in respect of this temporary global Security to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such interests [on such Interest Payment Date or at Stated Maturity] [at Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof], but any such interest will only be so credited upon receipt in each case of written certification and the satisfaction of any other requirements to the described in the Indenture. If such Interest Payment Date ours on or after the Exchange Date, Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, following the receipt of such written certification shall exchange, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture, the portion of the temporary global Security that relates to such certificate for definitive Securities (which, in the absence of instructions to the contrary, shall be an interest in a permanent global Security). Any Interest so received by Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003 of the Indenture.
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Payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on this temporary global Security shall be made, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in and in , or at such other office or agencies outside the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States) as the Company may designate, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertInterest on this temporary global Security due on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation at such an office or agency of this temporary global Security.] To the extent necessary under the taxation laws of the United States or any official application or interpretation of the taxation laws of the United States for such payments to be treated as having been made outside the United States, no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agent to any address in the United States and no transfer of funds shall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States [If the temporary global Security is denominated and payable in United States dollars, insert; provided, however, that payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [any] interest on this temporary global Security (including any additional amounts which may be payable as provided below) shall be made at the office of the Companys Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if (but only if) payment in United States dollars of the full amount of such principal, [premium], interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with the Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions].
The Company will pay to any Holder of any Security of this series [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto) who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertevery net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on such Security] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) the net payment of principal of (and interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security, and (ii) the net proceeds from the sale or exchange of such Security, to the extent of issue price plus accrued but unpaid original issue discount], after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor as a result of such sale or exchange], will not be less than the amount provided for in such Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor in such coupon] to be then due and payable [If the
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temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor, in the case of a sale or exchange, the amount of the net proceeds from the sale or exchange before any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge]; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States of America, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental .charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States of America or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on overdue principal, if any, on such Security or from payments from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of such Security];
(e) any tax, assessment of other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
(f) any tax assessment or other governmental charge which would not have imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of America of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing; insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
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(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, inserton interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1916, as amended [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended); or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g); [ nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on any such Security] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of (or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security or of the proceeds of any sale or exchange of such Security] to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of such Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto]. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security), the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this temporary global Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)] or interest on, or in respect of, a Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein or therein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof or thereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such empress mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident
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alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary or a foreign estate or trust or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as a certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement with respect to any and all Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security) referred to in the [fourth][fifth] paragraph on the reverse hereof would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect to have the provisions of this paragraph apply in lieu of the provisions of such paragraph, which election may be stated in the Determination Notice (as defined in such [fourth][fifth] paragraph). In such event, the Company will pay as additional amounts with respect to any Security of this series (including this temporary global Security) that the Company determines is subject to such requirement such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made following the effective date of such requirement outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of principal [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest due in respect of any Bearer Security of this series [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] of which the beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge which (a) would not be applicable to a payment made to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner or which can be satisfied by such a custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided, however, in each case that payment by such custodian, nominee or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any requirement referred to in this paragraph, (b) is applicable only to payment by a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner to such beneficial owner, (c) would not be applicable to a payment made by any other Paying Agent of the Company in Western Europe, or (d) is imposed as a result of the presentation of such Bearer Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will not be less than the amount provided for in such Bearer Security [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] to be then due and payable.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this temporary global 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 executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successors thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this temporary global 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal:
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[Form of Reverse]
The Securities of this series of which this temporary global Security is a part are issuable as Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in the denomination of U.S.$ [, and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof]. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and Registered Securities of the series of which this temporary global Security is a part are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer; provided, however, that Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities between a Regular Record Date and the relevant Interest Payment Date shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) are subject to redemption (1)] [If applicable, inserton in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed [on or before , %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,] [and ( )] [under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [100% of the principal amountor insert applicable formula for determining the amount] [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption. [If applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest instalments on this temporary global Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation of this temporary global Security (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise)].]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, and (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [100% of the principal amountor insert applicable formula for determining the amount] [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest instalments on this temporary global Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon presentation of this temporary global Security (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise)].] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the company may not, prior
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to , redeem the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than % per annum.]
The Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insert, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption,] if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after 19 , the Company will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face thereof or hereof) [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, inserton the next succeeding Interest Payment Date] [lf the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange of any Security], provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) then due) [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) then due or a sale or exchange of a Security of this series then made], and (b) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of redemption as provided in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.
[If applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [,premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer
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Security of the series of which this temporary global Security is a part or any related coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States of America affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby), as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [ninth] paragraph on the face of this temporary global Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) or will pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date, unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee will cause notice thereof to be duly published in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay additional amounts, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts, the Company may subsequently redeem the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby), at any time, as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
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[If applicable*, insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount due with respect to any Bearer Security of the series of which this temporary global Security is a part would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States of America affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation, or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) permit any Holder of a Security to present such Security for redemption within 90 days of notice of such redemption, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, provided that if any such Holder fails to present its Security for redemption, such Holder will not be entitled to any additional amounts, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [ninth] paragraph on the face of this temporary global Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company has elected to permit redemption of the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) or to pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last day by which the Company may publish any notice of redemption. if the Company elects to permit redemption of the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby), notice of the redemption will be given not more than 268 days following the Determination Notice and will specify the date fixed for redemption. The Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) will be redeemed on the day 97 days after notice of the redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not permit redemption of the Securities (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for
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redemption, that subsequent payments would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner described below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect.]
With respect to any redemption made pursuant to the terms of this Security, no payment in respect of the portion of the Redemption Price which represents accrued interest thereon shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States.
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not less than] U.S.$ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than U.S.$ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby). [Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse order in which they become due.]]
[[Except as otherwise provided herein,] the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture [do not] apply to Securities of this series.
[(If applicable, insert) The provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
Notice of redemption will be given by publication in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if the Securities of this series are then listed on [The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, Limited] [the Luxembourg Stock Exchange] [or] any [other] stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in [London] [Luxembourg] [or] in any [other] required city outside the United States or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe, [and by mail to Holders of Registered Securities], not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the dated fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertSuch amount shall be equal to [Insert formula
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for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest an any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and [any] interest on the Securities of this series (including this temporary global Security and the interests represented hereby) shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertand any related coupons] under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. Tice Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertand any related coupons] to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this temporary global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this temporary global Security and the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests represented hereby, and of any Security (including any permanent global Security) issued in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this temporary global Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any related coupon] will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest on this temporary global Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this temporary global 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)] and [any] interest (including additional amounts, as described on the face hereof) on this temporary global Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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Title to [Bearer] Securities of the series of which this temporary global Security is a part and coupons shall pass by delivery. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Registered Securities of the series of which this temporary global Security is a part may be registered in the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of a Registered Security for registration of transfer at the [Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee] or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
No service charge shall be made for any [such registration of transfer or] exchange [of Securities as provided above], but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee, may treat the bearer of a Bearer Security of any series and any coupon appertaining thereto[, and prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered,] as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security or such coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Each Security of this series (including this temporary global Security) shall be dated the date of [In the case of Securities of a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe related Predecessor Security; if there is no Predecessor Security, insertits authentication] [In the case of Securities of a series other than a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insertthe original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued].
The Indenture, the Securities (including this temporary global Security) and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this global Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT F
[Form of Permanent Global Security]
[Form of Face]
CSX CORPORATION
PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY
[If The Permanent Global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(J) AND 1287(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
NEITHER THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY PORTION HEREOF MAY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS ORIGINAL ISSUANCE BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR RESALE, SOLD OR RESOLD, OR DELIVERED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS POSSESSIONS, OR TO A UNITED STATES PERSON, UNLESS SUCH UNITED STATES PERSON IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.165-12(C)(1)(V) OF THE U.S. TREASURY REGULATIONS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A CUSTOMER, WHICH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, AS A CONDITION OF THE PURCHASE, AGREES TO PROVIDE ON ISSUANCE THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1.163-5(C)(2)(I)(B)(4) OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS. UNITED STATES PERSON MEANS ANY CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY CREATED OR ORGANIZED IN OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY ESTATE OR TRUST THE INCOME OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE.]
[Insert any other legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the Regulations thereunder]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertTHIS SECURITY IS A PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY, WITHOUT COUPONS, EXCHANGEABLE FOR ONE OR MORE DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES, WITHOUT COUPONS, FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES, WITH INTEREST COUPONS ATTACHED, OR FOR A COMBINATION THEREOF, AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE [TRUSTEE]
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(AS DEFINED HEREIN) [SECURITY REGISTRAR] IN LONDON. THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES OR DEFINITIVE BEARER SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES ARE AS SPECIFIED HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertTHIS SECURITY IS A PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY, WITHOUT COUPONS, EXCHANGEABLE FOR ONE OR MORE DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES, WITHOUT COUPONS, AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE [TRUSTEE (AS DEFINED HEREIN)] [SECURITY REGISTRAR] IN NEW YORK ONLY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED HEREIN. THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE REGISTERED SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES ARE AS SPECIFIED HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE. THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE U.S. DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY TO THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY. IN ADDITION, THE U.S. DEPOSITARY MAY NOT SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER OR OTHERWISE CONVEY ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY UNLESS SUCH BENEFICIAL INTEREST IS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AN AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION FOR SECURITIES OF SUCH SERIES, AND THE U.S. DEPOSITARY BY, ACCEPTING THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.]
NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.
No.
This permanent global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the Securities) of CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), unlimited in aggregate principal amount, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1990 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined)), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental hereto (the indenture as supplemented being herein called the Indenture) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, 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 permanent global Security is one of the series of
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Securities designated on the face hereof, of an aggregate initial principal amount of Thousand United States Dollars (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and as set forth on Schedule A hereto, the Principal Amount), with the Interest Payment Dates, date of original issuance, and date of Maturity specified herein and bearing interest on said Principal Amount at the interest rate specified herein.
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer, upon presentation and surrender of this permanent global Security, the Principal Amount hereof on [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insert, and to pay interest thereon, from the date hereof, [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe principal of this permanent global Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this permanent global Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertThe Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the Principal Amount hereof on [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insert, and to pay interest thereon, from , 19 , or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if the date of this permanent global Security is an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, then from the date hereof [semi-annually in arrears on and in each year] [annually in arrears on in each year,] commencing , 19 , and at Maturity, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment [If applicable, insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue instalment of interest]. 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 permanent global 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 [or ] (whether or not a Business Day) [, as the case
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may be,] next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,] 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 may be paid to the Person in whose name this permanent global Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this permanent global Security 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 such Indenture]. [If the permanent global Security is not] to bear interest prior to Maturity; insertThe principal of this permanent global Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case the overdue principal of this permanent global Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThis permanent global Security is exchangeable in whole or from time to time in part for (i) definitive Bearer Securities of this series [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insert, with interest coupons attached] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwithout interest coupons], (ii) definitive Registered Securities of this series, without interest coupons, or (iii) a combination of the foregoing, provided that the Interest in this permanent global Security being exchanged for such Bearer Securities of this series has not been acquired from or otherwise beneficially owned by a United States person, provided further that the definitive Securities so issued in exchange for this permanent global Security shall be in authorized denominations and be of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the portion of this permanent global Security to be exchanged, and provided further that, unless the Company agrees otherwise, definitive Bearer Securities of this series or definitive Registered Securities of this series will be issued in exchange for this permanent global Security, or any portion hereof, only if at least 30 days prior to such exchange, such definitive Bearer Securities or definitive Registered Securities were requested by written notice to the London office of the Security Registrar and the London office of a common depositary with respect to the Securities of this series (the Common Depositary), by or on behalf of a Person entitled thereto, given through Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euro-clear System (Euro-clear), or Centrale de Livrasion de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A. (Cedel).]
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[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertThis permanent global Security is exchangeable in whole or from time to time in part for definitive Registered Securities of this series only as provided in this paragraph. If (x) the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Securities of this series (the U.S. Depositary) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for this permanent global Security or if at any time the U.S. Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order providing that this permanent global Security shall be so exchangeable or (z) there shall have happened and be continuing an Event of Default or any event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series of which this permanent global Security is a part, this permanent global Security or any portion hereof shall, in the case of clause (x) above, be exchanged for definitive Registered Securities of this series, and in the case of clauses (y) and (z) above, be exchangeable for definitive Registered Securities of this series, provided that the definitive Securities so issued in exchange for this permanent global Security shall be in authorized denominations and be of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the portion of the permanent global Security to be exchanged, and provided further that, in the case of clauses (y) and (z) above, definitive Registered Securities of this series will be issued in exchange for this permanent global Security or any portion hereof, only if such definitive Registered Securities were requested by written notice to the [Trustee] [Security Registrar] by or on behalf of a Person who is a beneficial owner of an interest hereof given through the Holder hereof. Any definitive Registered Securities of this series issued in exchange for this permanent global Security, or any portion hereof, shall be registered in the name or names of such Person or Persons as the Holder hereof shall instruct the [Trustee] [Security Registrar]. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this permanent global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertAny exchange of this permanent global Security or portion hereof, whether for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, will be made at the London office of the Security Registrar, upon request of the Person who is the beneficial owner of an interest herein given through Euro-clear or Cedel. Upon exchange of any portion of this permanent global Security for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, or both, the Security Registrar shall endorse Schedule A of this permanent global Security to reflect the reduction of its Principal Amount by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the definitive Registered Securities of this series or Bearer Securities of this series so issued in exchange, or both, whereupon the Principal Amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and noted.
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, until exchanged in full for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series, or both, this permanent global Security shall in all respects be subject to and entitled to the same benefits and conditions under the Indenture as a duly authenticated and delivered definitive Registered Security of this series or definitive Bearer Security of this series.]
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[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertAny exchange of this permanent global Security or portion hereof for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series will be made at the New York office of the [Trustee] [Security Registrar]. Upon exchange of any portion of this permanent global Security for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series, the [Trustee] [Security Registrar] shall endorse Schedule A of this permanent global Security to reflect the reduction of its Principal Amount by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the definitive Registered Securities of this series so issued in exchange, whereupon the Principal Amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and noted. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, until exchanged in full for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series, this permanent global Security shall in all respects be subject to and entitled to the same benefits and conditions under the Indenture as a duly authenticated and delivered definitive Registered Security of this series.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertExcept as provided in the next paragraph, neither the Holder of this permanent global Security nor any beneficial owner of any portion of this permanent global Security shall be entitled to receive payment of [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertaccrued interest] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertaccrued interest on overdue principal, if any,] hereon until this permanent global Security or the relevant portion hereof has been exchanged for an interest therein or for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series or one or more definitive Bearer Securities of this series or a combination thereof, as provided herein and in the Indenture.
The principal and any [premium or] interest in respect of any portion of this permanent global Security payable [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertin respect of an Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity thereof [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof], in each case occurring prior to the exchange of such portion for a definitive Registered Security or Securities of this series or a definitive Bearer Security or Securities of this series, as the case may be, will be paid to each of Euro-clear and Cedel with respect to the portion of this permanent global Security held for its account. Each of Euro-clear and Cedel will undertake in such circumstances to credit any such principal[,] [premium] and interest received by it in respect of this permanent global Security to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such interests [on such Interest Payment Date or at Stated Maturity] [at Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof]. [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertIf a definitive Registered Security of this series is issued in exchange for any portion of this 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
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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, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to Euro-clear and Cedel, and Euro-Clear and Cedel will undertake in such circumstances to credit such interest to the account of the Person who was the beneficial owner of such portion of this permanent global Security on such Regular Record Date or Special Record Date, as the case may be.]]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertExcept as provided in the next paragraph, neither the Holder of this permanent global Security nor any beneficial owner of any portion of this permanent global Security shall be entitled to receive payment of [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertaccrued interest] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertaccrued interest on overdue principal, if any,] hereon until this permanent global Security or the relevant portion hereof has been exchanged for one or more definitive Registered Securities of this series, as provided herein and in the Indenture.
The principal and any [premium or] interest in respect of any portion of this permanent global Security payable [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertin respect of an Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity thereof [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof], in each case occurring prior to the exchange of such portion for a definitive Registered Security or Securities of this series, will be paid, as provided herein, to the Holder hereof which will undertake in such circumstances to credit any such principal[,] [premium] and interest received by it in respect of this permanent global Security to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such interests [on such interest Payment Date or at Stated Maturity] [at Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof]. [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertIf a definitive Registered Security of this series is issued in exchange for any portion of this 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, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of 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 Holder hereof, and the Holder hereof will undertake in such circumstances to credit such interest to the account of the Person who was the beneficial owner of such portion of this permanent global Security on such Regular Record Date or Special Record Date, as the case may be.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertPayment of the principal of and any premium or interest on this permanent global
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Security shall be made, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies outside the United States of America (including the State, and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana Islands) (the United States) as the Company may designate, at the option of the Holder, by United States dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or by transfer of United States dollars to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertInterest on this permanent global Security due on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation at such an office or agency of this permanent global Security.] To the extent necessary under the taxation laws of the United States or any official application or interpretation of the taxation laws of the United States for such payments to be treated as having been made outside the United States, no such check shall be mailed by any Paying Agent to any address in the United States and no transfer of funds hall be made to an account maintained by the payee in the United States [If the permanent global Security is denominated and payable in United States dollars, insert; provided, however, that payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [any] interest on this permanent global Security (including any additional amounts which may be payable as provided below) shall be made at the office of the Companys Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if (but only if) payment in United States dollars of the full amount of such principal, [premium], interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with the Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions].]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertPayment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [If applicable, insertany such] interest on this permanent global Security will be made at [the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , 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] [the option of the Holder (a) at [the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee] or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such 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 shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts or (b) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in , in , in , in , in and in , or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by [United States dollar] check drawn on, or transfer to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions in writing)] [If applicable, insert;provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by [United States dollar]
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check mailed to the addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United States dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York [so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received transfer instructions in writing]].]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Company will pay to any Holder of any Security of this series [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertevery net payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and interest on such Security] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) the net payment of principal of (and interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security and (ii) the net proceeds from the sale or exchange of such Security to the extent of the issue price plus accrued but unpaid original issue discount], after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein upon or as a result of such payment [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor as a result of such sale or exchange], will not be less than the amount provided for in such Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor in such coupon] to be then due and payable [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertor, in the case of a sale or exchange, the amount of the net proceeds from the sale or exchange before any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge], provided, however, that the Company will not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States of America, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the Holder of such Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holders past or present status as a personal holding company or foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States of America or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
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(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, such Security] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security or from payments from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of such Security];
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on, the Securities, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any of the other Paying Agents in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of America of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, inserton interest received by (i) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert(i) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (ii) by reason of such Holders past or present status as a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended]; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g); nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertprincipal of [(and premium, if any)] or interest on any such Security] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertprincipal of (or interest on overdue principal, if any, on) such Security or of the proceeds of any sale or exchange of such Security] to any Holder which is a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or
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partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of such Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto]. Except as specifically provided in the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security), the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein. Whenever in this permanent global Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of [(or premium, if any)] or interest on, or in respect of, a Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto], such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for herein or therein to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof or thereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The term United States Alien means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust or a foreign partnership to the extent that one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertNotwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as a certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement with respect to any and all Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security) referred to in the [fifth] paragraph on the reverse hereof would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect to have the provisions of this paragraph apply in lieu of the provisions of such paragraph, which election may be stated in the Determination Notice (as defined in such [fifth] paragraph). In such event, the Company will pay as additional amounts with respect to any Security of this series (including this permanent global Security) that the Company determines is subject to such requirement such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made following the effective date of such requirement outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of principal [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest due in respect of any Bearer Security of this series [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any coupon appertaining thereto] of which the beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup
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withholding tax or similar charge which (a) would not be applicable to a payment made to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner or which can be satisfied by such a custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided, however, in each case that payment by such custodian, nominee or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any requirement referred to in this paragraph, (b) is applicable only to payment by a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner to such beneficial owner, (c) would not be applicable to a payment made by any other Paying Agent of the Company in Western Europe, or (d) is imposed as a result of the presentation of such Bearer Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will not be less than the amount provided for in such Bearer Security [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor coupon] to be then due and payable.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this permanent global 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 executed by or on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successors thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this permanent global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
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[Form of Reverse]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Securities of this series of which this permanent global Security is a part are issuable as Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in the denomination of U.S.$ [, and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$ and any integral multiple thereof]. [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer Securities and Registered Securities of this series of which this permanent global Security is a part are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, at any office or agency described below where Registered Securities of this series may be presented for registration of transfer; provided, however, that Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities between a Regular Record Date and the relevant Interest Payment Date shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.]]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) are subject to redemption (1)] [If applicable, inserton in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] [If applicable, insertat any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed [on or before , % and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to of the principal amount,] [and ( )] under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [100% of the principal amountor insert applicable formula for determining the amount] [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the redemption date; provided, however, that installments of interest on this permanent global Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable [If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertonly upon presentation of this permanent global Security (at an office or agency located outside the
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United States, except as herein provided otherwise) [If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertto the Holder of this permanent global Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture]].]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after , 19 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated:
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Redemption Price
For Redemption Otherwise Than Through Operation Of The Sinking Fund |
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, and (3) under the circumstances described in the next [two] succeeding paragraph[s] at a Redemption Price equal to [100% of the principal amount-or insert applicable formula for determining the amount] [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insert, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on this permanent global Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable [If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertonly upon presentation of this permanent global Security (at an office or agency located outside the United States, except as herein provided otherwise) [If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertto the Holder of this permanent global Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture]].] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to redeem the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) as contemplated by Clause [(2)] above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice), of less than % per annum.]
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[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph [If the permanent global Security is interest bearing, insert, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption,] if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation or any amendment to or change in an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which amendment or change is effective on or after 19 , the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts (as described on the face thereof or hereof) [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing inserton the next succeeding Interest Payment Date) [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange of any Security), provided that such obligation to pay additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided, however, that in the opinion of the Company, which opinion shall be rendered in good faith, such measures need not be used if they have or will have a material adverse impact on the conduct of its business; provided further, however, that (a) notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional amounts. [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertwere a payment in respect of the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) then due] [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwere a payment in repect of the Securities of this series (including this permanent globals. Security and the interests represented hereby) then due or a sale or exchange of a Security of this series then made], and (b) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of redemption as provided in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe to such effect based on such statement of facts.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary and if applicable * , insertIn addition, if the Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of principal [, premium, if any,] or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security of the series of which this permanent global Security is a part or any related coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States of America affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence
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Generally this provision will only be applicable if the Securities of the series are interest-bearing and generally only if the Securities bear interest at a fixed rate. |
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or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby), as a whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [ninth] [tenth] paragraph on the face of this permanent global Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company will redeem the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interest represented hereby) or will pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) must take place. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company elects by notice to the Trustee at least 75 days before such date unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee. Upon receipt of notice from the Company as to the date of redemption, the Trustee will cause notice thereof to be duly published in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not so redeem the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments on the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will Promptly give notice of that determination in the manner provided below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as provided in clause (y) above to pay additional amounts, and as long as the Company is obligated to pay such additional amounts, the Company may subsequently redeem, the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) at any time, as a whole, but not in Part, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, including any additional amounts required to be paid but without reduction for applicable United States of America withholding taxes.]
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[If the permanent global Security to be deposited with a Common Depositary and if applicable * , insertIn addition, if the, Company determines that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount due with respect to any Bearer Security of the series of which this permanent global-Security is a part would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States of America affecting taxation or otherwise, be subject to any certification, information, documentation, or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security who is a United States Alien (as defined on the face hereof) (other than such a requirement (a) which would not be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) which can be satisfied by the custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) that payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent of such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement or (c) would not be applicable to a payment made to any other Paying Agent in Western Europe), the Company at its election will either (x) permit any Holder of a Security to present such Security for redemption within 90 days of notice of such redemption, at a Redemption Price determined as set forth in the next preceding paragraph, provided that if any such Holder fails to present its Security for redemption, such Holder will not be entitled to any additional amounts, or (y) if and so long as the conditions of the [ninth] [tenth] paragraph on the face of this permanent global Security are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee thereof as soon as practicable, and the Trustee will o promptly give notice of such determination in the manner provided below (the Determination Notice), in each case stating the effective date of such certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, whether the Company has elected to permit redemption of the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) or to pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph and (if applicable) the last day by which the Company may publish any notice of redemption. If the Company elects to permit redemption of the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) notice of the redemption will be given not more than 268 days following the Determination Notice and will specify the date fixed for redemption. The Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) will be redeemed on the day 97 days after notice of the redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not permit redemption of the Securities (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) if the Company subsequently determines, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent payments would not be subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee, which will promptly give notice of that determination in the manner described below, and any earlier redemption notice will thereupon revoked and of no further effect.
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[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertWith respect to any redemption made pursuant to the terms of This Security, no payment in respect of the portion of the Redemption Price which represents accrued interest thereon or amounts received in respect of original issue discount shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not less than] U.S.$ [(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than U.S.$ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby). [Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made[in the inverse order in which they become due.]]
[Except as otherwise provided herein,] the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) are not subject to any sinking fund and are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to maturity.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture (do not) apply to Securities of this series.
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary and if applicable, insertThe provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture apply to Securities of this series.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertNotice of redemption will be given by publication in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if the Securities of this series are then listed on [The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited] [the Luxembourg Stock Exchange] [or] any [other] stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in [London] [Luxembourg) [or] in any [other] required city outside the United States or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe, [and by mail to Holders of Registered Securities], not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary insertNotice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.]
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If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interests represented hereby) may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. [If the permanent global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertSuch amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and [any] interest on the Securities of this series (including this permanent global Security and the interest represented hereby) shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected [If the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertand any related coupons] under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of each series [If the permanent global Security to be deposited with a Common Depositary and the Securities of the Series is interest bearing, insertand any related coupons] to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this permanent global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this permanent global Security and the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests represented hereby, and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this permanent global Security.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series [If the permanent global Security is deposited with a Common Depositary and the permanent global Security is interest-bearing, insertor any related coupon] will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] or [any] interest on this permanent global Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this permanent global 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)] and [any] interest [if the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insert[including additional amounts, as described on the fact hereof)]] on this permanent global Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertTitle to [Bearer] Securities of the series of which this permanent global Security is a part and coupons shall pass by delivery. (As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Registered Securities of the series of which this permanent global Security is a part may be registered in the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of a Registered Security for registration of transfer at the [Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Registered Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertAs provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Registered Securities of the series of which this permanent global Security is a part may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of such Securities for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [any place where the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [any] interest of such Securities are payable] [the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of in and in or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
No service charge shall be made for any [such registration of transfer or] exchange [of Securities as provided above], but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of a Bearer Security of any series and any coupon appertaining thereto [, and prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered,] as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security or such coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertPrior to due presentment of a Registered Security (including this permanent global Security) for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.]
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary, insertThe Securities of this series of which this permanent global Security is a part are issuable only in registered form without coupons, in denominations of $ and any integral multiple 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 and of like tenor of a different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.)]
Each Security of this series (including this permanent global Security) shall be dated the date of [If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a U.S. Depositary or in the case of Registered Securities of a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insert its authentication] [In the case of Bearer Securities of a series other than a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering, insert the original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued] [In the case of Bearer Securities of a series to be offered pursuant to a Periodic Offering insert the related Predecessor Security; if there is no such Predecessor Security, insert its authentication].
[If the permanent global Security is to be deposited with a Common Depositary, insertThe Indenture, the Securities (including this permanent global Security) and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.]
All terms used in this permanent global Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES
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EXHIBIT G
[Forms of Certification]
EXHIBIT G.1
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE (1) BEARER SECURITY,
(2) SECURITY INITIALLY REPRESENTED BY A TEMPORARY GLOBAL
SECURITY OR (3) INTEREST ON A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
CSX CORPORATION
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that the above-captioned Securities (i) are not owned or being acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, (ii) are owned or being acquired by or on behalf of (A) a United States person that is a financial institution within the meaning of Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury Regulations (a Financial Institution) purchasing for its own account or for resale or (B) a United States person who acquired such Euro-Debt Security through the foreign branch of a Financial Institution and who holds such Euro-Debt Security through such Financial Institution on the date hereof (and, in either case (A) or (B) the Financial Institution has agreed to comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, and the regulations thereunder) or (iii) are owned or are being acquired by a Financial Institution for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations) and such Financial Institution has not acquired the Euro-Debt Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to any person within the United States or its possessions. If the undersigned is a clearing organization, the undersigned has obtained a similar certificate from its member organizations on which this certificate is based; provided, however, that if the undersigned has actual knowledge that the information contained in such a certificate is false (and, absent documentary evidence that the beneficial owner of such Security is not a United States person, it will be deemed to have actual knowledge that such certificate is false if it has a United States address for any such beneficial owner that is not a Financial Institution), the undersigned will not deliver a Security in temporary or definitive bearer form to the person who signed such certificate notwithstanding the delivery of such certificate to the undersigned.
As used herein, United States person means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source; United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and the possessions of the United States include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you by telex, if the above statement as to beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the above-captioned Securities or on the Interest Payment Date with respect to the above-captioned Securities, as the case may be, as to all of such Securities.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: , 19
[To be dated on or after , 19 (the date
determined as provided in the
Indenture)]
[Name of Person Entitled to Receive Bearer Security or Interest] |
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(Authorized Signatory) |
Name: |
Title: |
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EXHIBIT G.2
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION
OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
(Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered)
This is to certify with respect to $ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities that we have received from each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of such principal amount (our Qualified Account Holders) a certificate with respect to such portion substantially in the form attached hereto and that to the extent we have actual knowledge that any of such certificates are false we are not submitting for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security attributable thereto.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Qualified Account Holders to the effect that the statements made by such Qualified Account Holders with respect to any portion of the part submitted therewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
Dated: , 19
[To be dated no earlier than the
Exchange Date]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, AS OPERATOR OF THE EURO-CLEAR SYSTEM] [CEDEL S.A.] |
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By: |
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Exhibit 4.1.2
CSX CORPORATION
AND
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION),
Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 15, 1991
Senior Securities
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 1991 between CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company), and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), a national banking association, as Trustee (the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a certain indenture, dated as of August 1, 1990 (herein called the Indenture), pursuant to which one or more series of unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (herein called the Securities) may be issued from time to time;
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose, among other things, of (i) changing or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided that such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision or (ii) making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
WHEREAS, the Company, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this First Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture in certain respects with respect to the Securities of any and all series issued on or after the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid amendment of and supplement to the Indenture have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL 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 of any and all series established on or after the date hereof, as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
Section 1.1. Definitions . Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended by:
(i) replacing the definition of Euro-clear with the following:
Euroclear Operator means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as the operator of the Euroclear System.
(ii) adding the following definition:
Restricted Period has the meaning given to it in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7).
Section 1.2. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . Clause (15) of Section 301 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
(15) any limitation on the application of either or both of Sections 1402 and 1403 to the Securities of the series;
Section 1.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. Section 303 of the Indenture is hereby amended by:
(i) amending the third paragraph thereof to read as follows:
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions
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from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series; provided further, however, that, in connection with its sale during the Restricted Period, no Euro-Security shall be delivered to any location in the United States or its possessions; and provided further, however, that a Euro-Security (other than a Security in temporary global form) may be delivered in connection with its sale during the Restricted Period only if, on the earlier of the date of such delivery or the first actual payment of interest by the Company on the Euro-Security, (x) the Person entitled to physical delivery of such Euro-Security (which, in the case of a Euro-Security to be received in exchange for all or a portion of a Security in temporary global form, shall be the account holder with the Euroclear Operator or Cedel S.A. to whose account all or such portion of such Security in temporary global form has been credited) shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the date on which such Euro-Security is delivered or, in the case of a Euro-Security to be received in exchange for all or a portion of a temporary global Security, no earlier than 15 days prior to the date on which the Euroclear Operator or Cedel S.A., as the case may be, furnish to the Common Depositary, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 304, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit G.2 to this Indenture that relates to all or such portion of such temporary global Security, and (y) the Company does not know or have reason to know that the information contained in such certificate is false. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owners interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be physical delivery in connection with its sale during the Restricted Period. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.
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(ii) amending clause (c) of the fourth paragraph thereof to read as follows:
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and by general equity principles, and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities denominated other than in U.S. dollars (or a foreign currency or foreign currency unit judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or (B) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments in foreign currency or currency units or payments outside the United States.
Section 1.4. Temporary Securities . Section 304 of the Indenture is hereby amended by:
(i) deleting the word Euro-clear in each place where it appears and replacing it with the words the Euroclear Operator.
(ii) deleting the last sentence of the last paragraph thereof.
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Section 1.5. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . Section 1401 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301, the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of any series, elect to have either Section 1402 or Section 1403 be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen.
Section 1.6. Security Forms . The Security Forms attached as Exhibits to the Indenture are hereby amended by:
(i) amending the third paragraph below the legends on the face of Exhibit E to read as follows:
This temporary global Security shall be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part for (i) a permanent global Security of this series, without interest coupons, (ii) definitive Bearer Securities of this series [If the temporary global security is interest-bearing, insert, with interest coupons attached] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertwithout interest coupons], (iii) definitive Registered Securities of this series, without interest coupons, or (iv) a combination of the foregoing, provided that the permanent global Security or the definitive Securities so issued in exchange for this temporary global Security shall be in authorized denominations and be of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount as the portion of this temporary global Security to be exchanged, and provided further that, unless the Company agrees otherwise, definitive Bearer Securities of this series or definitive Registered Securities of this series will be issued in exchange for this temporary global Security, or any portion hereof, only if prior to the issuance of this temporary global Security, such definitive Bearer Securities or definitive Registered Securities were requested by written notice to the London office of the Security Registrar and the London office of a
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common depositary (the Common Depositary), by or on behalf of a Person who is a beneficial owner of an interest herein, given through Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as the operator of the Euroclear System (the Euroclear Operator), or Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A. (CEDEL S.A.).
(ii) deleting the word Euro-clear in each place where it appears in Exhibit E after the third paragraph below the legends on the face thereof and replacing it with the words the Euroclear Operator.
(iii) amending the sixth paragraph below the legends on the face of Exhibit E to read as follows:
The principal and any [premium or] interest in respect of any portion of this temporary global Security payable [If the temporary global Security is interest-bearing, insertin respect of an Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity thereof] [If the temporary global Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertat Maturity or upon the sale or exchange thereof], in each case occurring prior to the exchange of such portion for a permanent global Security of this series or interests therein or a definitive Registered Security or Securities of this series or a definitive Bearer Security or Securities of this series, as the case may be, will be paid to each of the Euroclear Operator and CEDEL S.A. with respect to the portion of this temporary global Security held for its account only upon compliance with the procedures and certification requirements set forth in the Indenture. If such Interest Payment Date occurs on or after the Exchange Date, the Euroclear Operator or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, following the receipt of such written certification shall exchange, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture, the portion of the temporary global Security that relates to such certificate for definitive Securities (which, in the absence of instructions to the contrary, shall be an interest in a permanent global Security).
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(iv) amending the last three lines of the fourth paragraph below the legends on the face of Exhibit F to read as follows:
Person entitled thereto, given through Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as the operator of the Euroclear System (the Euroclear Operator), or Centrale de Livrasions de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A. (Cedel).]
(v) deleting the word Euro-clear in each place where it appears in Exhibit F after the fourth paragraph below the legends on the face thereof and replacing it with the words the Euroclear Operator.
(vi) deleting all references in Exhibits A, B, C, D, E and F to the provisions of Sections 803 and 804 of the Indenture.
Section 1.7. Forms of Certification . Exhibit G to the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth in Annex I to this First Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
Section 2.1. Incorporation of Indenture . All the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, the Indenture; and the Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 2.2. Counterparts . This First Supplemental 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 same instrument.
Section 2.3. Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 2.4. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 2.5. Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture . Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Securities of any series established on or after the date hereof, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this First supplemental Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture applies only to Securities of a series established on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.6. Defined Terms . All terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CSX CORPORATION | ||||||||||
[Seal] | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ David D. Owen | |||||||||
Name: | David D. Owen | |||||||||
Attest: | /s/ Rachel E. Geiersbach | Title: | Managing Director - Corporate Finance | |||||||
Assistant Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||
[Seal] |
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), as Trustee |
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By: | /s/ R.J. Hall | |||||||||
Name: |
R.J. Hall |
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Title: |
[Illegible] |
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Attest: | /s/ Kathleen Perry | |||||||||
[Illegible] |
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Commonwealth of Virginia
City of Richmond | ss.: |
On the 18th day of May, 1992, before me personally came David D. Owen to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Managing Director - Corporate Finance of CSX Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
(Notarial Seal) | /s/ [Illegible] |
State of New York
County of Kings | ss.: |
On the day of May, 1992, before me personally came [Illegible] , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a [Illegible] of The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the By-laws of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
(Notarial Seal) | /s/ Margaret M. Price |
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Annex I to First
Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT G
[Forms of Certification]
EXHIBIT G.1
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE (1) BEARER SECURITY,
(2) SECURITY INITIALLY REPRESENTED BY A TEMPORARY GLOBAL
SECURITY OR (3) INTEREST ON A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
CSX CORPORATION
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities)
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as provided in the fourth paragraph hereof, the above-captioned securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic corporations, domestic partnerships or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source (United States person(s)), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that are (A) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v)) (a financial institution) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (B) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such financial institutions on the date hereof (and in the case of either clause (A) or (B), each such financial institution hereby agrees on its own behalf or through its agents, that you may advise the Company or the Companys agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during the Restricted Period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-S(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
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As used in this certificate, United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial ownership is not correct on [Insert the Certification Date] as to all of the above-captioned Securities then appearing in your books as being held for our account.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S. $ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities appearing on your books as being held for our account as to which we are not yet able to certify and as to which we understand that exchange and delivery of definitive Securities cannot be made until we are able so to certify.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax regulations in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: | ,19 * | |
* To be dated on or after |
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,19 | ||
[the 15th day before the certification date]. |
[Name of Account Holder] |
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(Authorized Signatory) |
Name: |
Title: |
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EXHIBIT G.2
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY THE EURO-CLEAR OPERATOR AND
CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST]
CERTIFICATE
CSX CORPORATION
(Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered)
This is to certify that, based solely on certificates we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from our member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our Member Organizations) substantially in the form set out in Exhibit G-1 of the Indenture relating to the above-captioned Securities, as of the date hereof, U.S. $ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by persons that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic corporations, domestic partnerships or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source (United States person (s)), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) the foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section l.165-12(c)(1)(v)) (financial institutions) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such financial institutions on the date hereof (and in the case of either clause (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed on its own behalf or through its agents, that we may advise the Company or the Companys agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during the Restricted Period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5 (c) (2) (i) (D) (7)) and to the further effect that United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
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As used in this certificate, United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificate of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof, we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: | ,19 * | |
* To be dated no earlier than the Certification Date. |
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, AS THE OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR CLEARANCE SYSTEM] | ||
[CENTRALE DE LIVRAISON DE VALEURS MOBILIERES S.A.] | ||
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Exhibit 4.1.10
CSX CORPORATION
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
Trustee
NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of February 12, 2019
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NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of February 12, 2019 between CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company ), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly The Bank of New York, successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the Trustee ).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered (i) to the The Bank of New York Mellon (the Prior Trustee ) a certain indenture, dated as of August 1, 1990 and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1991, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 6, 1997, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 22, 1998, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 30, 2001, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 27, 2003, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 23, 2004, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 25, 2007, and (ii) to the Trustee, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 24, 2010 (the indenture, as so supplemented and as further supplemented herein, is herein called the Indenture ), pursuant to which one or more series of unsecured notes, debentures, securities or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (herein called the Securities ) may be issued from time to time;
WHEREAS, Section 901(5) of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the trustee under the Indenture (the Trustee ) may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose, among other things, of (i) establishing the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture or (ii) making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
WHEREAS, the Company, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture to amend and supplement the Indenture in certain respects only with respect to Securities of any and all series issued on or after the date hereof and not with respect to any outstanding Securities issued prior to the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Ninth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid amendment of and supplement to the Indenture have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Securities of any and all series established on or after the date hereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
R ELATION TO I NDENTURE ; D EFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture . This Ninth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions . For all purposes of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture:
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture, unless otherwise defined in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, in which case definitions set forth in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall govern; and
(b) The terms herein, hereof, hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
S COPES OF A PPLICABILITY
Section 2.01. Applicability of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture . The provisions of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable, and the Indenture is hereby amended and supplemented as specified herein, with respect to any Securities issued on or after the date hereof and not with respect to any outstanding Securities issued prior to the date hereof.
Section 2.02. Ninth Supplemental Indenture Shall Govern . In the event of a conflict between any provisions of the Indenture and this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the relevant provision or provisions of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE 3
A MENDMENTS
Section 3.01. Notice of Redemption . Section 1104 of the Indenture is amended by replacing such Section in its entirety to read as follows:
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders of Securities initially issued prior to February 12, 2019, to be redeemed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days (or in the case of Securities initially issued on or after February 12, 2019, not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days) prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
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(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places which must include the applicable Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together on the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
ARTICLE 4
M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS
Section 4.01. Incorporation of Indenture . All provisions of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, the Indenture; and the Indenture, as supplemented by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument and shall be binding upon all the Holders of the Securities.
Section 4.02. Governing Law . This Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 4.03. Counterparts . This Ninth Supplemental 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 instrument.
Section 4.04. Separability Clause . In case any provision of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 4.05. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 4.06. Benefits of Ninth Supplemental Indenture . Nothing in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Ninth Supplemental Indenture. Except as expressly supplemented or amended as set forth in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture is hereby ratified and confirmed, and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and continue in full force and effect. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Ninth Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the date first above written.
CSX CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Sean Pelkey | |
Name: Sean Pelkey | ||
Title: VP and Treasurer |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A., as Trustee, |
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By: | /s/ Karen Yu | |
Name: Karen Yu | ||
Title: Vice President |
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CSX Corporation
CSX Transportation, Inc.
500 Water Street, 15th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company ), CSX Transportation, Inc., a Virginia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ( CSXT ) and CSX Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the Business Trust Act of the State of Delaware (the Trust ) are filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement ) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), (i) (a) shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Common Stock ) of the Company; (b) shares of preferred stock, without par value (the Preferred Stock ), of the Company; (c) the Companys senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the CSX Debt Securities ), which may be issued pursuant to a senior debt indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (the Senior Debt Trustee ) (the Senior Debt Indenture ), and a subordinated debt indenture between the Company and a trustee to be named therein (the Subordinated Debt Trustee and, together with the Senior Debt Trustee, the Trustees ) (the Subordinated Debt Indenture , and together with the Senior Debt Indenture, the CSX Indentures ); (d) the Companys depositary shares (the Depositary Shares ), each representing a fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock and evidenced by a deposit receipt (the Deposit Receipt ), which may be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement among the Company, a depositary to be named therein (the Depositary ), and the holders from time to time of the Deposit Receipts issued thereunder (the Deposit Agreement ); (e) warrants of the Company (the Warrants ), which may be issued under one or more warrant agreements (each, a Warrant Agreement ) to be entered into between the Company and the warrant agent to be named therein (the Warrant Agent ); (f) purchase contracts (the Purchase Contracts ) which may be issued under one or more purchase contract agreements (each, a Purchase Contract Agreement ) to be entered into between the Company and the purchase contract agent to be named therein (the Purchase Contract Agent ); (g) units (the Units ) to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the Unit Agent ), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a Unit Agreement ); (h) guarantees by the Company of the CSXT Debt Securities (each a CSX Guarantee ), which may be issued pursuant to the CSXT Indenture (as defined below) or one or more guarantee agreements (each a CSXT Guarantee Agreement ) to be entered into by the Company; and (i) guarantees of the preferred securities of the Trust (each a Preferred Securities Guarantee ) to be issued under one or more guarantee agreements (each a TruPS Guarantee Agreement ) to be entered into by the Company; (ii) CSXTs secured debt securities and senior unsecured debt securities (collectively, the CSXT Debt Securities ), which may be issued pursuant to a senior debt indenture among CSXT, the Company, if the CSX Guarantee is provided for therein, and a trustee to be named therein (the CSXT Debt Trustee ) (the CSXT Indenture ); and (iii) the Trusts preferred securities (the Trust Preferred Securities ) that are to be issued by the Trust pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of CSX Capital Trust I (the Declaration ).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not been executed will conform to the forms thereof, (iv) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (v) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (vi) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company and CSXT, as applicable, that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vii) all representations made by the Company and CSXT, as applicable, as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion:
1. When the CSX Indentures and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any CSX Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and the Company; the specific terms of a particular series of CSX Debt Securities have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the CSX Indentures; and such CSX Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the CSX Indentures and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such CSX Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
2. When the CSXT Indenture and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any CSXT Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, CSXT, and, if the CSX Guarantee is contained in the CSXT Indenture, the Company; the specific terms of a particular series of CSXT Debt Securities have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the CSXT Indenture; and such CSXT Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the CSXT Indenture and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such CSXT Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of CSXT and the CSX Guarantee thereof, if any, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
3. When the CSXT Guarantee Agreement, if any, to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any CSX Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the CSXT Debt Securities have been validly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, as described in paragraph 2 above, the specific terms of the related CSXT Guarantee Agreement have been duly authorized and and established; and such CSXT Guarantee Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such CSX Guarantees will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
4. When the Warrant Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Warrants has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Warrant Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Warrants have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Warrant Agreement; and such Warrants have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
5. When the Purchase Contract Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Purchase Contracts has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Purchase
Contract Agreement; and such Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
6. When the Unit Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Unit Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Units have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Unit Agreement; and such Units have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Unit Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
7. When the trustees of the Trust have taken all necessary action to adopt the Declaration and to fix and determine the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities in accordance with the Declaration; the Company has taken all necessary corporate action on its part to fix and determine the terms of the Preferred Securities Guarantees; the specific terms of the Preferred Securities and the related Guarantees and the issuance and sale thereof have been duly established in accordance with the Declaration and the TruPS Guarantee Agreement; the TruPS Guarantee Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and such Preferred Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust in accordance with the Declaration and the underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Preferred Securities Guarantees will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
In connection with the opinions expressed above, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any such security, (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or CSXT, as applicable, shall have duly established the terms of such security and duly authorized the issuance and sale of such security and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) each of the Company and CSXT is, and shall remain, validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia; (iii) the Registration Statement shall have become effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; and (iv) the CSX Indentures, the CSXT Indenture, the CSX Debt Securities, the CSXT Debt Securities, and the CSXT Guarantee Agreements are each valid, binding and enforceable agreements of each party thereto (other than as expressly covered above in respect of the Company and CSXT); and (v) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such security. We have also assumed that (i) the terms of any security whose terms are established subsequent to the date hereof and the issuance, execution, delivery and performance by the Company and CSXT, as applicable, (a) are within its corporate powers, (b) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents of the Company or CSXT, as applicable, (c) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and (d) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or public policy or regulation or any judgment, injunction, order or decree or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or CSXT, as applicable, and (ii) any Warrant Agreement, Purchase Contract Agreement and Unit Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to above and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption Validity of Securities in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
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/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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CSX Corporation
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
CSX Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Virginia counsel to CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company ), in connection with the filing by the Company, CSX Transportation, Inc., a Virginia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ( CSXT ), and CSX Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the Business Trust Act of the State of Delaware (the Trust ), of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement ) on or about February 12, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of an indeterminate amount of (i) (a) shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Common Stock ), of the Company; (b) shares of preferred stock, without par value (the Preferred Stock ), of the Company; (c) the Companys senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the CSX Debt Securities ), which may be issued pursuant to a senior debt indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and a subordinated debt indenture between the Company and the trustee to be named therein; (d) the Companys depositary shares (the Depositary Shares ), each representing a fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock and evidenced by a deposit receipt (the Deposit Receipt ), which may be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement among the Company, a depositary to be named therein (the Depositary ), and the holders from time to time of the Deposit Receipts issued thereunder (the Deposit Agreement ); (e) warrants of the Company ( Warrants ), which may be issued under one or more warrant agreements to be entered into between the Company and the warrant agent to be named therein; (f) purchase contracts (the Purchase Contracts ), which may be issued under one or more purchase contract agreements to be entered into between the Company and the purchase contract agent to be named therein; (g) units (the Units ), which may be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company, as unit agent,
ATLANTA AUSTIN BANGKOK BEIJING BOSTON BRUSSELS CHARLOTTE DALLAS DUBAI HOUSTON LONDON LOS ANGELES
MIAMI NEW YORK NORFOLK RALEIGH/DURHAM RICHMOND SAN FRANCISCO THE WOODLANDS TYSONS WASHINGTON, DC
www.HuntonAK.com
Board of Directors
CSX Corporation
February 12, 2019
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and the holders from time to time of the Units; (h) guarantees by the Company (each, a CSX Guarantee ) of the CSXT Debt Securities (as defined below), which may be issued pursuant to the CSXT Indenture (as defined below) or one or more guarantee agreements to be entered into by the Company; and (i) guarantees of the preferred securities of the Trust (each a Preferred Securities Guarantee ) to be issued under one or more guarantee agreements to be entered into by the Company; (ii) CSXTs secured debt securities and senior unsecured debt securities (collectively, the CSXT Debt Securities ), which may be issued pursuant to a senior debt indenture among CSXT, the Company, if a CSX Guarantee is provided for therein, and a trustee to be named therein (the CSXT Indenture ); and (iii) the Trusts preferred securities that are to be issued by the Trust pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of CSX Capital Trust I. The Common Stock, Preferred Stock, CSX Debt Securities, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units, CSX Guarantees, Preferred Securities Guarantees and CSXT Debt Securities are collectively referred to as the Securities. The Securities are to be issued in one or more series and will be offered and sold on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, the prospectus contained therein (the Prospectus ) and any amendments or supplements thereto.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 16 of Form S-3 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.
We have examined originals or reproductions or certified copies of such records of the Company, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion, including, among other things:
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the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through the date hereof; |
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the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended through the date hereof; |
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the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the filing of the Registration Statement; and |
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the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. |
Board of Directors
CSX Corporation
February 12, 2019
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For purposes of the opinions expressed below, we have assumed: (a) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (b) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or electronic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents; (c) the legal capacity of natural persons; (d) the genuineness of all signatures; (e) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all parties; and (f) the validity, binding effect and enforceability of all documents upon the Company.
As to factual matters, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and certificates and oral advice of public officials.
We do not purport to express an opinion on any laws other than the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and additional assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
2. With respect to any Common Stock, when (a) the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly constituted and acting committee thereof (the Board of Directors of the Company or such duly constituted and acting committee thereof being hereinafter referred to as the Company Board ) has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of shares of the Common Stock from the then authorized number of shares of Common Stock available and (b) the Common Stock has been duly issued by the Company and delivered to the purchasers thereof in accordance with the definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Company Board against payment therefor, or upon conversion or exercise of any security offered under the Registration Statement (an Offered Security ) in accordance with the terms of such Offered Security or the instrument governing such Offered Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Company Board, for the consideration approved by the Company Board, such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3. With respect to any series of shares of Preferred Stock, when (a) the Company Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock, including the relative rights, preferences and limitations thereof, from the then authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock available, (b) articles of
Board of Directors
CSX Corporation
February 12, 2019
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amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation creating the particular series of Preferred Stock have been filed with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the SCC ) and the SCC has issued a certificate of amendment with respect thereto and (c) the series of Preferred Stock has been duly issued by the Company and delivered to the purchasers thereof in accordance with the definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Company Board against payment therefor, or upon conversion or exercise of any Offered Security in accordance with the terms of such Offered Security or the instrument governing such Offered Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Company Board, for the consideration approved by the Company Board, such Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
4. With respect to any Depositary Shares, when (a) the Company Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance and terms of any series of Depositary Shares, (b) the Deposit Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of such Depositary Shares has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary and the Company; (c) the specific terms of such Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Deposit Agreement; (d) the underlying Preferred Stock has been validly issued and delivered as described in paragraph 3 above; (e) the Depositary has duly issued the Deposit Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares against deposit of the Preferred Stock in respect thereof in accordance with the Deposit Agreement; and (f) the Deposit Receipts have been duly executed, issued and delivered by one of the Depositarys authorized officers in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Company Board against payment therefor, such Depositary Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
In connection with the opinions set forth above, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, (i) the Company Board shall have duly established the terms of such Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares and duly authorized the issuance and sale of such Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) the Company is, and shall remain, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time of authorization and issuance of any such security; (iii) the Registration Statement shall have become effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (iv) the Deposit Agreement shall be a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of each party thereto; and (v) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Common
Board of Directors
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February 12, 2019
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Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares. We have also assumed the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of any Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares whose terms are established subsequent to the date hereof (a) are within its corporate powers at the applicable time, (b) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents of the Company then in effect, (c) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and (d) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or any judgment, injunction, order or decree or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement and the reference to our firm under the heading Validity of Securities in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
This opinion is limited to the matters stated in this letter, and no opinions may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated in this letter. The opinions expressed in this letter speak only as of its date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinions expressed herein from matters that might hereafter arise or be brought to our attention.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP |
Exhibit 5.1.3
February 12, 2019
CSX Corporation
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Re: |
CSX Capital Trust I |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for CSX Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
We have examined and relied upon such records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below, including the following documents:
(a) |
The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, as filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Secretary of State) on May 1, 2001, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment, as filed with the Secretary of State on February 5, 2013 (collectively, the Certificate of Trust); |
(b) |
The Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of May 1, 2001 (the Original Trust Agreement), between CSX Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company), and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as successor to Chase Bank USA, National Association (formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association), as trustee; |
(c) |
The Registration Statement (the Registration Statement) on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus (the Prospectus), relating to, among other things, the Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the Trust (each, a Preferred Security and collectively, the Preferred Securities), to be filed by the Company and the Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about February 12, 2019; |
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February 12, 2019
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(d) |
A form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for the Trust, to be entered into between the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein (together with the Original Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement), incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (including the Exhibits thereto); and |
(e) |
A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated February 8, 2019, obtained from the Secretary of State. |
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Trust Agreement.
As to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon the representations made in the foregoing documents.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Trust will be in full force and effect and will not be amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively, the Preferred Security Holders) of a Preferred Security Certificate for such Preferred Security and the payment for such Preferred Security, in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (vii) that the Preferred Securities are authenticated, issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the Trust Agreement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement (other than this opinion) or the Prospectus and assume no responsibility for their contents except for this opinion.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder which are currently in effect.
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February 12, 2019
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Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et . seq .
2. The Preferred Securities of the Trust will represent valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and nonassessable beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading Validity of Securities in the Prospectus and any supplements thereto. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. |
EAM
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of CSX Corporation for the registration of CSX Corporations debt securities, warrants, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, purchase contracts, units, guarantees of debt securities of CSX Transportation, Inc., and guarantees of trust preferred securities of CSX Capital Trust I; CSX Transportation, Inc. for the registration of debt securities; and CSX Capital Trust I for the registration of trust preferred securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 6, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of CSX Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of CSX Corporation, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Jacksonville, Florida
February 12, 2019
Exhibit 25.1
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ |
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINEELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
95-3571558
|
||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank) |
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
|
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California |
90071 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
CSX Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
62-1051971
|
|
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
|
500 Water Street, 15
th
Floor
Jacksonville, Florida |
32202
|
|
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. |
General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
(a) |
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name |
Address |
|
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury | Washington, DC 20219 | |
Federal Reserve Bank | San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
Washington, DC 20429 |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. |
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
2. |
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-121948). |
3. |
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-152875). |
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4. |
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
6. |
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
7. |
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 4th day of February, 2019.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. |
By: |
/s/ Karen Yu |
|
Name: | Karen Yu | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2018, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
1
LIABILITIES |
||||
Deposits: |
||||
In domestic offices |
2,147 | |||
Noninterest-bearing |
2,147 | |||
Interest-bearing |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||
Federal funds purchased |
0 | |||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
0 | |||
Trading liabilities |
0 | |||
Other borrowed money: |
||||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Not applicable |
||||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
0 | |||
Other liabilities |
220,290 | |||
Total liabilities |
222,437 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
||||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
1,000 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
1,123,455 | |||
Not available |
||||
Retained earnings |
734,382 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-2,871 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
Not available |
||||
Total bank equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
0 | |||
Total equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities and equity capital |
2,078,403 | |||
|
|
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | |||
William D. Lindelof, Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | ||
Alphonse J. Briand, Director | ) |
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Exhibit 25.2
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ |
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
95-3571558 | ||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
400 South Hope Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California |
90071 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
CSX Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia | 62-1051971 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor Jacksonville, Florida |
32202 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. |
General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
(a) |
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name |
Address |
|||
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury | Washington, DC 20219 | |||
Federal Reserve Bank | San Francisco, CA 94105 | |||
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Washington, DC 20429 |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. |
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
2. |
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-121948). |
3. |
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-152875). |
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4. |
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
6. |
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
7. |
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 4th day of February, 2019.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. |
By: |
/s/ Karen Yu |
|
Name: | Karen Yu | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2018, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
1
LIABILITIES |
||||
Deposits: |
||||
In domestic offices |
2,147 | |||
Noninterest-bearing |
2,147 | |||
Interest-bearing |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||
Federal funds purchased |
0 | |||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
0 | |||
Trading liabilities |
0 | |||
Other borrowed money: |
||||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Not applicable |
||||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
0 | |||
Other liabilities |
220,290 | |||
Total liabilities |
222,437 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
||||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
1,000 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
1,123,455 | |||
Not available |
||||
Retained earnings |
734,382 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-2,871 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
Not available |
||||
Total bank equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
0 | |||
Total equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities and equity capital |
2,078,403 | |||
|
|
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | |||
William D. Lindelof, Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | ||
Alphonse J. Briand, Director | ) |
2
Exhibit 25.3
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ |
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
95-3571558 | ||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
400 South Hope Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California |
90071 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
CSX Transportation, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia | 54-6000720 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
Commonwealth of Virginia | 62-1051971 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor Jacksonville, Florida |
32202 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Debt Securities of CSX Transportation, Inc. and
Guarantees of CSX Corporation of Debt Securities of CSX Transportation, Inc.
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. |
General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
(a) |
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name |
Address |
|
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury | Washington, DC 20219 | |
Federal Reserve Bank | San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
Washington, DC 20429 |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. |
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
2. |
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-121948). |
3. |
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-152875). |
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4. |
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
6. |
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
7. |
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 4th day of January, 2019.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. |
By: |
/s/ Karen Yu |
|
Name: | Karen Yu | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2018, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
1
LIABILITIES |
||||
Deposits: |
||||
In domestic offices |
2,147 | |||
Noninterest-bearing |
2,147 | |||
Interest-bearing |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||
Federal funds purchased |
0 | |||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
0 | |||
Trading liabilities |
0 | |||
Other borrowed money: |
||||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Not applicable |
||||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
0 | |||
Other liabilities |
220,290 | |||
Total liabilities |
222,437 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
||||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
1,000 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
1,123,455 | |||
Not available |
||||
Retained earnings |
734,382 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-2,871 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
Not available |
||||
Total bank equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
0 | |||
Total equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities and equity capital |
2,078,403 | |||
|
|
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | |||
William D. Lindelof, Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | ||
Alphonse J. Briand, Director | ) |
2
Exhibit 25.4
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ |
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
95-3571558
|
||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
|
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California |
90071 |
|
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip code) |
CSX Capital Trust I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware
|
54-2039106
|
|
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
500 Water Street, 15
th
Floor
Jacksonville, Florida |
32202 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip code) |
Trust Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. |
General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
(a) |
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name |
Address |
|
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury | Washington, DC 20219 | |
Federal Reserve Bank | San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Washington, DC 20429 |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. |
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
2. |
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-121948). |
3. |
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-152875). |
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4. |
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
6. |
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
7. |
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 4th day of February, 2019.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. |
By: |
/s/ Karen Yu |
|
Name: | Karen Yu | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2018, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
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LIABILITIES |
||||
Deposits: |
||||
In domestic offices |
2,147 | |||
Noninterest-bearing |
2,147 | |||
Interest-bearing |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||
Federal funds purchased |
0 | |||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
0 | |||
Trading liabilities |
0 | |||
Other borrowed money: |
||||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Not applicable |
||||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
0 | |||
Other liabilities |
220,290 | |||
Total liabilities |
222,437 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
||||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
1,000 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
1,123,455 | |||
Not available |
||||
Retained earnings |
734,382 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-2,871 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
Not available |
||||
Total bank equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
0 | |||
Total equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities and equity capital |
2,078,403 | |||
|
|
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | |||
William D. Lindelof, Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | ||
Alphonse J. Briand, Director | ) |
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Exhibit 25.5
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ |
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
95-3571558 | ||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
|
400 South Hope Street Suite 500 Los Angeles, California |
90071 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
CSX Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Commonwealth of Virginia | 62-1051971 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
|
500 Water Street, 15 th Floor Jacksonville, Florida | 32202 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Guarantee of Trust Preferred Securities of CSX Capital Trust I
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. |
General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
(a) |
Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name |
Address |
|
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury | Washington, DC 20219 | |
Federal Reserve Bank | San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Washington, DC 20429 |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None.
16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. |
A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
2. |
A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-121948). |
3. |
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.333-152875). |
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4. |
A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
6. |
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
7. |
A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 4th day of February, 2019.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. |
By: |
/s/ Karen Yu |
|
Name: | Karen Yu | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2018, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
1
LIABILITIES |
||||
Deposits: |
||||
In domestic offices |
2,147 | |||
Noninterest-bearing |
2,147 | |||
Interest-bearing |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||
Federal funds purchased |
0 | |||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
0 | |||
Trading liabilities |
0 | |||
Other borrowed money: |
||||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
0 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
Not applicable |
||||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
0 | |||
Other liabilities |
220,290 | |||
Total liabilities |
222,437 | |||
Not applicable |
||||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
||||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
1,000 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
1,123,455 | |||
Not available |
||||
Retained earnings |
734,382 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-2,871 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
Not available |
||||
Total bank equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
0 | |||
Total equity capital |
1,855,966 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities and equity capital |
2,078,403 | |||
|
|
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | |||
William D. Lindelof, Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | ||
Alphonse J. Briand, Director | ) |
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