As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2019
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. |
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V. LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE II B.V. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | (Exact name of each registrant as specified in its charter) |
The Netherlands | The Netherlands | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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98-0646235 | 98-1109195, 98-1287217 | |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |
4 th Floor, One Vine Street London, W1J0AH The United Kingdom +44 (0)207 220 2600 |
Delftseplein 27E 3013AA Rotterdam The Netherlands +31 (0)10 275 5500 |
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices) |
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices) |
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Jeffrey A. Kaplan 4 th Floor, One Vine Street London, W1J0AH The United Kingdom +44 (0)207 220 2600 |
Jeffrey A. Kaplan Delftseplein 27E 3013AA Rotterdam The Netherlands +31 (0)10 275 5500 |
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
81-5180761
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Jeffrey A. Kaplan
1221 McKinney St.
Houston, Texas
USA 77010
(713) 309-7200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrants principal executive offices)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered/Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Unit/Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price/Amount of Registration Fee (1) |
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Ordinary shares, par value 0.04 per share, of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. |
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Debt Securities of LyondellBasell Industries N.V., LYB International Finance B.V., LYB International Finance II B.V. and LYB International Finance III, LLC |
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Guarantees by LYB International Finance B.V., LYB International Finance II B.V. and LYB International Finance III, LLC of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Debt Securities (2) |
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Guarantees by LyondellBasell Industries N.V. of LYB International Finance B.V., LYB International Finance II B.V. and LYB International Finance III, LLC Debt Securities (2) |
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Warrants of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. |
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Units (3) |
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An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fees, which will be paid in advance or on a pay-as-you-go basis. |
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Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no separate fee for the guarantees is payable. |
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Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. |
PROSPECTUS
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
ORDINARY SHARES
DEBT SECURITIES
WARRANTS
GUARANTEES
UNITS
LYB International Finance B.V.
LYB International Finance II B.V.
LYB International Finance III, LLC
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEES
UNITS
We or selling securityholders may from time to time offer to sell the securities listed above in one or more classes or series in amounts, at prices and on terms that will be determined at the time of the offering.
Each time we or a selling securityholder sell securities pursuant to this prospectus, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offering and the specific terms of the securities offered. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in our securities.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.s ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LYB.
You should consider carefully the risk factors included in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the applicable prospectus supplement before you invest in our securities.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is February 22, 2019.
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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. This prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor is it an offer to buy, these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information in this prospectus is complete and accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus, but our business, financial condition or results of operations may have changed since that date.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains and incorporates by reference forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). You can identify our forward-looking statements by the words anticipate, estimate, believe, continue, could, intend, may, plan, potential, predict, should, will, expect, objective, projection, forecast, goal, guidance, outlook, effort, target and similar expressions.
We based forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates and projections of our business and the industries in which we operate. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve assumptions about future events that, while made in good faith, may prove to be incorrect, and involve risks and uncertainties we cannot predict. Our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what we have expressed or forecast in the forward-looking statements. Any differences could result from a variety of factors, including the following:
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the cost of raw materials represents a substantial portion of our operating expenses, and energy costs generally follow price trends of crude oil, natural gas liquids and/or natural gas; price volatility can significantly affect our results of operations and we may be unable to pass raw material and energy cost increases on to our customers due to the significant competition that we face, the commodity nature of our products and the time required to implement pricing changes; |
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our operations in the United States (U.S.) have benefited from low-cost natural gas and natural gas liquids; decreased availability of these materials (for example, from their export or regulations impacting hydraulic fracturing in the U.S.) could reduce the current benefits we receive; |
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if crude oil prices fall materially, or decrease relative to U.S. natural gas prices, we would see less benefit from low-cost natural gas and natural gas liquids and it could have a negative effect on our results of operations; |
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industry production capacities and operating rates may lead to periods of oversupply and low profitability; for example, substantial capacity expansions are underway in the U.S. olefins industry; |
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we may face unplanned operating interruptions (including leaks, explosions, fires, weather-related incidents, mechanical failures, unscheduled downtime, supplier disruptions, labor shortages, strikes, work stoppages or other labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, spills and releases and other environmental incidents) at any of our facilities, which would negatively impact our operating results; for example, because the Houston refinery is our only refining operation, we would not have the ability to increase production elsewhere to mitigate the impact of any outage at that facility; |
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changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions in the countries or regions in which we operate could increase our costs, restrict our operations and reduce our operating results; |
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execution of our organic growth plans may be negatively affected by our ability to complete projects on time and on budget; |
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our growth depends on the opportunities available to acquire new businesses and assets and our ability to integrate them into our existing operations; |
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uncertainties associated with worldwide economies could create reductions in demand and pricing, as well as increased counterparty risks, which could reduce liquidity or cause financial losses resulting from counterparty default; |
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the negative outcome of any legal, tax and environmental proceedings or changes in laws or regulations regarding legal, tax and environmental matters may increase our costs, reduce demand for our products, or otherwise limit our ability to achieve savings under current regulations; |
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any loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under tax agreements or tax treaties, or changes in tax laws, regulations or treaties, may substantially increase our tax liabilities; |
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we may be required to reduce production or idle certain facilities because of the cyclical and volatile nature of the supply-demand balance in the chemical and refining industries, which would negatively affect our operating results; |
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we rely on continuing technological innovation, and an inability to protect our technology, or others technological developments, could negatively impact our competitive position; |
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we have significant international operations, and fluctuations in exchange rates, valuations of currencies and our possible inability to access cash from operations in certain jurisdictions on a tax-efficient basis, if at all, could negatively affect our liquidity and our results of operations; |
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we are subject to the risks of doing business at a global level, including wars, terrorist activities, political and economic instability and disruptions and changes in governmental policies, which could cause increased expenses, decreased demand or prices for our products and/or disruptions in operations, all of which could reduce our operating results; |
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if we are unable to comply with the terms of our credit facilities, indebtedness and other financing arrangements, those obligations could be accelerated, which we may not be able to repay; and |
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we may be unable to incur additional indebtedness or obtain financing on terms that we deem acceptable, including for refinancing of our current obligations; higher interest rates and costs of financing would increase our expenses. |
Any of these factors, or a combination of these factors, could materially affect our future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Our management cautions against putting undue reliance on forward-looking statements or projecting any future results based on such statements or present or prior earnings levels.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section and any other cautionary statements that may accompany such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a registration statement on Form S-3 regarding the securities we or selling securityholders may offer from time to time. This prospectus does not contain all of the information found in the registration statement. For further information regarding LyondellBasell Industries N.V., LYB International Finance B.V., LYB International Finance II B.V., LYB International Finance III, LLC and the securities offered by this prospectus, you should review the entire registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules, filed under the Securities Act. The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, including its exhibits and schedules, can be downloaded from the SECs web site at http://www.sec.gov.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information that LyondellBasell Industries N.V. has filed with the SEC. This means that we can disclose important information to you without actually including the specific information in this prospectus by referring you to other documents previously filed with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the following documents that LyondellBasell Industries N.V. has previously filed with the SEC and in
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connection with any offering of securities hereby, any subsequent filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding information deemed to be furnished and not filed with the SEC) prior to the completion of such offering:
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC on February 21, 2019; |
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Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 8, 2019; and |
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The description of LyondellBasell Industries N.V.s ordinary shares contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, on April 28, 2010, as amended. |
You may request a copy of any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any exhibit specifically incorporated by reference in those documents, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address or phone number and may view the documents by accessing our website at www.lyb.com:
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
c/o Lyondell Chemical Company
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77010
Attn: Corporate Secretary
(713) 309-7200
Other than the documents expressly incorporated herein by reference, the information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC using a shelf registration process. We or the selling securityholders may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus from time to time up to an indeterminate dollar amount.
The types of securities that we or selling securityholders may offer and sell from time to time pursuant to this prospectus are:
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ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; |
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debt securities of LyondellBasell Industries N.V., which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LYB International Finance B.V., LYB International Finance II B.V. and LYB International Finance III, LLC; |
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debt securities of LYB International Finance B.V. fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; |
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debt securities of LYB International Finance II B.V. fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; |
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debt securities of LYB International Finance III, LLC fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; |
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warrants of LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; and |
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units consisting of any of the securities listed above. |
Each time we or selling securityholders sell securities pursuant to this prospectus, we will describe in a prospectus supplement, which will be delivered with this prospectus, specific information about the offering and
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the terms of the particular securities offered. In each prospectus supplement we will include the following information, if applicable:
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the type and amount of securities that we or selling securityholders propose to sell; |
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the identity of the selling securityholders, if any; |
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the public offering price of the securities; |
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the names of any underwriters or agents through or to which we or selling securityholders will sell the securities; |
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any compensation of those underwriters or agents; and |
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information about any securities exchanges or automated quotation systems on which the securities will be listed or traded. |
In addition, the prospectus supplement may also add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading Where You Can Find More Information.
Wherever references are made in this prospectus to information that will be included in a prospectus supplement, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules or regulations, we may instead include such information or add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus (i) by means of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part; (ii) through filings we make with the SEC that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus; or (iii) by any other method as may then be permitted under applicable law, rules or regulations.
As used herein, the term LyondellBasell refers to LyondellBasell Industries N.V. and, where the context requires, its direct and indirect subsidiaries. LYB International Finance refers to LYB International Finance B.V. LYB International Finance II refers to LYB International Finance II B.V. LYB International Finance III refers to LYB International Finance III, LLC. References to we, us, our, and the Company refer to LyondellBasell Industries N.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
LyondellBasell is a global, independent chemical public company with limited liability ( naamloze vennootschap ) incorporated under Dutch law by deed of incorporation dated October 15, 2009.
We participate globally across the petrochemical value chain and are an industry leader in many of our product lines. Our chemicals businesses consist primarily of large processing plants that convert large volumes of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon feedstocks into plastic resins and other chemicals. Our chemical products tend to be basic building blocks for other chemicals and plastics, while our plastic products are typically used in large volume applications as well as smaller specialty applications. Our customers use our plastics and chemicals to manufacture a wide range of products that people use in their everyday lives including food packaging, home furnishings, automotive components, paints and coatings. Our refining business consists of our Houston refinery, which processes crude oil into refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
The executive offices of LyondellBasell are located at 4th Floor, One Vine Street, London, W1J 0AH, The United Kingdom. LyondellBasells telephone number at that office is +44 (0) 207 220 2600 and its internet address is www.lyb.com. Other than the documents expressly incorporated herein by reference, the information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and does not constitute a part of this prospectus supplement.
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LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V.
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE II B.V.
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
LYB International Finance was incorporated as a private company with limited liability under the laws of the Netherlands on May 14, 2013. LYB International Finance II was incorporated as a private company with limited liability under the laws of the Netherlands on January 28, 2016. LYB International Finance III was formed as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 28, 2016. LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III are wholly (100%) owned subsidiaries of LyondellBasell. LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III are financing vehicles for LyondellBasell and its consolidated subsidiaries. LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III have no independent operations, other than issuing debt, hedging such debt when appropriate and on-lending funds raised from such issuances to LyondellBasell and its consolidated subsidiaries. LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III will lend substantially all proceeds of their borrowings to LyondellBasell and its consolidated subsidiaries. LyondellBasell will fully and unconditionally guarantee the debt securities issued by LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III as to payment of principal, premium (if any), interest and any other amounts due on such debt securities.
Investment in any securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement involves risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K we file after the date of this prospectus, and all other information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as updated by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and the risk factors and other information contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus before acquiring any of such securities. The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities.
Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds we receive from the sale of securities by us for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness, capital expenditures, dividends, acquisitions, repurchases or redemptions of our securities and working capital requirements. LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III will lend substantially all of the net proceeds each receives from the sale of its securities to LyondellBasell and its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by selling securityholders.
General
The following descriptions are summaries of material terms of LyondellBasells ordinary shares, with a par value of four eurocents (0.04) each, LyondellBasells Articles of Association (which we refer to in this section as our Articles of Association) and Dutch law. The full text of our current Articles of Association has been filed with the SEC and is available, in Dutch and English, at our registered office in Rotterdam during regular business hours and is also available, in English, on our website.
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Ordinary Shares
LyondellBasells authorized share capital is fifty-one million euro (51,000,000), consisting of one billion two hundred seventy-five million (1,275,000,000) ordinary shares, each with a par value of four eurocents (0.04). As of February 19, 2019, there were 373,058,535 ordinary shares outstanding, not including 27,151,745 ordinary shares held in treasury.
The description of LyondellBasells ordinary shares is contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on April 28, 2010, as amended, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Voting and Approval Rights
Generally, each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each ordinary share held on every matter submitted to a vote of shareholders, including the annual election of members of the Board of Directors (the Board). There are no cumulative voting rights. Pursuant to Dutch law and our Articles of Association, the nomination of a director to our Board is binding on shareholders unless two-thirds of shareholders, representing at least half of issued share capital, vote against the nominee.
Unless otherwise required by our Articles of Association or Dutch law, matters submitted for a vote at a general meeting of shareholders require the approval of a majority of the votes cast at the general meeting. Pursuant to Dutch law and our Articles of Association, shareholders have the right to approve decisions of the Board relating to (i) the transfer of all or substantially all our enterprise by way of a share or asset sale, consolidation or merger or otherwise, (ii) the entering into or termination of a long-lasting commercial relationship that is of essential importance to our business and (iii) the acquisition or disposition of shares or assets with a value of at least one-third of our consolidated asset value.
There are no laws currently in effect in The Netherlands or provisions in our Articles of Association limiting the rights of non-resident investors to hold or vote ordinary shares.
Dividends and Distributions
Pursuant to our Articles of Association, the Board may determine to allocate amounts to our reserves up to the amount of our annual profits. Out of our share premium reserve and other reserves available for shareholder distributions under Dutch law, the general meeting of shareholders may declare distributions upon a proposal of the Board. We cannot pay dividends if the payment would reduce our shareholders equity below the aggregate par value of our outstanding ordinary shares, plus reserves (if any) required to be maintained by law. The Board may, subject to certain statutory provisions, distribute one or more interim dividends or other interim distributions before the accounts for any year have been approved and adopted at a general meeting of shareholders, in anticipation of the final dividend or final distribution. Rights to dividends and distributions that have not been collected within five years after the date on which they first became due and payable revert to LyondellBasell.
The payment of dividends or distributions is subject to the requirements of Dutch law and the discretion of our shareholders (in the case of annual dividends) and our Board. The declaration of any cash dividends and, if declared, the amount of any such dividends, will depend upon general business conditions, our financial condition, our earnings and cash flow, our capital requirements, financial covenants and other contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends or distributions. There can be no assurance that any dividends or distributions will be declared or paid in the future. Any future cash dividends or distributions will be paid in U.S. dollars.
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Shareholder Meetings
Each shareholder and certain other parties designated under Dutch law will be permitted, either personally or through an attorney authorized in writing, to attend the general meeting of shareholders, to address said meetings and to exercise voting rights, subject to certain provisions of Dutch law and our Articles of Association.
Our general meetings of shareholders will be held in The Netherlands at least annually, within six months after the close of each financial year. Extraordinary general meetings of shareholders may be held as often as the Board deems necessary, or as otherwise provided for pursuant to Dutch law. One or more shareholders representing in the aggregate at least 10% of the issued share capital can request the Board to convene a general meeting of shareholders. In such case, the Board is required to publish a convening notice for such a general meeting of shareholders within four weeks of receipt from such shareholders of (i) a specified agenda for such general meeting of shareholders and, (ii) in the sole discretion of the Board, compelling evidence of the number of shares held by such shareholder or shareholders. If such meeting is not held within six weeks of our receipt of such request, the shareholders requesting a meeting may petition a court in The Netherlands for an order directing the holding of such meeting; the court may order the holding of such a meeting if the persons requesting the meeting can demonstrate that they have a sufficient interest in holding a meeting with the agenda requested by them. In addition, affiliates of Access Industries, one of our shareholders, can require the Board to convene a general meeting of shareholders, for the purpose of allowing for the appointment of one or more of its director nominees under certain circumstances, for so long as it holds, together with its affiliates, at least 5% of the issued share capital.
One or more shareholders representing solely or jointly at least 1% of the issued share capital can request the Board to place a matter on the agenda, provided that the Board has received such request at least 60 days prior to the date of the general meeting of shareholders concerned.
Election and Tenure of Directors
Our Board includes both executive and non-executive members. The executive members of our Board are charged with managing our day-to-day affairs. The non-executive members of our Board are charged with the supervision of the executive Board member(s) and our general course of affairs.
The Board shall determine its size; provided that the Board shall consist of at least nine members, including at least one executive Board member who will hold the title of CEO, and the number of non-executive Board members shall at all times exceed the number of executive Board members.
The general meeting of shareholders appoints the member(s) of the Board, subject to the terms of any binding nomination agreements; provided that the Board may provide for temporary replacements in the event of a vacancy or the inability to act of a Board member.
We have entered into a binding nomination agreement with affiliates of Access Industries pursuant to which we agreed that (i) if it, together with its affiliates, owns 18% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares, it will have the right to nominate three non-executive members of the Board; (ii) if it, together with its affiliates, owns at least 12% but less than 18% of our outstanding ordinary shares, it will have the right to nominate two non-executive members of the Board; and (iii) if it, together with its affiliates, owns at least 5% but less than 12% of our outstanding ordinary shares, it will have the right to nominate one non-executive member of the Board. The general meeting of shareholders may render such nomination non-binding by means of a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the valid votes cast, representing more than half of the issued capital. As of February 19, 2019, three of the members of our Board were nominated in accordance with this agreement.
The general meeting of shareholders may dismiss, or suspend for a period of up to three months, a member of the Board by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the votes cast in a meeting where at least half of the
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issued share capital is represented. If the general meeting of shareholders has suspended a member of the Board, the general meeting of shareholders shall within three months after the suspension has taken effect resolve either to dismiss such relevant member, or to terminate or continue the suspension, failing which the suspension shall lapse.
Each member of the Board serves a one-year term and there is no limit to the number of times a member of the Board can be reappointed.
Subject to our Articles of Association, the Board may adopt rules and regulations governing its internal proceedings of each such constituency, including rules relating to voting on nominations of directors, board composition and governance.
Issuance of Ordinary Shares/Pre-emptive Rights
Our Articles of Association provide that our Board has the authority to issue shares if authorized by resolution of our shareholders. No such authorization is currently in place. Shareholders may resolve to issue shares on a proposal of the Board in the absence of a Board authorization.
Under Dutch law and our Articles of Association, every holder of ordinary shares will have a preemptive right in the proportion that the aggregate amount of its ordinary shares bears to the total amount of shares outstanding. The preemptive right may be restricted or excluded by a resolution of the Board if the Board is the competent body to issue shares. Otherwise, preemptive rights may be restricted or excluded by shareholders on a proposal of the Board. A holder of ordinary shares will not have a preemptive right to shares which are being issued against contribution other than in cash; to ordinary shares which will be issued to our employees or employees of one of our group companies; and to ordinary shares which will be issued as a result of merger or demerger.
Repurchase of Ordinary Shares
The shareholders may delegate to the Board the authority, subject to certain restrictions contained in Dutch law and our Articles of Association, to cause us to acquire, for consideration, our own fully paid ordinary shares. Such authorization may not be granted for a period exceeding 18 months. In the authorization, the general meeting of shareholders shall determine how many shares thereof may be acquired, the manner in which they may be acquired and between what limits the price for such ordinary shares shall be.
The authorization will not be required for the acquisition of ordinary shares by us for transfer to our employees in accordance with an employee share plan.
At our 2018 general meeting of shareholders, shareholders granted authority to the Board to repurchase up to 10% of our issued share capital until December 1, 2019 on the open market, through privately negotiated repurchases, in self-tender offers, or through accelerated repurchase arrangements, at prices ranging up to 110% of the market price at the time of the transaction (or, in the case of an accelerated repurchase arrangement, 110% of the market price over the term of the arrangement).
Capital Reduction
Upon proposal by the Board, the general meeting of shareholders may reduce our issued share capital by cancellation of ordinary shares held by us, subject to certain statutory provisions. However, if less than one half of the issued share capital is present at the meeting, the general meeting of shareholders may only adopt a resolution for capital reduction with a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes cast. As of February 19, 2019, we held 27,151,745 shares in our treasury account and we cancelled 178,229,883 shares effective September 5, 2018.
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Amendment of Our Articles of Association
Our Articles of Association may be amended, on the proposal of the Board, by a majority of the votes cast at a general meeting of shareholders; provided that such proposal is stated in the notice for the general meeting and a complete copy of the proposed amendment is filed at our office so that it may be inspected prior to and during the meeting.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent and registrar for our ordinary shares is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III covered by this prospectus will be the general unsecured obligations of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, respectively. The debt securities of LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell. The debt securities of LyondellBasell may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III. LyondellBasell will issue senior debt securities under an indenture between LyondellBasell, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, dated as of March 5, 2015 (the LyondellBasell Indenture). LYB International Finance will issue senior debt securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell on a senior unsecured basis under an indenture among LYB International Finance, as issuer, LyondellBasell as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, dated as of July 16, 2013 (the LYB International Finance Indenture). LYB International Finance II will issue senior debt securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell on a senior unsecured basis under an indenture among LYB International Finance II, as issuer, LyondellBasell as guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, dated as of March 2, 2016 (the LYB International Finance II Indenture). LYB International Finance III will issue senior debt securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LyondellBasell on a senior unsecured basis under an indenture to be entered into among LYB International Finance III, as issuer, LyondellBasell as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the LYB International Finance III Indenture). The LyondellBasell Indenture, LYB International Finance Indenture and LYB International Finance II Indenture are, and the LYB International Finance III Indenture will be, substantially identical except with regards to the entities that will issue and guarantee, if any, the debt securities governed by such indenture.
We have summarized certain material provisions of the indentures, the debt securities and the guarantees below. This summary is not complete. We have filed the indentures (or their forms) with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and you should read the indentures for provisions that may be important to you. Please read Where You Can Find More Information.
In this summary description of the debt securities, unless we state otherwise or the context clearly indicates otherwise, all references to LyondellBasell mean LyondellBasell, all references to LYB International Finance mean LYB International Finance only, all references to LYB International Finance II mean LYB International Finance II only and all references to LYB International Finance III mean LYB International Finance III only.
General . The indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities that LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III may issue under the indentures, and do not limit the amount of other unsecured debt or securities that LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III may issue. LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III may issue debt securities under the indentures from time to time in one or more series, each in an amount authorized prior to issuance.
Terms . The prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms will include some or all of the following:
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the price at which LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III will issue the debt securities; |
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the title of the debt securities; |
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the total principal amount of the debt securities; |
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in the case of debt securities issued by LyondellBasell, whether the payment of principal and interest on the debt securities is guaranteed and, if so, the terms of the guarantee; |
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whether LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III will initially issue the debt securities in individual certificates to each holder or in the form of temporary or permanent global securities held by a depositary on behalf of holders; |
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the date or dates on which the principal of and any premium on the debt securities will be payable; |
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any interest rate, the date from which interest will accrue, interest payment dates and record dates for interest payments; |
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whether and under what circumstances LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III will pay any additional amounts with respect to the debt securities; |
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the place or places where payments on the debt securities will be payable; |
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any provisions for optional redemption or early repayment; |
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any sinking fund or other provisions that would require LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III to redeem, purchase or repay the debt securities; |
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the denominations in which LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III will issue the debt securities if other than $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000; |
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if payments on the debt securities will be payable in foreign currency or currency units or another form and if payments will be payable by reference to any index or formula; |
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any provisions for additional tax amounts or redemption for changes in taxes; |
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the portion of the principal amount of debt securities that will be payable if the maturity is accelerated, if other than the entire principal amount; |
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any additional means of defeasance of the debt securities, any additional conditions or limitations to defeasance of the debt securities or any changes to those conditions or limitations; |
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any changes or additions to the events of default or covenants described in this prospectus and whether such changes or additions are subject to covenant defeasance; |
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any restrictions or other provisions relating to the transfer or exchange of debt securities; |
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any terms for the conversion or exchange of the debt securities for other securities of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III or any other entity; and |
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any other terms of the debt securities which terms shall not adversely affect any prior series of debt securities. |
LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III may sell the debt securities at a discount, which may be substantial, below their stated principal amount. These debt securities may bear no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below market rates. If these debt securities are sold, we will describe in the prospectus supplement any material United States federal income tax consequences and other special considerations.
If any of the debt securities are sold for any foreign currency or currency unit or if payments on the debt securities are payable in any foreign currency or currency unit, we will describe in the prospectus supplement the restrictions, elections, tax consequences, specific terms and other information relating to those debt securities and the foreign currency or currency unit.
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Limitation on Mergers and Consolidations . The indentures generally permit a consolidation or merger involving LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III. They also permit LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III to sell, lease, convey, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets. Each of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III has agreed, however, that it will not consolidate with or merge into any entity (other than, with respect to LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, LyondellBasell), or sell, lease, convey, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in any transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of its property and assets to any person (other than, with respect to LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, LyondellBasell), unless
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either (i) it is the continuing entity or (ii) the resulting entity is organized under the laws of the United States, any state in the United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, any province of Canada or any state which was a member of the European Union on December 31, 2003 (other than Greece) and, in each case expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture the performance of its covenants and obligations under the applicable indenture and, in the case of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III as the issuer, the due and punctual payment on the debt securities or, in the case of LyondellBasell with respect to the debt securities of LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III or LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III with respect to the debt securities of LyondellBasell, the performance of the related guarantee; and |
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LyondellBasell is also permitted to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose, in one or more related transactions, of assets constituting the capital stock or all or part of the assets of any subsidiary, division or line of business or group of such subsidiaries, divisions or lines of business (disposed group) if such disposed group (i) generated Consolidated EBITDA that was less than 40% of the Consolidated EBITDA of LyondellBasell in (a) the most recently completed four quarters or fiscal year for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to the indenture and (b) each of the last three completed fiscal years of LyondellBasell for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to the indenture and (ii) has total assets with a value that is less than 40% of the total value of the consolidated assets of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the last date of the latest period for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to the indenture; provided that such disposition otherwise complies with the indenture.
Upon any transaction of the type described in and effected in accordance with this covenant, the resulting entity will succeed to and be substituted for LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, and may exercise all of LyondellBasells, LYB International Finances, LYB International Finance IIs or LYB International Finance IIIs rights and powers under the indentures and the debt securities with the same effect as if the resulting entity had been named as LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, in the indentures. In the case of any asset transfer or disposition other than a lease, when the resulting entity assumes all of LyondellBasells, LYB International Finances, LYB International Finance IIs or LYB International Finance IIIs obligations and covenants under the applicable indenture and the debt securities, LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, will be relieved of all such obligations.
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Events of Default . Unless we inform you otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following are events of default with respect to a series of debt securities:
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failure to pay interest or any additional amounts on any debt securities of that series for 30 days when due; |
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failure to pay principal of or any premium on any debt securities of that series when due; |
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failure to make or deposit any sinking fund payment for that series for 30 days when due; |
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failure to comply with any covenant or agreement in that series of debt securities or the applicable indenture (other than the events of default above or an agreement or covenant that has been included in the applicable indenture solely for the benefit of other series of debt securities) for 90 days after written notice by the trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities issued under that indenture that are affected by that failure; |
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in the case of LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III debt securities, the related guarantee of LyondellBasell ceases to be in full force and effect with respect to the debt securities of such series (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) and such default continues for 10 days; |
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specified events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of LyondellBasell and, with respect to LYB International Finances, LYB International Finance IIs or LYB International Finance IIIs debt securities, LyondellBasell, or LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable; and |
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any other event of default provided for that series of debt securities for 90 days after written notice by the trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities issued under the applicable indenture that are affected by that failure. |
A default under one series of debt securities will not necessarily be a default under any other series. If a default or event of default for any series of debt securities occurs, is continuing and is known to the trustee, the trustee will notify the holders of the applicable series of debt securities within 90 days after it becomes known to the trustee. The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of the debt securities of any series of any default or event of default, except in any payment on the debt securities of such series, if the trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the holders of those debt securities.
If an event of default for any series of debt securities occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series affected by the default (or, in the case of the event of default described in the fourth bullet above, 25% in principal amount of all debt securities issued under the applicable indenture that are affected by the default, voting as one class) may declare the principal of and all accrued and unpaid interest on those debt securities to be due and payable immediately. If an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of us occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the debt securities issued under that indenture will become immediately due and payable without any action on the part of the trustee or any holder. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series affected by the event of default (other than an event of default related to the non-payment of principal of or premium or interest on or any additional amounts) may in some cases rescind this accelerated payment requirement and its consequences.
A holder of a debt security of any series issued under an indenture may pursue any remedy under that indenture only if:
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the holder gives the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to that series; |
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the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of that series make a written request to the trustee to pursue the remedy; |
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the holders offer to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against any loss, liability or expense; |
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the trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and offer of indemnity; and |
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during that 60-day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of that series do not give the trustee a direction inconsistent with the request. |
This provision does not, however, affect the right of a holder of a debt security to sue for enforcement of any overdue payment.
In most cases, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under an indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of a series of debt securities unless those holders have offered to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Subject to this provision for indemnification, holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series (or of all debt securities issued under an indenture that are affected, voting as one class) generally may direct the time, method and place of:
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If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be required to use the degree of care and skill of a prudent person in the conduct of his own affairs.
Each indenture requires LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, as applicable, to file each year with the trustee a written statement as to their compliance with the covenants contained in the indenture.
Modification, Waiver and Meetings . Each indenture may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series issued under that indenture that are affected by the amendment or supplement (voting as one class). Without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected, however, no modification may:
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reduce the amount of debt securities of the relevant series whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on the debt securities; |
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reduce the principal of, any premium on or any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the debt securities or change their stated maturity; |
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reduce any premium payable on the redemption of the debt security or change the time at which the debt securities may or must be redeemed; |
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change any obligation to pay additional amounts on the debt securities; |
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make payments on the debt securities payable in currency other than as originally stated in the debt securities; |
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impair the holders right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the debt securities; |
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make any change in the percentage of principal amount of debt securities of the relevant series for a waiver of default or make any change in the provisions related to the rights of holders to receive payment or in these bullets regarding modification without the consent of holders; |
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waive a continuing default or event of default regarding any non-payment of principal of or premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the debt securities; or |
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if applicable, make any change that materially and adversely affects the right to convert any debt security pursuant to its terms. |
Each indenture may be supplemented or amended or any provision of that indenture may be waived without the consent of any holders of debt securities issued under that indenture in certain circumstances, including:
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to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; |
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to provide for the assumption of LyondellBasells, LYB International Finances, LYB International Finance IIs or LYB International Finance IIIs obligations, as applicable, under the applicable indenture by a successor upon any merger, consolidation or asset transfer permitted under that indenture; |
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to provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities; |
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to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of or obligors on, any series of debt securities or the related guarantees; |
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to conform to this description of debt securities or the description of the notes included in the prospectus supplement with respect to the debt securities of a particular series of debt securities; |
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to comply with any requirement to effect or maintain the qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; |
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to add covenants that would benefit the holders of any debt securities or to surrender any rights we have under an indenture; |
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to add events of default with respect to any series of debt securities; |
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to make any change that does not adversely affect any outstanding debt securities of any series issued under an indenture in any material respect; |
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to amend or supplement an indenture to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of debt securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of such indenture; and |
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to establish the form or terms of any debt securities and to accept the appointment of a successor trustee, each as permitted under the applicable indenture. |
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series (or, in some cases, of all debt securities issued under the indenture that are affected, voting as one class) may waive any existing or past default or event of default with respect to those debt securities. Those holders may not, however, waive any
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default or event of default in any payment on any debt securities; or |
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compliance with a provision that cannot be amended or supplemented without the consent of each holder affected. |
We, the trustee or the holders of at least 33 1 ⁄ 3 % in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the applicable series, may at any time call a meeting of the holders of debt securities of a particular series for the following purposes:
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to give any notice to us or the trustee, or to give any directions to the trustee, or waive any default or event of default and its consequences or to take any other action authorized to be taken by the holders pursuant to the applicable indenture; |
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to remove the trustee and nominate a successor trustee; |
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to consent to the execution of an indenture or of indentures supplemental to an indenture; or |
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to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of the applicable indenture or under applicable law. |
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of debt securities of a particular series duly held in accordance with the applicable indenture will be binding on all holders of debt securities of that series. The quorum at any meeting called for the holders of debt securities of a particular series to adopt a resolution will be the presence of persons holding or representing such debt securities of that series in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the transaction of which the meeting was called.
Defeasance . When we use the term defeasance, we mean discharge from some or all of our obligations under the applicable indenture. If we deposit with the trustee under the indenture any combination of funds or government securities sufficient to make payments on the debt securities of a series issued under that indenture on the dates those payments are due and payable, then, at the option of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, either of the following will occur:
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LyondellBasell and, with respect to the LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III indentures, LyondellBasell and LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, will be discharged from its or their obligations with respect to the debt securities of that series (legal defeasance); or |
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LyondellBasell and, with respect to the LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III indentures, LyondellBasell and LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, will no longer have any obligation to comply with the restrictive covenants applicable to that series of debt securities, and the related events of default will no longer apply (covenant defeasance). |
If a series of debt securities is defeased, the holders of the debt securities of the series affected will not be entitled to the benefits of the applicable indenture, except for obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust. In the case of covenant defeasance, the obligation of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III to pay principal, premium, interest and any additional amounts on the debt securities will also survive.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we will be required to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the beneficial owners of the debt securities to recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If we elect legal defeasance, that opinion of counsel must be based upon a ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or a change in law to that effect.
Satisfaction and Discharge . In addition, an indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the debt securities of a series issued under that indenture, subject to exceptions relating to compensation and indemnity of the trustee and repayment to us of excess money or government securities, when:
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any combination of money or government securities in trust sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on the debt securities of that series when due has been deposited with the trustee; and |
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all other sums payable by LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III with respect to the debt securities of that series have been paid. |
Governing Law . New York law will govern the indentures, the debt securities and the guarantees.
Trustee . Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the trustee under the LyondellBasell and LYB International Finance Indenture and will be the trustee under the LYB International Finance III Indenture. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. serves as trustee or custodian relating to a number of series of debt obligations of LyondellBasell. Certain of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.s affiliates perform certain commercial banking services for us for which they receive customary fees. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the trustee under the LYB International Finance II Indenture. Certain of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas affiliates perform certain commercial banking services for us for which they receive customary fees.
Each indenture contains limitations on the right of the trustee, if it or any of its affiliates becomes our creditor, to obtain payment of claims or to realize on certain property received for any such claim, as security or otherwise. The trustee and its affiliates are permitted to engage in other transactions with us. If, however, the trustee acquires any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it must eliminate that conflict or resign.
Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer . The debt securities will be issued in registered form, without interest coupons. There will be no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities. However, payment of any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable for that registration may be required.
Debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series, the same total principal amount and the same terms but in different authorized denominations in accordance with the applicable indenture. Holders may present debt securities for registration of transfer at the office of the security registrar or any transfer agent we designate. The security registrar or transfer agent will affect the transfer or exchange if its requirements and the requirements of the applicable indenture are met.
The trustee will be appointed as security registrar for the debt securities. If a prospectus supplement refers to any transfer agents LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, initially designates, LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, may at any time rescind that designation or approve a change in the location through which any transfer agent acts. We are required to maintain an office or agency for transfers and exchanges in each place of payment. LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, may at any time designate additional transfer agents for any series of debt securities.
In the case of any redemption, LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, will not be required to register the transfer or exchange of:
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any debt security that has been called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed in part. |
Payment and Paying Agents . Unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, payments on the debt securities will be made in U.S. dollars at the office of the trustee and any paying agent. At LyondellBasells, LYB International Finances, LYB International Finance IIs or LYB International Finance IIIs option, as
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applicable, however, payments may be made by wire transfer for global debt securities or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the payment as it appears in the security register. Unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, interest payments may be made to the person in whose name the debt security is registered at the close of business on the record date for the interest payment.
Unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, the trustee under the applicable indenture will be designated as the paying agent for payments on debt securities issued under that indenture. LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, 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.
If the principal of or any premium or interest on debt securities of a series is payable on a day that is not a business day, the payment will be made on the following business day. For these purposes, unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, a business day is, when used with respect to any place of payment or any other particular location referred to in the indenture or in the debt securities of any series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in such place of payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Subject to the requirements of any applicable abandoned property laws, the trustee and paying agent will pay to LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, upon written request any money held by them for payments on the debt securities that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which that payment has become due. After payment to LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, holders entitled to the money must look to LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as the case may be, for payment. In that case, all liability of the trustee or paying agent with respect to that money will cease.
Book-Entry Debt Securities . The debt securities of a series may be issued in the form of one or more global debt securities that would be deposited with a depositary or its nominee identified in the prospectus supplement. Global debt securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent form. We will describe in the prospectus supplement the terms of any depositary arrangement and the rights and limitations of owners of beneficial interests in any global debt security.
Ranking . The debt securities will constitute senior debt of LyondellBasell, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, and will rank equally with all of the other series of debt securities issued under the applicable indenture and will rank senior to all series of subordinated securities issued by them and outstanding from time to time.
Restrictive Covenants . Each of the indentures contains restrictions on the activities of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries for the benefit of holders of the debt securities. The restrictive covenants summarized below will apply to a series of debt securities (unless waived or amended) as long as any of those debt securities are outstanding, unless the prospectus supplement for the series states otherwise. We have used in this summary description of the restrictive covenants the capitalized terms that we have defined below under Glossary.
Limitation on Liens
Each indenture provides that LyondellBasell will not, nor will it permit any subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien of or upon any Principal Property or Capital Stock of any subsidiary that directly owns any Principal Property, whether such Principal Property or Capital Stock is owned as of the date of issuance of the applicable debt securities or thereafter acquired, without in any such case making or causing to be made effective provision (and LyondellBasell covenants that in any such case it shall make or cause to be made effective provision) whereby the debt securities (together with, if LyondellBasell shall so determine, any other Debt created, incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary
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then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or, at the option of LyondellBasell, prior to) such Debt, so long as such Debt shall be so secured. The foregoing restrictions will not, however, apply to Debt secured by Permitted Liens.
In addition, LyondellBasell or any subsidiary may, without equally and ratably securing the debt securities, issue, assume or guarantee Debt that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, if at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Debt which is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all such Debt secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to such restriction (other than any Debt secured by Liens permitted as described under clauses (1) through (7) of the definition of Permitted Liens) plus the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt of LyondellBasell and any of its subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (with the exception of such transactions which are permitted pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of the first sentence of the first paragraph under Limitation on Sale / Lease-Back Transactions, below does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of LyondellBasell.
Limitation on Sale / Lease-Back Transactions
LyondellBasell will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with respect to any Principal Property unless,
(1) LyondellBasell or such subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled pursuant to clause (1) or (6) of the definition of Permitted Liens, without equally and ratably securing the debt securities, to create, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien on such Principal Property; or
(2) LyondellBasell or such subsidiary shall apply, within 180 days of the effective date of any such arrangement, an amount not less than the greater of (x) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal Property or (y) the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of LyondellBasell) of such Principal Property to either the prepayment or retirement (other than any mandatory prepayment or retirement) of Debt incurred or assumed by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary (other than indebtedness owned by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary) which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than twelve months after the date of the creation of such Debt, or to the acquisition, construction or improvement of a manufacturing plant or manufacturing facility; or
(3) the Attributable Debt of LyondellBasell and its subsidiary in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and all other Sale and Lease-Back Transactions entered into after the Issue Date (other than any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction as would be permitted as described in clauses (1) and (2) of this covenant, plus the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by Liens then outstanding (not including any such Debt secured by Liens described in clauses (1) through (7) of the definition of Permitted Liens) which do not equally and ratably secure the debt securities (or secure debt securities on a basis that is prior to other Debt secured thereby) would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of LyondellBasell.
Glossary
Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means, as of any particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease involved in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as determined in good faith by LyondellBasell) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges) during the remaining term of such lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).
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Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, capital stock or shares;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing person.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, the consolidated operating income plus consolidated depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges and losses and minus consolidated non-cash credits, gains and income, in each case of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries for such period; it being understood that such amounts may be determined on a combined basis for a disposed group.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the Total Assets of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries less goodwill and intangibles (other than intangibles arising from, or relating to, intellectual property, licenses or permits (including, but not limited to, emissions rights) of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries), in each case calculated in accordance with GAAP, provided, that in the event that LyondellBasell or any of its subsidiaries assumes or acquires any assets in connection with the acquisition by LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries of another person subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets is made, then the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such assumption or acquisition of assets, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.
Debt means any indebtedness for borrowed money.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time to time. At any time after the Issue Date with respect to a series of debt securities, LyondellBasell may irrevocably elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references in the indentures to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time. LyondellBasell shall give notice of any such election to the trustee.
Issue Date means, with respect to debt securities of a series, the first date on which the debt securities of such series are originally issued under the applicable indenture.
Lien means any mortgage, security interest, pledge or lien.
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens of or upon any property acquired, leased, constructed or improved by, or of or upon any shares of Capital Stock or Debt acquired by, LyondellBasell or any subsidiary (i) to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt upon the acquisition thereof by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary, or (ii) to secure any Debt issued, assumed or guaranteed by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within one year after (A) in the case of property, the later of the acquisition, lease, completion of construction (including any improvements on existing property) or commencement of commercial operation of such property or (B) in the case of shares of Capital Stock or Debt,
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the acquisition of such shares of Capital Stock or Debt, which Debt is issued, assumed or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of such property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt and, in the case of property, the cost of construction thereof or improvements thereon;
(2) Liens of or upon any property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary;
(3) Liens of or upon any property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged with or into or consolidated with LyondellBasell or any subsidiary or existing at the time of a sale or transfer of the properties of a corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to LyondellBasell or any subsidiary;
(4) Liens of or upon (A) any property of, or shares of Capital Stock or Debt of, a person existing at the time such person becomes a subsidiary or (B) any shares of Capital Stock or Debt of a joint venture;
(5) Liens to secure Debt of any subsidiary to LyondellBasell or to another subsidiary;
(6) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or political subdivision, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Debt incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of the property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt subject to such Liens, or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such Liens (including, without limitation, Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings); and
(7) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien existing on the Issue Date or any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (6), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property (plus improvements and construction on such property), shares of Capital Stock or Debt which was subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced.
Principal Property means any single refinery, any single manufacturing plant or any single parcel of real estate, in each case owned by LyondellBasell or any of its subsidiaries, the net book value of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, other than any such refinery, manufacturing plant or parcel of real estate that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of LyondellBasell, is not of material importance to the business conducted by LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries as a whole.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means the leasing by LyondellBasell or any subsidiary of any Principal Property, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after such date (except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal term, of up to three years and except for leases between LyondellBasell and any subsidiary or between subsidiaries), which Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by LyondellBasell or such subsidiary to any party with the intention of taking back a lease of such Principal Property.
Total Assets means the total consolidated assets of LyondellBasell and its subsidiaries, without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Issue Date as shown on the most recent quarterly balance sheet of LyondellBasell, determined on a consolidated basis according to GAAP.
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Guarantee of LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III Debt Securities
LyondellBasell will fully and unconditionally guarantee on a senior unsecured basis the full and prompt payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts which may be payable by LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III in respect of the debt securities issued by LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, as applicable, when and as the payment becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise. The guarantees provide that in the event of a default in the payment of principal of, any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts which may be payable by LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable, in respect of such debt securities, the holder of the debt securities may institute legal proceedings directly against LyondellBasell to enforce the guarantees without first proceeding against LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II or LYB International Finance III, as applicable. The guarantees will rank equally with all of LyondellBasells other unsecured and unsubordinated debt from time to time outstanding.
Guarantee of LyondellBasell Debt Securities
LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III may fully and unconditionally guarantee LyondellBasells payment obligations under any series of debt securities issued by LyondellBasell. If a series of debt securities is so guaranteed, LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, as applicable, will execute a separate guarantee agreement or a supplemental indenture as evidence of its guarantee. We will provide the specific terms of any such guarantee in the applicable prospectus supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER SECURITIES
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of any warrants or units that may be offered pursuant to this prospectus.
We or any selling securityholder may sell the securities from time to time:
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We will identify the specific plan of distribution, including any agents, underwriters, broker-dealers or direct purchasers and their compensation in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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Information about selling securityholders, where applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment, or in filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference.
The validity of the ordinary shares, warrants and units in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered will be passed on for us by our Dutch counsel, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as to certain matters of Dutch law. The validity of the debt securities and guarantees in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered will be passed on for us by our U.S. counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, Houston, Texas.
The financial statements and managements assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report, which contains an explanatory paragraph on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting due to the exclusion of certain elements of the internal control over financial reporting of the A. Schulman Inc. business the registrant acquired during 2018, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. |
OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION |
The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the sale of securities being registered. We will pay all these expenses.
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SEC Registration Fee |
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Printing Fees and Expenses |
(1 | ) | ||
Legal Fees and Expenses |
(1 | ) | ||
Accounting Fees and Expenses |
(1 | ) | ||
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses |
(1 | ) | ||
Transfer Agent and Registrar Fees |
(1 | ) | ||
Rating Agency Fees and Expenses |
(1 | ) | ||
Miscellaneous |
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In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act, the SEC registration fee will be paid at the time of any particular offering of securities under the registration statement, and is therefore not currently determinable. |
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Estimated expenses are not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses that we anticipate we will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement on Form S-3. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the ordinary shares being offered hereby will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement. |
ITEM 15. |
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
Indemnification Arrangements
Article 24 of Chapter XI of the Articles of Association of LyondellBasell contains mandatory indemnification provisions for its current and former directors and officers, as well as directors and officers of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, including LYB International Finance, LYB International Finance II and LYB International Finance III, as described generally below.
We are obligated to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he (or a person or entity for whom he) is or was a member of our Board or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans. Our indemnification obligation applies to all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred, except that our indemnification does not apply in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person is adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duty to us, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action suit or proceeding was brought or any other court having appropriate jurisdiction determines otherwise.
Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in defending a proceeding may be paid by us in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon a resolution of our Board with respect to the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the member of our Board, director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by us.
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We have entered into indemnification agreements with our current directors. We believe that these indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as our directors. The SEC has noted, however, that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Any underwriting agreement or distribution agreement that we enter into with any underwriters or agents involved in the offering or sale of any securities registered hereby may require such underwriters or dealers to indemnify us, some or all of our directors and officers and our controlling persons, if any, for specified liabilities, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act.
We maintain directors and officers liability insurance coverage.
ITEM 16. |
EXHIBITS |
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Filed herewith. |
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To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of the securities. |
ITEM 17. |
UNDERTAKINGS |
Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(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;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however , that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes 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 the prospectus related, 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 purposes 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
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(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(6) 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.
(7) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee under each indenture identified in Exhibits 25.1, 25.2 and 25.3 hereto to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(8) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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, that the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 London, England, on February 22, 2019.
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. | ||
/s/ Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel | ||
Name: Title: |
Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel, Thomas Aebischer, Jeffrey A. Kaplan and Charity R. Kohl and each of them, 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, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments or additional registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Title |
Date |
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/s/ Bhavesh V. Patel Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Thomas Aebischer Thomas Aebischer |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jacinth C. Smiley Jacinth C. Smiley |
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jacques Aigrain Jacques Aigrain |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Lincoln Benet Lincoln Benet |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jagjeet S. Bindra Jagjeet S. Bindra |
Director | February 22, 2019 |
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Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ Robin Buchanan Robin Buchanan |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Stephen F. Cooper Stephen F. Cooper |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Nance K. Dicciani Nance K. Dicciani |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Claire S. Farley Claire S. Farley |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Bella D. Goren Bella D. Goren |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Michael Hanley Michael Hanley |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Bruce A. Smith Bruce A. Smith |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Rudy M.J. van der Meer Rudy M.J. van der Meer |
Director | February 22, 2019 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 City of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on February 22, 2019.
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V. | ||
/s/ Jeffrey A. Kaplan |
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Name: | Jeffrey A. Kaplan | |
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel, Thomas Aebischer, Jeffrey A. Kaplan and Charity R. Kohl and each of them, 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, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments or additional registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ Jimmy Schop Jimmy Schop |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Frank van Es Frank van Es |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Frits van Blitterswijk Frits van Blitterswijk |
Director | February 22, 2019 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 City of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on February 22, 2019.
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE II B.V. | ||
/s/ Jeffrey A. Kaplan |
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Name: | Jeffrey A. Kaplan | |
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel, Thomas Aebischer, Jeffrey A. Kaplan and Charity R. Kohl and each of them, 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, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments or additional registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ Jimmy Schop Jimmy Schop |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Frank van Es Frank van Es |
Director | February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Frits van Blitterswijk Frits van Blitterswijk |
Director | February 22, 2019 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 City of London, England, on February 22, 2019.
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC | ||
B Y : | Lyondell Chemical Company, its Sole Member | |
/s/ Jeffrey A. Kaplan |
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Name: | Jeffrey A. Kaplan | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel, Thomas Aebischer, Jeffrey A. Kaplan and Charity R. Kohl and each of them, 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, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendment or amendments or additional registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ Bhavesh V. Patel Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel |
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) |
February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Thomas Aebischer Thomas Aebischer |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
February 22, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jacinth C. Smiley Jacinth C. Smiley |
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 22, 2019 |
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Exhibit 3.4
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
This Certificate of Formation of LYB International Finance III, LLC (the Company) is being executed and filed by the undersigned authorized person for the purpose of forming a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Article One
The name of the Delaware limited liability company formed hereby is LYB International Finance III, LLC.
Article Two
The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, and the name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.
Article Three
The Certificate of Formation shall be effective upon date of filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on
December 28, 2016.
Lyondell Chemical Company,
Sole member
By: |
/s/ Liz Campbell |
|
Liz Campbell | ||
Assistant Secretary |
Exhibit 3.5
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
a Delaware limited liability company
This LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) of LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC (the Company ), dated as of March 9, 2018, is adopted, executed and agreed to by Lyondell Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation (the Sole Member ).
1. Formation . The Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under and pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Act ).
2. Term . The Company shall have perpetual existence.
3. Purposes . The purposes of the Company are to carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.
4. Members . Lyondell Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, shall be the sole member of the Company.
5. Contributions . Without creating any rights in favor of any third party, the Sole Member may, from time to time, make contributions of cash or property to the capital of the Company, but shall have no obligation to do so.
6. Distributions . Distributions (including, without limitation, liquidating distributions) made by the Company shall be allocated 100% to the Sole Member.
7. Management. The management of the Company shall be completely and exclusively vested in the Sole Member, and the Company shall not have managers, as that term is used in the Act. The powers of the Company shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of, the Sole Member.
8. Officers. The Sole Member may designate one or more persons to be officers of the Company. Officers are not managers, as that term is used in the Act. Any officers who are so designated shall have such titles and authority and perform such duties as the Sole Member may delegate to them. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers of the Company shall be fixed by the Sole Member. Any officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Sole Member. Designation of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
9. Dissolution . The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up at such time, if any, as the Sole Member may elect. No other event will cause the Company to dissolve.
10. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (EXCLUDING ITS CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULES).
11. Amendments . This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended at any time by a written agreement executed and delivered by the Sole Member.
12. Liability . The Sole Member and any officers of the Company shall not have any liability for the obligations, debts or liabilities of the Company except to the extent provided in the Act.
13. Duties, Exculpation and Indemnity.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, whether express or implied, or any obligation or duty at law or in equity, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Sole Member shall have no fiduciary or other duties (including any duty of disclosure) to the Company, any officer or any other person that is a party to or bound by this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither the Sole Member nor its partners, members or equityholders nor any of its directors, managers, officers or employees (individually, a Member Covered Person and, collectively, the Member Covered Persons ) shall, in their capacities as Member Covered Persons, be liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company for any act or omission done or omitted by any Member Covered Person. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Member Covered Person against any loss, liability, damage, judgment, demand, claim, cost or expense incurred by or asserted against the Member Covered Person (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements incurred in the defense thereof) arising out of any act or omission of the Member Covered Person in its capacity as a Member Covered Person in connection with the Company, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of such act or omission, and taking into account the acknowledgements and agreements set forth in this Agreement, such Member Covered Person engaged in actual fraud or willful misconduct. Reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements, incurred by a Member Covered Person and relating to any proceeding in connection with which indemnification is sought under this Section shall be advanced by the Company upon written demand by such Member Covered Person; provided that such Member Covered Person shall reimburse the Company for such expenses if it is finally determined that such Member Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless (i) each officer of the Company and (ii) each person who is or was an employee of the Company or a director, officer or employee of any subsidiary of the Company who the Sole Member expressly designates as being entitled to the rights to indemnification set forth in this Section 13(b) in a written resolution (individually, an O&E Covered Person and, collectively, the O&E Covered Persons ) against any loss, liability, damage, judgment, demand, claim, cost or expense incurred by or asserted against the O&E Covered Person (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements incurred in the defense thereof) arising out of any act or omission of the O&E Covered Person in its capacity as an O&E Covered Person in connection with the Company to the same extent as if the Company were a corporation organized
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under the laws of the State of Delaware that indemnified and held harmless its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect on date of this Agreement (but including any expansion of rights to indemnification thereunder from and after the date of this Agreement), unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of such act or omission, and taking into account the acknowledgements and agreements set forth in this Agreement, such O&E Covered Person would not be so entitled to be indemnified and held harmless if the Company were a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that indemnified and held harmless its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect on date of this Agreement (but including any expansion of rights to indemnification thereunder from and after the date of this Agreement). Reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements, incurred by a O&E Covered Person and relating to any proceeding in connection with which indemnification is sought under this Section shall be advanced by the Company upon written demand by such O&E Covered Person; provided that such O&E Covered Person shall reimburse the Company for such expenses if it is finally determined that such O&E Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(c) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not limit any rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses that may be available to any Member Covered Person or O&E Covered Person pursuant to any other agreement, arrangement or entitlement, whether by or from the Sole Member or otherwise.
[ Signature Page Follows ]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned, being the Sole Member of the Company, has caused this Limited Liability Company Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.
LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY | ||
By: |
/s/ Thomas Aebischer |
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Name: | Thomas Aebischer | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Signature Page to Limited Liability Company Agreement of
LYB International Finance III, LLC
Exhibit 4.22
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
as Issuer
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
as Guarantor
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of [ ], 2019
Debt Securities
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2019
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
Section(s) of Indenture | |
§310(a)(1) |
7.10 | |
(a)(2) |
7.10 | |
(a)(3) |
Not Applicable | |
(a)(4) |
Not Applicable | |
(a)(5) |
7.10 | |
(b) |
7.08, 7.10 | |
§311(a) |
7.11 | |
(b) |
7.11 | |
§312(a) |
2.08 | |
(b) |
12.03 | |
(c) |
12.03 | |
§313(a) |
7.06 | |
(b) |
7.06 | |
(c) |
7.06 | |
(d) |
7.06 | |
§314(a) |
4.03, 4.04 | |
(b) |
Not Applicable | |
(c)(1) |
12.04 | |
(c)(2) |
12.04 | |
(c)(3) |
Not Applicable | |
(d) |
Not Applicable | |
(e) |
12.05 | |
§315(a) |
7.01(b) | |
(b) |
7.05 | |
(c) |
7.01(a) | |
(d) |
7.01(c) | |
(d)(1) |
7.01(c)(1) | |
(d)(2) |
7.01(c)(2) | |
(d)(3) |
7.01(c)(3) | |
(e) |
6.11 | |
§316(a)(1)(A) |
6.05 | |
(a)(1)(B) |
6.04 | |
(a)(2) |
Not Applicable | |
(a)(last sentence) |
2.12 | |
(b) |
6.07 | |
§317(a)(1) |
6.08 | |
(a)(2) |
6.09 | |
(b) |
2.07 | |
§318(a) |
12.01 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
1 | |||||
Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions | 9 | ||||
Section 1.03 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 9 | ||||
Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction | 10 | ||||
Article II THE SECURITIES |
10 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 10 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Denominations and Currency | 13 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Forms Generally | 13 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication | 14 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 14 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 16 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 16 | ||||
Section 2.08 |
Holder Lists | 17 | ||||
Section 2.09 |
Transfer and Exchange | 17 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Replacement Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Outstanding Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
Temporary Securities | 19 | ||||
Section 2.14 |
Cancellation | 19 | ||||
Section 2.15 |
Payments; Defaulted Interest | 19 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Persons Deemed Owners | 20 | ||||
Section 2.17 |
Computation of Interest | 20 | ||||
Section 2.18 |
Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions | 20 | ||||
Article III REDEMPTION |
23 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Applicability of Article | 23 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Notice to the Trustee | 23 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed | 23 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Notice of Redemption | 24 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 25 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 25 | ||||
Section 3.07 |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 25 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Purchase of Securities | 26 | ||||
Section 3.09 |
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds | 26 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 26 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 26 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Redemption for Changes in Taxes | 27 | ||||
Article IV COVENANTS |
28 |
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Section 4.01 |
Payment of Securities | 28 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 29 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
SEC Reports; Financial Statements | 29 | ||||
Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate | 30 | ||||
Section 4.05 |
Corporate Existence | 30 | ||||
Section 4.06 |
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws | 30 | ||||
Section 4.07 |
Limitation on Liens | 31 | ||||
Section 4.08 |
Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions | 31 | ||||
Section 4.09 |
Additional Amounts | 32 | ||||
Section 4.10 |
Additional Tax Amounts | 32 | ||||
Article V SUCCESSORS |
34 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations | 34 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Successor Person Substituted | 35 | ||||
Article VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
36 | |||||
Section 6.01 |
Events of Default | 36 | ||||
Section 6.02 |
Acceleration | 37 | ||||
Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies | 38 | ||||
Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Defaults | 38 | ||||
Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority | 39 | ||||
Section 6.06 |
Limitations on Suits | 39 | ||||
Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 39 | ||||
Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 40 | ||||
Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 40 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Priorities | 40 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs | 41 | ||||
Article VII TRUSTEE |
41 | |||||
Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee | 41 | ||||
Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee | 42 | ||||
Section 7.03 |
May Hold Securities | 43 | ||||
Section 7.04 |
Trustees Disclaimer | 44 | ||||
Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults | 44 | ||||
Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders | 44 | ||||
Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 44 | ||||
Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee | 45 | ||||
Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 47 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 47 | ||||
Section 7.11 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or the Guarantor | 48 | ||||
Article VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
48 | |||||
Section 8.01 |
Termination of the Companys and the Guarantors Obligations | 48 | ||||
Section 8.02 |
Application of Trust Money | 52 | ||||
Section 8.03 |
Repayment to Company or Guarantor | 52 | ||||
Section 8.04 |
Reinstatement | 52 |
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Article IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS |
53 | |||||
Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders | 53 | ||||
Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders | 54 | ||||
Section 9.03 |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 56 | ||||
Section 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents | 56 | ||||
Section 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities | 57 | ||||
Section 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. | 57 | ||||
Section 9.07 |
Evidence of Action of Holders | 57 | ||||
Article X GUARANTEE |
58 | |||||
Section 10.01 |
Guarantee | 58 | ||||
Section 10.02 |
Proceedings Against the Guarantor | 58 | ||||
Section 10.03 |
Subrogation | 59 | ||||
Section 10.04 |
Guarantee for Benefit of Holders | 59 | ||||
Article XI MEETINGS OF HOLDERS |
59 | |||||
Section 11.01 |
Purpose of Meetings | 59 | ||||
Section 11.02 |
Call of Meetings by Trustee | 60 | ||||
Section 11.03 |
Call of Meetings by Company or Holders | 60 | ||||
Section 11.04 |
Qualifications for Voting | 61 | ||||
Section 11.05 |
Regulation of Meetings | 61 | ||||
Section 11.06 |
Voting | 61 | ||||
Section 11.07 |
No Delay of Rights by Meeting | 62 | ||||
Article XII MISCELLANEOUS |
62 | |||||
Section 12.01 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls | 62 | ||||
Section 12.02 |
Notices | 62 | ||||
Section 12.03 |
Communication by Holders with Other Holders | 64 | ||||
Section 12.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 64 | ||||
Section 12.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 64 | ||||
Section 12.06 |
Rules by Trustee and Agents | 65 | ||||
Section 12.07 |
Legal Holidays | 65 | ||||
Section 12.08 |
No Recourse Against Others | 65 | ||||
Section 12.09 |
Governing Law | 65 | ||||
Section 12.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 65 | ||||
Section 12.11 |
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process | 66 | ||||
Section 12.12 |
Waiver of Immunity | 66 | ||||
Section 12.13 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 67 | ||||
Section 12.14 |
Successors | 67 | ||||
Section 12.15 |
Severability | 67 | ||||
Section 12.16 |
Counterpart Originals | 67 | ||||
Section 12.17 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 67 | ||||
Section 12.18 |
PATRIOT Act | 67 | ||||
Section 12.19 |
Force Majeure | 68 |
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INDENTURE dated as of [ ], 2019 between LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company ), LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V., a public company with limited liability ( naamloze vennootschap ) in the country of The Netherlands (the Guarantor ), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee ).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Securities ) to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions .
Actual/Actual (ICMA) means the payment convention defined as such in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association and described in clause (ii) of Section 2.02.
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts required by the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing to such Holders.
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 purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling , controlled by and under common control with ), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means, as of any particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease involved in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Guarantor) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges) during the remaining term of such lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).
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Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means, as to any Person, the board of directors, the supervisory board and/or the management board (as the context requires with respect to such Person), or the equivalent governing body (or, if such Person is a partnership or limited liability company, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person or manager) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by an Officer of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Certificated Security means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Article II hereof, in such form or forms that may be established pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and its successors.
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; provided , however , that for purposes of any provision contained herein which is required by the TIA, Company shall also mean each other obligor (if any), other than the Guarantor, on the Securities of a series.
Company Order and Company Request mean, respectively, a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the Company or in the name of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
Consolidated EBITDA means for any period, the consolidated operating income plus consolidated depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges and losses and minus consolidated non-cash credits, gains and income, in each case of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for such period; it being understood that such amounts may be determined on a combined basis for a disposed group.
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Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the Total Assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries less goodwill and intangibles (other than intangibles arising from, or relating to, intellectual property, licenses or permits (including, but not limited to, emissions rights) of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries), in each case calculated in accordance with GAAP, provided , that in the event that the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries assumes or acquires any assets in connection with the acquisition by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries of another Person subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets is made, then the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such assumption or acquisition of assets, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York 10017, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the Company and the Guarantor).
Debt means any indebtedness for borrowed money.
Default means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
deliver or delivery means, in the context of Certificated Securities, actual physical delivery of the Certificated Securities to the relevant Person required hereunder, together with all endorsements, and in the context of Global Securities, the designation on the records of the Depositary of a change in the beneficial interests of a holder in a Global Security.
Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and thereafter Depositary shall mean or include such successor.
Dollar or $ means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.
Euro or means a unit of lawful currency of the member states of the European Economic and Monetary Union.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., and its successors as operator of the Euroclear System.
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time to time. At any time after the Issue Date with respect to a series of Securities, the Guarantor may irrevocably elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards ( IFRS ) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references in this Indenture to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time. The Guarantor shall give notice of any such election to the Trustee.
Global Security means a Security that is issued in global form in the name of the Depositary with respect thereto or its nominee.
Government Obligations means, with respect to a series of Securities, (1) direct obligations of a government that issues the currency in which the Securities of the series are payable (or, in the case of any series of Securities denominated in Euro, the German government) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of such government is pledged, or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (1) or (2) above, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof; or (3) depository receipts issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligations or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee shall mean the guarantee of the Companys obligations under each series of the Securities by the Guarantor as provided in Article X.
Guarantor means the Person named as a Guarantor in the first paragraph of this Indenture, until a successor to such Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Guarantor shall mean such successor Person.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the provisions hereof, and with respect to a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01, includes the terms of such series.
interest means, with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable after Maturity.
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Interest Payment Date , when used with respect to Securities of any series, shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security as contemplated by Section 2.01.
Issue Date means, with respect to Securities of any series, the first date on which the Securities of such series are originally issued under this Indenture.
Joint Venture means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unincorporated firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or any other entity which, in each case, is not a Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries but in which the Guarantor or a Subsidiary has a direct or indirect equity or similar interest.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Trustee or banking institutions are not required by law or regulation to be open in the State of New York or London and, for any place of payment outside of New York City or London, in such place of payment, and on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, does not operate.
Lien means any mortgage, security interest, pledge or lien.
Maturity means, with respect to any Security of any series, the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any Managing Director or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Person (or, with respect to a Person that is a limited partnership, the general partner of such Person), or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving in a similar capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Guarantor, Officer means any member of the Management Board of the Guarantor, any Person who has been appointed an attorney-in-fact or attorney by a resolution of the Management Board of the Guarantor so long as the power of attorney granted by such resolution remains in effect and any Person that acts as the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer of the Guarantor.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of any Person by an Officer of such Person, which meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Guarantor. Counsel giving any Opinion of Counsel shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate as to any factual matters relevant to such opinion.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security that 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 6.02.
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Permitted Liens means:
(1) |
Liens of or upon any property acquired, leased, constructed or improved by, or of or upon any shares of Capital Stock or Debt acquired by, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary (i) to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt upon the acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or (ii) to secure any Debt issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within one year after (A) in the case of property, the later of the acquisition, lease, completion of construction (including any improvements on existing property) or commencement of commercial operation of such property or (B) in the case of shares of Capital Stock or Debt, the acquisition of such shares of Capital Stock or Debt, which Debt is issued, assumed or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of such property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt and, in the case of property, the cost of construction thereof or improvements thereon; |
(2) |
Liens of or upon any property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary; |
(3) |
Liens of or upon any property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged with or into or consolidated with the Guarantor or any Subsidiary or existing at the time of a sale or transfer of the properties of a corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Guarantor or any Subsidiary; |
(4) |
Liens of or upon (A) any property of, or shares of Capital Stock or Debt of, a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (B) any shares of Capital Stock or Debt of a Joint Venture; |
(5) |
Liens to secure Debt of any Subsidiary to the Guarantor or to another Subsidiary; |
(6) |
Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or political subdivision, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Debt incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of the property, shares of Capital Stock or Debt subject to such Liens, or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such Liens (including, without limitation, Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings); and |
(7) |
any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien existing on the Issue Date or any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (6), inclusive; provided , however , that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property (plus improvements and construction on such property), shares of Capital Stock or Debt which was subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced. |
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Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Place of Payment means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 2.01 subject to the provisions of Section 4.02.
principal of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.
Principal Property means any single refinery, any single manufacturing plant or any single parcel of real estate, in each case owned by the Guarantor or a Subsidiary, the net book value of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, other than any such refinery, manufacturing plant or parcel of real estate that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as a whole.
Redemption Date means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption for such Security by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed as established pursuant to this Indenture.
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means the leasing by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after such date (except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal term, of up to three years and except for leases between the Guarantor and any Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries), which Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Guarantor or such Subsidiary to any party with the intention of taking back a lease of such Principal Property.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency or commission.
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Securities has the meaning stated in the preamble of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Security Custodian means, with respect to Securities of a series issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series, as custodian with respect to the Securities of such series, or any successor entity thereto.
Stated Maturity means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means a Person at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Guarantor or by one or more other Subsidiaries (including the Company), or by the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries (including the Company). For the purposes of this definition, 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.
surrender shall have the same meaning as deliver in the context of the surrender of a Security.
tax means any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties and interest related thereto, and, for the avoidance of doubt, including any withholding or deduction for or on account of tax). Taxes and taxation shall be construed to have corresponding meanings.
Tax Jurisdiction means any jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor is incorporated or resident for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made or deemed to be made by the Company or the Guarantor, in each case from time to time.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date hereof; provided , however , that, in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Total Assets means the total consolidated assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Issue Date, as shown on the most recent quarterly balance sheet of the Guarantor, determined on a consolidated basis according to GAAP.
Trustee means the Person named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee means 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 means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
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United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its territories and possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
U.S. Government Obligations means Government Obligations with respect to Securities of any series payable in Dollars.
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions .
Term |
Defined in
Section |
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Agent Members |
2.18 | |
Bankruptcy Custodian |
6.01 | |
covenant defeasance |
8.01 | |
Defeased Covenants |
8.01 | |
disposed group |
5.01 | |
EDGAR |
4.03 | |
Event of Default |
6.01 | |
Judgment Currency |
6.10 | |
legal defeasance |
8.01 | |
mandatory sinking fund payment |
3.09 | |
NCR |
12.11 | |
optional sinking fund payment |
3.09 | |
Paying Agent |
2.06 | |
Registrar |
2.06 | |
Required Currency |
6.10 | |
Successor |
5.01 | |
Tax Redemption Date |
3.12 |
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act .
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture (and if the Indenture is not qualified under the TIA at the time, as if it were so qualified unless otherwise provided). The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Holder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities.
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All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction .
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) all references in this instrument to Articles and Sections are references to the corresponding Articles and Sections in and of this Indenture.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series .
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
(b) The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, 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 the Securities of all other series);
(2) if there is to be a limit, the limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.10, 2.13, 2.18, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for any Securities that, pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.18, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided , however , that unless otherwise provided in the terms of the series, the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased before or after the issuance of any Securities of the series by a Board Resolution of the Company (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company) to such effect;
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(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form, as Global Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such 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 2.18, and the initial Depositary and Security Custodian, if any, for any Global Security or Securities of such series;
(4) whether any Securities of the series are to be guaranteed by any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor or any other Person, and, if so, the terms and conditions of any such guarantee;
(5) the manner in which any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on any Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.15;
(6) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium (if any) on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(7) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date, or if other than provided herein, the Person to whom any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(8) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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, if the Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company must exercise any such option, if different from those set forth herein;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay 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 (whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid in whole or in part pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
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(12) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) or the form, including equity securities, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants or any other securities or property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(13) if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 composite currencies) other than that in which the Securities of such series are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to 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;
(14) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or any other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) whether the Securities of the series may be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.12 and whether any Additional Amounts are payable to the Securities of the series pursuant to Section 4.10;
(16) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(17) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and any additional conditions or limitations to discharge with respect to Securities of the series and the Guarantee pursuant to Article VIII or any modifications of or deletions from such conditions or limitations;
(18) any deletions or modifications of, or additions to, the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor set forth in Article IV pertaining to the Securities of the series; and whether such additional or modified Events of Default or covenants are subject to covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 8.01(b);
(19) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to the transfer or exchange of Securities of the series, which may amend, supplement, modify or supersede those contained in this Article II;
(20) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants, other equity securities or any other securities or property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, at the option of the Company or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any condition or event, the terms and conditions for such conversion or exchange; and
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(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
(c) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution of the Company referred to above and (subject to Section 2.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate of the Company or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
(d) If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action, together with such Board Resolution, shall be set forth in an Officers Certificate of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or Company Order setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 2.02 Denominations and Currency .
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to Securities of any series, the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable only as Securities in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and shall be payable only in Dollars. Securities of such series denominated in Euro shall be issuable only as Securities in denominations of 100,000 Euro and integral multiples of 1,000 Euro in excess thereof
With respect to the Securities of any series that is payable in Euro and except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, if, on or after the date of the final prospectus of the Company offering such Securities for sale to the public, the Euro shall become unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control, of if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Economic and Monetary Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transaction by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of such Securities shall be made in Dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable in respect of such Securities on any date shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for Euro. Any payment in respect in respect of such Securities so made in Dollars shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to such Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally .
(a) The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered form and in substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities of any series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, securities exchange rule, the Companys certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar governing documents, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such
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notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). A copy of the Board Resolution of the Company establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 2.05 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
(b) The Trustees certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.04.
(c) If the Securities of any series are issued in definitive form, such Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officer executing such Securities, as evidenced by such Officers execution thereof.
SECTION 2.04 Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication .
The Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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, as Trustee |
By: |
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Authorized Signatory . | ||
SECTION 2.05 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
(a) One Officer of the Company shall sign the Securities of any series on behalf of the Company, and one Officer of the Guarantor shall sign the Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor to evidence the Guarantee, which may also be endorsed on the Securities of such series, in any case, either by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor whose facsimile signature is on a Security or an endorsement of the Guarantee on a Security, as the case may be, no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security or the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
(b) A Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, including the Guarantee, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, which signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company delivers such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.14, together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 12.05 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, including the Guarantee.
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(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities for original issue upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders and any other terms of the Securities of such series not otherwise determined. If provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize (1) authentication and delivery of Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, with certain terms (including, without limitation, the Maturity dates or dates, original issue date or dates and interest rate or rates) that differ from Security to Security and (2) may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing.
(d) If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions of the Company or if by supplemental indenture, as permitted by Section 2.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to the Company Order referred to above and the other documents required by Section 12.04), and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(1) an Officers Certificate of the Company setting forth the Board Resolution of the Company and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto, as contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 2.01; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) |
the form of such Securities has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; |
(ii) |
the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture and if there are any conditions precedent to the issuance of such Securities, all such conditions precedent to the issuance of such Securities have been satisfied; and |
(iii) |
that such Securities and the Guarantee, 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 binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or other similar laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally, and the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). |
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(e) If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers Certificate of the Company and Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each such Security, but such Officers Certificate of the Company and Opinion of Counsel shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of the series.
(f) The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities of any series and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
(g) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities of any series. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities of any series whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor.
(h) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 2.06 Registrar and Paying Agent .
(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series of Securities where Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange ( Registrar ) and an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented for payment ( Paying Agent ). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities of such series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent.
(b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(c) The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.07 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of any series and will notify the Trustee of any default by the
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Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon payment over to the Trustee and upon accounting for any funds disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Each Paying Agent shall otherwise comply with TIA § 317(b).
SECTION 2.08 Holder Lists .
The Registrar shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of such series, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
SECTION 2.09 Transfer and Exchange .
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.18 or as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.01, when Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar with the request to register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same series of like tenor and of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements and the requirements of this Indenture for such transactions are met; provided , however , that the Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, on which instruction the Registrar can rely.
(b) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of any series at the Registrars written request and submission of such Securities or Global Securities. No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.13, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee shall authenticate Securities of any series in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of (1) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (2) any Security during the period beginning 15 Business Days prior to the mailing of notice of any offer to repurchase Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms thereof or of redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.
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SECTION 2.10 Replacement Securities .
(a) If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed, lost or stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the Trustees requirements are met. If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Such Holder must furnish an indemnity bond that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.
(b) Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.11 Outstanding Securities .
(a) The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are all the Securities of such series authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security effected by the Trustee hereunder and those described in this Section 2.11 as not outstanding.
(b) If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.10, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.
(c) If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
(d) A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor holds the Security.
SECTION 2.12 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities .
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of any series or of all series, as the case may be, have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent,
(a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security shall be the principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
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(b) except as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.01, the principal amount of each Security of any series denominated in Euro or another foreign currency shall be determined, for purposes of any act, consent or waiver under this Indenture at a time when Securities of another series shall be outstanding and denominated in a different currency, as the Dollar equivalent thereof (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent of the amount of such Security as determined by the Company in accordance with clause (a) above), converted based on the spot rate (as determined by the Company in its discretion) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day before the record date for such act, waiver or consent (or, if there is no such record date, the date when such act, consent or waiver is taken); and
(c) Securities of any series owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, of the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.13 Temporary Securities .
Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities of any series but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities of the relevant series in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.14 Cancellation .
The Company or the Guarantor at any time may deliver Securities of any series to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or redemption or for credit against any sinking fund payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, replacement or cancellation or for credit against any sinking fund. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the usual disposal procedures of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall maintain a record of their disposal. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.15 Payments; Defaulted Interest .
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01, interest (except defaulted interest) on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons who are registered Holders of that Security at the close of business on the record date next preceding such Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender a Security to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Unless
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otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company will pay the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities in Dollars. Such amounts shall be payable at the offices of the Trustee or any Paying Agent, provided that at the option of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or (2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holders registered address with respect to any Securities.
(b) If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any series, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted interest, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of such series and in Section 4.01. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. At least 15 days before any special record date selected by the Company, the Company (or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company upon 20 days prior written notice from the Company setting forth such special record date and the interest amount to be paid) shall mail to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.16 Persons Deemed Owners .
The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and for all other purposes. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.17 Computation of Interest .
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, (i) interest on the Securities of each series denominated in Dollars shall be computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day months and (ii) interest on the Securities of each series denominated in Euro shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the date from which interest begins to accrue for the period (or from the issue date of such Securities if no interest has been paid thereon) to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date.
SECTION 2.18 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions .
(a) If Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a Global Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause (11) of Section 2.01(b) and the provisions of Section 2.02, any such Global 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 or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, transfers or redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee (i) in such manner and upon
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instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.05 or (ii) otherwise in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary for such Security, from such Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Global Security. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.05 and, if applicable, Section 2.13, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified in such Security or in the applicable Company Order. With respect to the Securities of any series that are represented by a Global Security, the Company and the Guarantor authorize the execution and delivery by the Trustee of a letter of representations or other similar agreement or instrument in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary appointed with respect to such Global Security. Any Global Security may be deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may remain in the custody of the Trustee or the Security Custodian therefor pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement or similar agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary. If a Company Order 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 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
(b) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ( Agent Members ) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee or the Security Custodian as its custodian, or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a Global Security of a series may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder of Securities of such series is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such series and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian, or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 2.09, and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01, transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of this Indenture. Certificated Securities of any series shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (2) an Event of Default has occurred with respect to such series and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue Securities of such series in lieu of all or a portion of the Global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver Securities within 30 days of such request) or (3) the Company determines not to have the Securities of such series represented by a Global Security.
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Upon request by a Holder of Certificated Securities, the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of such Certificated Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Trustee the Certificated Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Trustee shall register the Certificated Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, that the Trustee may reasonably request.
(d) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.18, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series in each case of like tenor and amount.
(e) In connection with the transfer of all the beneficial interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.18, the Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interests in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of authorized denominations of that series.
(f) Neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, Securities of any series by the Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to such Securities. Neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay by the related Global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying the beneficial owners, and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, instructions from such Global Security Holder or the Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities of any series to be issued).
(g) The provisions of the last sentence of Section 2.05(b) shall apply to any Global Security if such Global Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company or the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 2.05(b).
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.15, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Global Security shall be made to the Depositary.
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(i) The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Securities of such series; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities of such series or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities of such series, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers. In addition, any Securities of a series that are not fungible with other Securities of the same series for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall not have the same CUSIP number as such other Securities.
(j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, delivery or surrender of a Security shall not be required in the case of Global Securities in order to obtain the rights or benefits provided hereunder upon the delivery or surrender of a Security.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article .
Securities of any series that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article III.
SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee .
If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. The Company shall so notify the Trustee at least 30 days (or at least 15 days in the case of convertible Securities), but no more than 60 days, before the Redemption Date by delivering to the Trustee an Officers Certificate of the Company stating that such redemption will comply with the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to the mailing of such notice of such redemption to any Holder and shall thereupon be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed .
(a) If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Securities of such series (and tenor) not previously called for redemption, either pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate in accordance with industry standards at the time of such redemption and that 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 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; provided that, if at the time of redemption such Securities are registered as a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such Securities held by each beneficial owner of Securities to be redeemed.
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(b) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Registrar 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.
(c) For purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount thereof which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption .
(a) Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 days (or not less than 15 days in the case of convertible Securities) nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at the address of such Holder appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the Registrar.
(b) All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price (or the method of calculating or determining the Redemption Price);
(3) that, unless the Company and the Guarantor default in making the redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed;
(4) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender for cancellation of such Security to the Paying Agent, a new Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the Holder;
(5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking or analogous fund, if such is the case;
(7) if such Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock, other debt securities (including Securities of another series), warrants, other equity securities or any other securities or property of the Company or any other Person, the name and address of the conversion or exchange agent, the date on which the right to convert or exchange is terminated and the conversion or exchange rate; and
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(8) the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, relating to such Securities.
(c) Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys written request at least five Business Days prior to the date when the notice is to be sent to Holders, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption .
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price, but interest installments whose maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on the relevant Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates specified pursuant to Section 2.01.
SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price .
(a) Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, by 11:00 a.m., local time in each Place of Payment, on any Redemption Date, the Company or the Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the Guarantor is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.07) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee for cancellation.
(b) If the Company or the Guarantor complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Company and the Guarantor default in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment, and the Holders of such Securities shall have no further rights with respect to such Securities except for the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Securities. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, premium, if any, any Additional Amounts, and, to the extent lawful, accrued interest thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate specified pursuant to Section 2.01 or provided in the Securities of that series or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such Securities yield to maturity.
SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed in Part .
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security to be redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same series and 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 that is not redeemed.
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SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities .
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company, the Guarantor and any Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor may at any time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities of any series in the open market or by private agreement. Any such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or acquired by the Company or the Guarantor may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section 2.14 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.
SECTION 3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds .
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 . Unless otherwise provided 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 3.10. 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 and by this Article III.
SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .
The Company or the Guarantor may deliver outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and may apply as a credit Securities of a series that 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 series of Securities; 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 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .
(a) Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate of the Company 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 delivery of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.10 and will also deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Failure of the Company to timely deliver or cause to be delivered such Officers Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute the election of the Company (i)
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that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Company will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.
(b) If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any of any receding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed $100,000 (or, in the case of any Security denominated in a foreign currency, the amount specified in accordance with Section 2.01) or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $100,000 (or, in the case of any Security denominated in a foreign currency, the amount specified in accordance with Section 2.01) or less and the Company makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $100,000 (or, in the case of any Security denominated in a foreign currency, the amount specified in accordance with Section 2.01) is available. Not less than 30 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 3.03 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 3.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.05, 3.06 and 3.07.
SECTION 3.12 Redemption for Changes in Taxes .
(a) If the Securities of a series expressly provide for redemption pursuant to this Section 3.12 as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may redeem the Securities of such series, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice to the Holders of such series of Securities (which notice will be irrevocable and given in accordance with the procedures described in Sections 3.04 and 12.02 hereof), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed by the Company for redemption (a Tax Redemption Date ) and all Additional Amounts (if any) then due and which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (subject to the right of Holders of such series of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof), if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of such series of Securities or the Guarantee, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, determines in good faith that it is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Company and the Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it, and the requirement arises as a result of:
(1) any change in, or amendment to, the laws or treaties (or any regulations, or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Tax Jurisdiction affecting taxation which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if a jurisdiction becomes a Tax Jurisdiction after the Issue Date, the date on which such jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction under this Indenture); provided , however , in the case of a successor entity of the Company or the Guarantor, the change or amendment must become effective after the date that such successor entity first makes payment on such series of Securities or the Guarantee; or
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(2) any change in, or amendment to, the existing official position or the introduction of an official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of a Tax Jurisdiction (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change, amendment, application or interpretation becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if a jurisdiction becomes a Tax Jurisdiction after the Issue Date, the date on which such jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction under this Indenture); provided , however , in the case of a successor entity of the Company or the Guarantor, the change or amendment must become effective after the date that such successor entity first makes payment on such series of Securities or the Guarantee.
(b) The Company will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of such series of Securities or the Guarantee were then due, and at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect. Prior to the publication or, where relevant, mailing of any notice of redemption of such series of Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that there has been such change or amendment that would entitle it to redeem such series of Securities hereunder. In addition, before the Company publishes or mails notice of redemption of such series of Securities as described above, it will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that the Company and the Guarantor cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it.
The Trustee will accept and shall be entitled to rely on such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as sufficient evidence of the existence and satisfaction of the conditions precedent as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on the Holders of such series of Securities.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities .
(a) The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of each series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of such series and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent in any Place of Payment (other than the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) holds by 11:00 a.m., local time in such Place of Payment, on that date money deposited by the Company or the Guarantor designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts then due.
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(b) The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium (if any), at a rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Securities to the extent lawful; and it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and any Additional Amount (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency .
(a) Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company will maintain in New York City for any series of Securities an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series may be presented for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. Unless otherwise designated by the Company by written notice to the Trustee and the Guarantor, such office or agency shall be the office of the Trustee in The City of New York, which on the date hereof is located at 150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York, 10017. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Guarantor of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee and the Guarantor with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
(b) 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 each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements .
(a) If the Company or the Guarantor is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company or the Guarantor is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company and the Guarantor shall also comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(a).
(b) The Guarantor intends to file the reports, information and documents referred to in Section 4.03(a) hereof with the SEC in electronic form pursuant to Regulation S-T promulgated by the SEC using the SECs Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval ( EDGAR ) system. The Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in the manner prescribed herein of each such filing. The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of
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retrieving the reports so filed. Compliance with the foregoing shall constitute delivery by the Guarantor of such reports to the Trustee in compliance with the provisions of TIA § 314(a). The Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain any electronic or other filings that the Guarantor makes with the SEC, regardless of whether such filings are periodic, supplemental or otherwise. Delivery of the reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall be solely for the purposes of compliance with this Section 4.03 and with TIA § 314(a). The Trustees receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute notice to it of the content thereof or of any matter determinable from the content thereof, including the Guarantors compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely upon an Officers Certificate or certificates delivered pursuant to Section 4.04).
SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate .
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a brief certificate from an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which need not constitute an Officers Certificate, as to his or her knowledge of the Companys or the Guarantors, as the case may be, compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any Default, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof of which such person may have knowledge.
(b) The Company or the Guarantor shall, so long as Securities of any series are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, as soon as practicable, but in no event more than five Business Days, after any Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.05 Corporate Existence .
Except as otherwise permitted by Article V, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws .
Each of the Company and the Guarantor 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 or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive it from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities of any series as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each of the Company and the Guarantor 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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SECTION 4.07 Limitation on Liens .
The Guarantor will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien of or upon any Principal Property or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that directly owns any Principal Property, whether such Principal Property or Capital Stock is owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, without in any such case making or causing to be made effective provision (and the Guarantor covenants that in any such case it shall make or cause to be made effective provision) whereby the Securities (together with, if the Guarantor shall so determine, any other Debt created, incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Guarantor, prior to) such Debt, so long as such Debt shall be so secured. The foregoing restrictions will not, however, apply to Debt secured by Permitted Liens.
In addition, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, issue, assume or guarantee Debt that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, if at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Debt which is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all such Debt secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to such restriction (other than any Debt secured by Liens permitted as described in clauses (1) through (7) of the definition of Permitted Liens) plus the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt of the Guarantor and any of its Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (with the exception of such transactions which are permitted under clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.08(a)) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Guarantor.
SECTION 4.08 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions .
(a) The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with respect to any Principal Property unless,
(1) the Guarantor or such Subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled pursuant to clause (1) or (6) of the definition of Permitted Liens, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, to create, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien on such Principal Property; or
(2) the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall apply, within 180 days of the effective date of any such arrangement, an amount not less than the greater of (x) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal Property or (y) the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Guarantor) of such Principal Property to either the prepayment or retirement (other than any mandatory prepayment or retirement) of Debt incurred or assumed by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than indebtedness owned by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary) which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than twelve months after the date of the creation of such Debt, or to the acquisition, construction or improvement of a manufacturing plant or manufacturing facility; or
(3) the Attributable Debt of the Guarantor and its Subsidiary in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and all other Sale and Lease-Back Transactions entered into after the Issue Date (other than any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction as would be permitted as described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.08(a)), plus the aggregate
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principal amount of Debt secured by Liens then outstanding (not including any such Debt secured by Liens described in clauses (1) through (7) of the definition of Permitted Liens) which do not equally and ratably secure the Securities (or secure Securities on a basis that is prior to other Debt secured thereby) would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Guarantor.
SECTION 4.09 Additional Amounts .
If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 2.01, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly 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 the net proceeds received from 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 4.09 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 4.09 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.
SECTION 4.10 Additional Tax Amounts .
(a) If the Securities of a series expressly provide for payment of Additional Amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to this Section 4.10 as contemplated by Section 2.01, all payments made under or with respect to the Securities of such series or the Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Tax Jurisdiction unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Tax Jurisdiction, will at any time be required to be made from any payments made under or with respect to the Securities of such series or the Guarantee, including, without limitation, payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay such Additional Amounts to the Holder (and only to the Holder) as may be necessary in order that (i) the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each Holder or (ii) if the Securities of such series are then issued as a Global Security, the aggregate net amounts received in respect of such payments by the beneficial owners of such Securities (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding, deduction or imposition (including any withholding, deduction or imposition from Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts that would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:
(1) any Security presented for payment in the United Kingdom;
(2) any taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Holders or beneficial owners present or former connection with the relevant Tax Jurisdiction or but for any such connection on the part of a partner, beneficiary, settlor or shareholder of such Holder or beneficial owner (other than any connection resulting from the acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of Securities, the receipt of payments thereunder and/or the exercise or enforcement of rights under any Securities);
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(3) any taxes that are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder of such Securities or beneficial owner of such Securities to comply with any reasonable written request, made to that Holder or beneficial owner in writing at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by the Company or the Guarantor to provide timely and accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid and timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification information or other reporting requirement, which is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to any exemption from or reduction in all or part of such taxes to which such Holder is entitled;
(4) any Security presented for payment more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Security been presented on the last day of such 30-day period);
(5) any payment of principal or interest on such Securities made to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that such payment would be required to be included in the income under the laws of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Securities;
(6) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar taxes;
(7) any taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, such Securities;
(8) any taxes imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof or tax authority therein; or
(9) any combination of items (1) through (8) above.
(b) If the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to this Section 4.10 with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Securities of such series or the Guarantee, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date that is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Company or the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) an Officers Certificate of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 4.10 and the amount estimated to be so payable. Such Officers Certificate must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay such Additional Amounts to
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Holders on the relevant payment date. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely solely on such Officers Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary. The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.
(c) Each of the Company and the Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions required by law of it and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant tax authority in accordance with applicable law. Upon request, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will provide to the Trustee an official receipt or, if official receipts are not obtainable, other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of any taxes so deducted or withheld. Upon request, copies of those receipts or other documentation, as the case may be, will be made available by the Trustee to the Holders of such Securities.
(d) Whenever in this Indenture or in any Securities there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Securities or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
(e) The obligations in this Section 4.10 will survive any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Security and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is incorporated or resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Securities and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations .
(a) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any Person, or sell, lease, convey, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in any transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person (other than a consolidation or merger of the Company and the Guarantor or a sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to the Guarantor or of the Guarantor to the Company), unless:
(1) either (i) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing Person or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company or the Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or Guarantor is merged, or to which such sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition shall be made (collectively, the Successor ), is organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state in the United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, any province of Canada or any state which was a member of the European Union on December 31, 2003 (other than Greece) and the Successor expressly assumes by supplemental indenture, in the case of the Company, the due and punctual payment of the principal of,
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premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of the Companys covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities, or, in the case of the Guarantor, the performance of the Guarantee and the Guarantors covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
(b) Notwithstanding and without compliance with Section 5.01(a), the Guarantor shall be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose, in one or more related transactions, of assets constituting the Capital Stock or all or part of the assets of any Subsidiary, division or line of business or group of such Subsidiaries, divisions or lines of business ( disposed group ) if such disposed group (i) generated Consolidated EBITDA that was less than 40% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Guarantor in (A) the most recently completed four fiscal quarters and (B) each of the last three completed fiscal years of the Guarantor and (ii) has total assets with a value that is less than 40% of the Total Assets of the Guarantor; provided that such disposition otherwise complies with this Indenture. If the Guarantor has not filed with the SEC its consolidated financial statements, including the results of any of the most recent completed four fiscal quarters or fiscal year, as of the date they would be required to be filed assuming the Guarantor were subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (whether or not it is so subject), such amounts will be calculated for any such fiscal quarter or fiscal year as reflected in consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor (quarterly and/or annual, as the case may be) prepared by the Guarantor in accordance with GAAP, until such time as such fiscal quarter or fiscal year is included in consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor filed with the SEC.
SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted .
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and the Securities of all series, and in the case of the Guarantor, the Guarantee, with the same effect as if such Successor had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and the predecessor Company or the Guarantor, in the case of a sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition, shall be released from all obligations under this Indenture, the Securities of all series and, in the case of the Guarantor, the Guarantee.
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default .
(a) Unless either inapplicable to a particular series or specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution of the Company establishing such series of Securities or in the form of Security for such series, an Event of Default , wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events:
(1) there is a default in the payment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) there is a default in the payment of (A) the principal of any Security of that series at its Maturity or (B) premium (if any) on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable;
(3) there is a default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(4) the Company or the Guarantor fails to comply with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities of such series or this Indenture (other than a default referred to in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above, or an agreement, covenant or provision that has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that series), which shall not have been remedied within the specified period after written notice, as specified in Section 6.01(b);
(5) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect with respect to the Securities of such series (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) and such Default continues for 10 days;
(6) the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
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(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days and that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or the Guarantor as debtor in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or the Guarantor or a Bankruptcy Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or the Guarantor, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or the Guarantor; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series occurs, which shall not have been remedied within the specified period after written notice, as specified in Section 6.01(b).
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.
The term Bankruptcy Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
When a Default or Event of Default is cured, it ceases.
(b) A Default under clause (4) or (8) of Section 6.01(a) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Default (or, in the case of a Default under clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), if outstanding Securities of other series are affected by such Default, then at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities so affected) notify the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, of the Default, and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, fails to cure the Default within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a Notice of Default.
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration .
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any series at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default (or, in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), if outstanding Securities of other series are affected by such Event of Default, then at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all such series so affected acting as one class) by notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may declare the principal of (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and all accrued and unpaid interest on all then
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outstanding Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, to be due and payable. Upon any such declaration, the amounts due and payable on the Securities shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof occurs, such amounts shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default or all series so affected, as the case may be, by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences (other than nonpayment of principal of or premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities) if (1) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (2) all existing Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) have been cured or waived, except nonpayment of principal, premium, interest or any Additional Amounts that has become due solely because of the acceleration, and (3) the Trustee has been paid any amounts due to it for the compensation as may be agreed in writing by the parties from time to time, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies .
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to a series of Securities, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Securities or this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Defaults .
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series or of all series affected thereby (acting as one class) by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing or past Default or Event of Default with respect to such series or all series so affected, as the case may be, and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or all series so affected or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series or all series so affected, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of such series or all series so affected (but the terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)), except (1) a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or (2) a continued Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended or supplemented without the consent of each Holder affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority .
With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (8) of Section 6.01(a), and with respect to all Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all the then outstanding Securities affected may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it not relating to or arising under such an Event of Default. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with applicable law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided , however , that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion from Holders directing the Trustee against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits .
(a) Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, a Holder of a Security of any series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of such series or the Guarantee only if:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
(b) A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
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SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee .
If an Event of Default specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01(a) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or the Guarantor for the amount of principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts remaining unpaid on the Securities of the series affected by the Event of Default, and interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors, as may be necessary or advisable 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 the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or the Guarantor or their respective creditors or properties and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any Bankruptcy Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which the Holders of the Securities may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities .
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) for amounts due under hereunder;
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Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, for principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts, respectively; and
Third: to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix record dates and payment dates for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Article VI.
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose of obtaining a judgment against the Company or the Guarantor in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any series (the Required Currency ) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the Judgment Currency ), the rate of exchange used for purposes of rendering the judgment shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day in The City of New York next preceding that on which final judgment is given. None of the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any shortfall and none of them shall benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of Securities under this Section 6.10 caused by a change in exchange rates between the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make payments under this Section 6.10 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company and the Guarantor on the claim or claims underlying such judgment.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs .
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee .
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in such exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series:
(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, 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. However, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether, on their face, they appear to conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own bad faith, its own gross negligent action, its own gross negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. All money received by the Trustee shall, until applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities.
(g) The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the action or the inaction of the Depositary.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee .
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
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(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require instruction, an Officers Certificate of the Company or an Opinion of Counsel or both to be provided. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such instruction, Officers Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult at the Companys expense with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
(f) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or by any Holder of the Securities, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(g) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(h) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(i) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities .
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities of any series and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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SECTION 7.04 Trustee s Disclaimer .
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities of any series, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Securities of any series or any money paid to the Company or the Guarantor or upon the Companys or the Guarantors direction under any provision hereof, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in such Securities other than its certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults .
If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Securities of such series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it becomes known to the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and Additional Amounts or any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders .
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 of each year after the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of a series of Securities, the Guarantor and the Company a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a); provided , however , that if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date with respect to a series, no report need be transmitted to Holders of such series. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports if and as required by TIA §§ 313(c) and 313(d).
(b) A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Holders of a series of Securities shall be filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of such series are listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing if and when any series of Securities is listed on any securities exchange and any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity .
(a) The Company and the Guarantor, severally and jointly, agree to pay to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder such compensation as the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company and the Guarantor, severally and jointly, agree to reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket disbursements, advances and expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
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(b) The Company and the Guarantor, severally and jointly, hereby indemnify the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) and any predecessor Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim (whether asserted by the Company, Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person) or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties or exercise of its rights under this Indenture, except as set forth in the next following paragraph. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Guarantor promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company and the Guarantor shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company and the Guarantor shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be obligated to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustees gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(c) To secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantor hereunder, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of all series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of any series. Such lien and the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(d) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified under clauses (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee .
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign and be discharged at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Company and the Guarantor. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by so notifying the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
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(3) a Bankruptcy Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company 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). Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not take office within 30 days after the retiring or removed Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring or removed Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of a series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Securities of such series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, each such successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee, to the Company and to the Guarantor. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(c) In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto in which each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall confer to each successor Trustee all the rights, powers 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 confirm that all the rights, powers 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. Nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
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Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and 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. 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 shall have all the rights, powers 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. On request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall transfer to such successor Trustee all property held by such retiring Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Such retiring Trustee shall, however, have the right to deduct its unpaid fees and expenses, including attorneys fees.
(d) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Trustees pursuant to this Section 7.08, the obligations of the Company under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Trustees. The retiring or removed Trustee or Trustees shall have no liability or responsibility for the action or inaction of any successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
(a) Subject to Section 7.10, if the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided , however , that in the case of a transfer of all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to another corporation, the transferee corporation expressly assumes all of the Trustees liabilities hereunder.
(b) 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; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification .
(a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power, shall be subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the District of Columbia) authority and shall have, or be a subsidiary of a bank or bank holding company having, a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
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(b) The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §§ 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 310(b) during the period of time required by this Indenture; provided , however , that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA §310(b)(1) are met. Nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA § 310(b).
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or the Guarantor .
The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Termination of the Company s and the Guarantor s Obligations .
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of a series (except that the Companys obligations under Section 7.07, the Trustees and Paying Agents obligations under Section 8.03 and the rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall survive), and the Trustee and the Guarantor, on demand of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, when:
(1) either:
(A) all outstanding Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and issued (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Company or the Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as funds (immediately available to the Holders in the case of clause (i)) in trust for such purpose (x) money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series
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is to be made in an amount, or (y) Government Obligations with respect to such series, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will ensure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount or (z) a combination thereof, which will be sufficient, in the opinion (in the case of clauses (y) and (z)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities of such series for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or for principal, premium, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; or
(C) the Company and the Guarantor have properly fulfilled such other means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by them hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate of the Company stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.
(b) Unless this Section 8.01(b) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may, at its option, terminate certain of its and the Guarantors respective obligations under this Indenture ( covenant defeasance ) with respect to the Securities of a series if:
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably 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 Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii) Government Obligations with respect to such series, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will ensure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof, that is sufficient, in the opinion (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) and interest on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal, premium (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) or interest is due and payable and (at the Stated Maturity thereof or upon redemption as provided in Section 8.01(e)) to pay all other sums payable by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money and/or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) and interest with respect to the Securities of such series as the same shall become due;
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(2) the Company or the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;
(3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(4) the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a private letter ruling issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the beneficial owners of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Companys exercise of its option under this Section 8.01(b) and will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised;
(5) the Company and the Guarantor have complied with any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01; and
(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA § 310(b).
In such event, (x) the Company and the Guarantor shall be released from their respective obligations under the covenants specified pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series (collectively, with respect to Securities of such series, the Defeased Covenants ) on and after the date the conditions set forth in this Section 8.01(b) are satisfied, (y) thereafter any failure to comply with the Defeased Covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 with respect to the Securities of such series, and (z) the Securities of such series shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with the Defeased Covenants, but shall continue to be outstanding for all other purposes hereunder. Except as specified in the preceding sentence, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities will be unaffected by such covenant defeasance pursuant to this Section 8.01(b).
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay principal of or premium (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) or interest on such Securities, the Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest on or before such payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money. Government Obligations shall not be callable at the issuers option.
(c) If the Company and the Guarantor have previously complied or are concurrently complying with Section 8.01(b) (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 that are expressly applicable only to covenant defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series, then, unless this Section 8.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may elect that its and the Guarantors respective obligations to make payments with respect to Securities of such series be discharged ( legal defeasance ), if:
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(1) no Default or Event of Default under clauses (6) and (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof shall have occurred at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit contemplated by Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company or the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect referred to in Section 8.01(b)(4) with respect to such legal defeasance, which opinion is based on (i) a private letter ruling issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service addressed to the Company, (ii) a published ruling of the United States Internal Revenue Service pertaining to a comparable form of transaction or (iii) a change in the applicable United States Federal income tax law (including regulations) after the date of this Indenture;
(3) the Company and the Guarantor have complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the legal defeasance of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01(c); and
(4) the Company or the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee a Company Request requesting such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series and an Officers Certificate of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.
In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as set forth in this paragraph) with respect to Securities of such series. Among the consequences of such legal defeasance with respect to Securities of such series, (x) the Company and the Guarantor will be discharged from their respective obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series to pay principal of, premium (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) and interest with respect to Securities of such series, (y) the Companys and the Guarantors respective obligations under Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 10.01 shall terminate with respect to such Securities, and (z) the entire indebtedness of the Company evidenced by such Securities and of the Guarantor evidenced by the Guarantee shall be deemed paid and discharged. The Trustee upon request shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of such series under this Indenture. However, the Companys and the Guarantors respective obligations in Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 10.01, the Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Sections 8.02 and 8.03 and the rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall survive until all Securities of such series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Companys and the Guarantors obligations in Section 7.07 and the Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Section 8.03 shall survive with respect to Securities of such series.
(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means of satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of Securities of a series are specified to be applicable to such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, each of the Company and the Guarantor may terminate any or all of its obligations under this Indenture with respect to Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations under the Securities of such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction and discharge as may be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the Securities of such series.
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(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8.01 are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of the applicable trust arrangement shall provide for such redemption, and the Company shall make such arrangements as are reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money .
The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall hold in trust money or Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series with respect to which the deposit was made.
SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company or Guarantor .
(a) The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company, or if instructed in the written request of the Company, to the Guarantor any excess money or Government Obligations (or proceeds therefrom) held by them at any time upon the written request of the Company.
(b) Subject to the requirements of any applicable abandoned property laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium (if any), interest or any Additional Amounts that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement .
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of any series in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and under the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01; provided , however , that if the Company or the Guarantor has made any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders .
(a) The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more series or waive any provision hereof or thereof without the consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to cause any Successor to assume the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor in accordance with Article V;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of Certificated Securities;
(4) to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, any series of Securities or the Guarantee;
(5) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) to conform to the description of the Securities of a series included in the offering document related thereto as evidenced in an Officers Certificate;
(7) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor 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 the Guarantor;
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Securities (and, if any such Event of Default is applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the series to which such Event of Default is applicable);
(9) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture that is adversely affected in any material respect by such change in or elimination of such provision;
(10) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.01;
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(11) to amend or supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 8.01; or
(12) 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 7.08.
(b) Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders .
(a) Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture with the consent (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of any one or more series or all series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of any one or more series or all series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of each such series (but the terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)) of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class).
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of one or more series or of all series (acting as one class) may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company or the Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of such series (but the terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)), except any Default or Event of Default in any payment of principal of or premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities or any other provision that cannot be amended, supplemented or waived without the consent of each Holder affected pursuant to Section 9.02(b).
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(b) However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities of the relevant series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of, any premium on or any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security 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 thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(4) reduce the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may or shall be redeemed;
(5) change any obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any Security;
(6) change the coin or currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which any Security or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect thereto are payable;
(7) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security pursuant to Sections 6.07 and 6.08, except as limited by Section 6.06;
(8) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of Securities pursuant to Section 6.04 or make any change to Section 6.07 or in this sentence of Section 9.02;
(9) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the relevant series; or
(10) if applicable, make any change that materially and adversely affects the right to convert any Security pursuant to its terms.
A supplemental indenture that 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.
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(c) The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company or the Guarantor shall mail to the Holders of each Security affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company or the Guarantor to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act .
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply in form and substance with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents .
(a) Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his or her Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before a date and time therefor identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to such Holder in accordance with Section 12.02 or, if no such date and time shall be identified, the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective; provided that any such notice furnished to Holders may otherwise limit or prohibit the revocation of such consents once made by Holders. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
(b) The Company or the Guarantor may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date (which need not comply with TIA § 316(c)) for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver or to take any other action under this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
(c) After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (1) through (10) of Section 9.02(b) hereof. In such case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security.
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SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities .
(a) If an amendment or supplement changes the terms of an outstanding Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security at the request of the Company regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment or supplement.
(b) Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment or supplement 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 amendment or supplement.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to this Article if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplement, the Trustee shall receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided at the expense of the Company or the Guarantor to the effect that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment or supplement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions.
SECTION 9.07 Evidence of Action of Holders .
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage or a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities or of any series of Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage or majority have joined therein may be evidenced by (1) any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person, by an agent or by a proxy appointed in writing, including through an electronic system for tabulating consents operated by the Depositary for such series of Securities or otherwise (such action becoming effective, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, when such instruments or evidence of electronic consents are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company), or (2) by the record of the Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (3) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.
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ARTICLE X
GUARANTEE
SECTION 10.01 Guarantee .
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Holders from time to time of the Securities (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when and as the same shall become due, subject in each case to any applicable grace period. Each payment by the Guarantor with respect to any Security shall be paid in the currency or currencies specified for payments on such Security as contemplated by Section 2.01 and pursuant to this Indenture. The Guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to a series of Securities shall be absolute and unconditional and, subject to Article VIII, shall remain in full force and effect until the entire principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series shall have been paid or provided for in accordance with the provisions of such series and of this Indenture, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security of such series or this Indenture, any change or amendment thereto, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Trustee or the Holder of any Security of such series with respect to any provision of such Security or this Indenture, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other circumstances that may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives presentment or demand of payment or notice to the Guarantor with respect to such Security and the obligations evidenced thereby or hereby. The Guarantor further waives any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have against any Holder of a Security arising from any other obligations any such Holder may have to the Company or the Guarantor.
It is the intention of the Guarantor that the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or other law to the extent applicable to the Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor (other than guarantees of the Guarantor in respect of subordinated debt) that are relevant under such laws, result in the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
SECTION 10.02 Proceedings Against the Guarantor .
In the event of a default in the payment of principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in any sinking fund payment, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
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Security when and as the same shall become due, each of the Trustee and the Holder of such Security shall have the right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantor under this Indenture without first proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.
The Trustee shall have the right, power and authority to do all things it deems necessary or advisable to enforce the provisions of this Indenture relating to the Guarantee and to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities and, in the event of a default in payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when and as the same shall become due, the Trustee may institute or appear in such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of its rights and the rights of the Holders, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture relating to the Guarantee or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a default in payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when due, the Trustee may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Guarantor and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Guarantor, wherever situated.
SECTION 10.03 Subrogation .
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights against the Company of any Holder of Securities of a series in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation only after the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series have been paid in full.
SECTION 10.04 Guarantee for Benefit of Holders .
The Guarantee contained in this Indenture is entered into by the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Securities. Such provisions shall not be deemed to create any right in, or to be in whole or in part for the benefit of, any Person other than the Trustee, the Guarantor, the Holders from time to time of the Securities and their permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE XI
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS
SECTION 11.01 Purpose of Meetings .
A meeting of Holders of any or all series of Securities may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:
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(a) to give any notice to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or waive any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences or to take any other action authorized to be taken by the Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VI;
(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VII;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or of indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or
(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
SECTION 11.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee .
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of all Holders of all series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, to take any action specified in Section 11.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine and as shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of a 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 mailed to Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the register. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. For the purpose of determining Holders entitled to notice of any meeting of Holders, the Trustee shall fix in advance a date as the record date for such determination, such date to be a Business Day not more than 10 days prior to the date of the mailing of such notice as provided in this Section 11.02. Only Persons in whose name a Security of such series is registered upon the books of the Company on a record date fixed by the Trustee as aforesaid, or by the Company or the Holders as provided in Section 11.03, shall be entitled to notice of the meeting of Holders with respect to which such record date was so fixed.
SECTION 11.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders .
In case at any time the Company or the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 33 1/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series (or of all series, as the case may be) then outstanding that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders of such series (or of all series), by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company, the Guarantor or such Holders may fix the record date with respect to, and determine the time and the place for, such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 11.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 11.02.
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SECTION 11.04 Qualifications for Voting .
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities affected by the action proposed to be taken at the meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder or Holders of one or more such Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, any representatives of the Company and its counsel and any representatives of the Guarantor and its counsel.
SECTION 11.05 Regulation 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, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem fit.
(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, the Guarantor or by Holders as provided in Section 11.03, in which case the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chair. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.
(c) At any meeting of Holders of a series of Securities, each Holder of such series of such Holders proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series outstanding held or represented by him or her; 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 other than by virtue of Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him or her as the Person to vote on behalf of other Holders. At any meeting of the Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02 or 11.03, the presence of Persons holding or representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and any such meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
(d) 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, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 11.06 Voting .
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of a 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 of the 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
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votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders 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 mailed as provided in Section 11.02. The record shall show the principal amounts of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 11.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting .
Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of any series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of such series under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls .
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 12.02 Notices .
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee, or by the Trustee to the Company or the Guarantor, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or sent via electronic mail (in pdf format), to the others address:
If to the Company:
LYB International Finance III, LLC
1221 McKinney St.
Houston, Texas
USA 77010
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
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If to the Guarantor:
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
One Vine Street
London
The United Kingdom
W1J0AH
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 020 7016 9100
And
Lyondell Chemical Company
LyondellBasell Tower
1221 McKinney Street
Suite 700
Houston, TX 77010
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (713) 309-4631
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Attention: Corporate Trust Services-Administrator for Lyondell Basell
150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor
New York, New York, 10017
Fax: 917.260.1593
The Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given (1) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (2) five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (3) when answered back, if telexed; (4) when receipt acknowledged, if by facsimile; (5) and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of notice to the Trustee, it is duly given only when received.
If the Company or the Guarantor mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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All notices or communications, including without limitation notices to the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor by Holders, shall be in writing, except as otherwise set forth herein.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
SECTION 12.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders .
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of any series. The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
SECTION 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .
(a) Upon any request or application by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee at the expense of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be:
(1) an Officers Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion .
(a) Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents .
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 12.07 Legal Holidays .
If a payment date is not a Business Day at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 12.08 No Recourse Against Others .
A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other owner of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities of any series, for any obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, or for any obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee under this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities of any series.
SECTION 12.09 Governing Law .
THIS INDENTURE , THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
SECTION 12.10 Waiver of Jury Trial .
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE (AND ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND EACH HOLDER BY ACCEPTANCE OF ITS SECURITIES SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY (BUT NO OTHER JUDICIAL REMEDIES) IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES, THE GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.
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SECTION 12.11 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process .
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the competent federal and state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, United States, and any appellate court from any such court. Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any suit, action, or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the Guarantee in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon such judgment; provided that service of process is effected upon the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in the manner provided by this Indenture.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that service of all writs, process and summonses in any suit, action or proceeding brought in connection with this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the Guarantee against it in any competent court of the State of New York or any competent United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, may be made upon National Corporate Research, Ltd. ( NCR ), located at 10 East 40th Street, New York, New York 10016, whom each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably appoints as its authorized agent for service of process. Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents and warrants that NCR has agreed to act as its agent for service of process. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding pursuant to Section 2.11 or until the irrevocable appointment by each of the Company and the Guarantor of a successor in The City of New York as its authorized agent for such purpose and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor. Each of the Company and the Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. If NCR shall cease to act as the agent for service of process, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall appoint without delay another such agent and provide prompt written notice to the Trustee of such appointment. With respect to any such action in any competent court of the State of New York or any competent United States federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, service of process upon NCR, as the authorized agent of the Company and the Guarantor for service of process, and written notice of such service to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the right of any party to bring any action or proceeding against any other party or its property in the courts of other jurisdictions.
SECTION 12.12 Waiver of Immunity .
Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in any legal suit, action or proceeding against the Company or the Guarantor arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the
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Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby that may be instituted in any competent court of the State of New York or any competent United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, and with respect to any suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court in any such legal suit, action or proceeding, each of the Company and the Guarantor waives any such immunity in such courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such legal suits, actions or proceedings, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Act of 1976, as amended.
SECTION 12.13 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 12.14 Successors .
All agreements of the Company and the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities of any series shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 12.15 Severability .
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 12.16 Counterpart Originals .
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes.
SECTION 12.17 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents, cross-reference table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 12.18 PATRIOT Act .
In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (Applicable Law), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, record and
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update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Trustee, upon its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.
SECTION 12.19 Force Majeure .
In no event shall the Trustee or any Agent be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond the Trustees or the Agents control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot or embargo, which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE
Exhibit 5.1
Advocaten Notarissen Belastingadviseurs
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To: LyondellBasell Industries N.V. ( LBI ) 4 the Floor, One Vine Street London, W1J0AH The United Kingdom |
Claude Debussylaan 80 P.O. Box 75084 1070 AB Amsterdam |
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LYB International Finance B.V. ( LIF ), and LYB International Finance II B.V. ( LIF II ) Delftseplein 27E 3013 AA Rotterdam The Netherlands
(LBI, LIF and LIF II together, the Issuers ) |
T +31 20 577 1771 F +31 20 577 1775 |
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Date 22 February 2019 |
F.J.M. Hengst Advocaat |
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission of
(i) shares in the capital of LBI, and (ii) debt securities issued by the Issuers
1 |
Introduction |
I act as Dutch legal adviser ( advocaat ) to the Issuers in connection with the Registration. |
Certain terms used in this opinion are defined in the Annex ( Definitions ). |
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Dutch Law |
This opinion is limited to Dutch law in effect on the date of this opinion. It (including all terms used in it) is to be construed in accordance with Dutch law. |
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., Amsterdam, is registered with the trade register in the Netherlands under no. 27171912.
All services and other work are carried out under an agreement of instruction (overeenkomst van opdracht) with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. The agreement is subject to the General Conditions, which have been filed with the register of the District Court in Amsterdam and contain a limitation of liability. Client account notaries ING Bank no. 69.32.13.876.
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Scope of Inquiry |
For the purpose of this opinion, I have examined the following documents: |
3.1 |
A copy of: |
(a) the Registration Statement; and |
(b) each Indenture. |
3.2 |
A copy of: |
(a) each Issuers deed of incorporation and (or including) its articles of association as provided to me by the Chamber of Commerce ( Kamer van Koophandel ); |
(b) the Board Regulations; and |
(c) each Trade Register Extract. |
3.3 |
A copy of: |
(a) each Corporate Resolution; and |
(b) the Board Certificate. |
I have not examined any document, and do not express an opinion on, or on any reference to, any document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any document documenting, or providing for the issue of, any Warrant or Unit) other than the documents referred to in this paragraph 3. My examination has been limited to the text of the documents and I have not investigated the meaning and effect of any document (or part of it) governed by a law other than Dutch law under that other law. |
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Assumptions |
For the purpose of this opinion, I have made the following assumptions: |
4.1 |
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(a) Each copy document conforms to the original and each original is genuine and complete. |
(b) Each signature is the genuine signature of the individual concerned. |
(c) The Registration Statement has been or will have been filed with the SEC in the form referred to in this opinion. |
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(d) Each Indenture has been or will have been entered into in the form referred to in this opinion without material deviation. |
4.2 |
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(a) |
(i) The issue by LBI of the Shares and the Warrants (or of any other rights to acquire Shares) will have been validly authorised; and |
(ii) any pre-emption rights in respect of the issue of the Shares or the Warrants (or of any other rights to acquire Shares) will have been observed or validly excluded; |
in accordance with LBIs articles of association at the time of authorisation or of observance or exclusion.
(b) LBIs authorised share capital at the time of issue of any Share or Warrant will be sufficient to allow for the issue. |
(c) The Shares and the Warrants will have been: |
(i) offered, issued and accepted by their subscribers in accordance with all applicable laws (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Dutch law); and |
(ii) in the case of the Shares, issued in the form and manner prescribed by LBIs articles of association at the time of issue. |
(d) The nominal amount of the Shares and any agreed share premium will have been validly paid. |
4.3 |
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(a) Each Indenture and all Notes, and all Warrants, will have been validly entered into by each party other than, in the case of the LBI Indenture, the LIF Indenture and the LIF II Indenture, each Issuer expressed to be a party to it. |
(b) Where required, the Notes will have been validly authenticated in accordance with the Indenture. |
4.4 |
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(a) All Warrants: |
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(i) will be expressed to be governed by New York Law; and |
(ii) will include a right for its owner to acquire one or more Shares. |
(b) When validly signed by all the parties, each Indenture and the Notes, and all Warrants, are valid and binding on and enforceable against each party under New York Law by which they are expressed to be governed. |
4.5 |
LIF and LIF II are wholly owned subsidiaries of LBI. |
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Opinion |
Based on the documents and investigations referred to and the assumptions made in paragraphs 3 and 4 and subject to the qualifications in paragraph 6 and to any matters not disclosed to me, I am of the following opinion: |
5.1 |
When issued, the Shares will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable 1 . |
5.2 |
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(a) When issued, the Notes and the Warrants will have been validly issued. |
(b) |
(i) The choice of New York Law as the governing law of the Notes and the Warrants is recognised. |
(ii) Dutch law does not restrict the validity and binding effect on and enforceability against each Issuer of the Notes and the Warrants issued by it. |
(c) |
(i) The validity and binding effect on and enforceability against each Issuer of the submission to the jurisdiction of the New York Court in each Indenture: |
(A) under Dutch private international law are likely governed by New York Law; and |
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In this opinion, nonassessable which term has no equivalent in Dutch means, in relation to a share, that the issuer of the share has no right to require the holder of the share to pay to the issuer any amount (in addition to the amount required for the share to be fully paid) solely as a result of his shareholdership. |
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(B) are not restricted by Dutch law. |
(ii) A judgment in a civil or commercial matter rendered by a New York Court cannot be enforced in the Netherlands. However, if a person has obtained a final judgment without appeal in such a matter rendered by a New York Court which is enforceable in New York and files his claim with a Dutch court with jurisdiction, the Dutch court will generally recognise and give effect to the judgment insofar as it finds that (i) the jurisdiction of the New York Court has been based on an internationally generally accepted ground, (ii) proper legal procedures have been observed, (iii) the judgment does not contravene Dutch public policy, and (iv) the judgment is not irreconcilable with a judgment of a Dutch court or an earlier judgment of a foreign court that is capable of being recognised in the Netherlands. |
5.3 |
The opinions in paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2 apply to any Shares, Notes or Warrants issued as part of a Unit. |
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Qualifications |
This opinion is subject to the following qualifications: |
6.1 |
This opinion is subject to any limitations arising from (a) rules relating to bankruptcy, suspension of payments or emergency measures, (b) rules relating to foreign insolvency proceedings (including foreign Insolvency Proceedings), (c) other rules regulating conflicts between rights of creditors, or (d) intervention and other measures in relation to financial enterprises or their affiliated entities. |
6.2 |
The recognition of New York Law as the governing law of the Notes and the Warrants: |
(a) will not prejudice the provisions of the law of the European Union (where appropriate as implemented in the Netherlands) which cannot be derogated from by agreement if all elements relevant to the situation at the time when the relevant Notes or Warrants were issued (other than the choice of New York Law as the governing law of the Notes or Warrants) are located in one or more Member States of the European Union; |
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(i) will not restrict the application of the overriding provisions of Dutch law; and |
(ii) will not prevent effect being given to the overriding provisions of the law of a jurisdiction with which the situation has a close connection; |
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(and for this purpose overriding provisions are provisions the respect for which is regarded as crucial by a jurisdiction for safeguarding its public interests to such an extent that they are applicable to any situation falling within their scope, irrespective of the law otherwise applicable to an agreement);
(c) will not prevent the application of New York Law being refused if it is manifestly incompatible with Dutch public policy ( ordre public ); and |
(d) will not prevent regard having to be had to the law of the jurisdiction in which performance takes place in relation to the manner of performance and the steps to be taken in the event of defective performance. |
6.3 |
The binding effect and enforceability of the submission to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts are subject to limited exceptions, including any applicable exceptions under the Brussels I Regulation and the Lugano Convention. |
6.4 |
Enforcement in the Netherlands of the Notes and the Warrants is subject to Dutch rules of civil procedure. |
6.5 |
Enforceability of the Notes and the Warrants may be limited under the 1977 Sanction Act ( Sanctiewet 1977 ) or otherwise by international sanctions. |
6.6 |
To the extent that Dutch law applies, any provision that the registered holder or depository of a Note may be treated as its owner may not be enforceable under all circumstances. |
6.7 |
To the extent that Dutch law applies, title to a Note may not pass if (i) the Note is not delivered ( geleverd ) in accordance with Dutch law, (ii) the transferor does not have the power to pass on title ( beschikkingsbevoegdheid ) to the Note, or (iii) the transfer of title is not made pursuant to a valid title of transfer ( geldige titel ). |
6.8 |
To the extent that any Indenture or the terms of the Notes or the Warrants constitute general conditions within the meaning of Section 6:231 CC, a holder of a Note or Warrant may nullify ( vernietigen ) a provision therein if (i) the relevant Issuer has not offered the holder a reasonable opportunity to examine that Indenture or those terms, as the case may be, or (ii) the provision, having regard to all relevant circumstances, is unreasonably onerous to the holder. A provision in general conditions as referred to in Section 6:236 CC is deemed to be unreasonably onerous, irrespective of the circumstances, if the holder of a Note or Warrant is a natural person not acting in the conduct of a profession or trade. |
6.9 |
If any Note has been signed on behalf of any Issuer (manually or in facsimile) by a person who is on the signing date, but ceases to be before the date of the Note and its authentication and issue, a duly authorised representative of that Issuer, enforcement of the Note in a Dutch court may require that the holder of the Note submit a copy of the Indenture. |
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6.10 |
Any trust to which the Trust Convention applies, will be recognised subject to the Trust Convention. Any trust to which the Trust Convention does not apply may not be recognised. |
6.11 |
In proceedings in a Dutch court for the enforcement of the Notes, the court may mitigate amounts due in respect of litigation and collection costs. |
6.12 |
To the extent that the terms of the Warrants relate to matters of company law: |
(a) they will be governed by Dutch law; and |
(b) they will be valid, binding on and enforceable against the relevant Issuer: |
(i) subject to the other qualifications in this paragraph 6; and |
(ii) except that the binding effect and enforceability of those terms may be affected by rules of Dutch law which generally apply to contractual arrangements like the Warrants, including (without limitation) the requirements of reasonableness and fairness ( redelijkheid en billijkheid ) and rules relating to force majeure . |
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(a) An extract from the Trade Register does not provide conclusive evidence that the facts set out in it are correct. However, under the 2007 Trade Register Act ( Handelsregisterwet 2007 ), subject to limited exceptions, a legal entity or partnership cannot invoke the incorrectness or incompleteness of its Trade Register registration against third parties who were unaware of the incorrectness or incompleteness. |
(b) A confirmation derived from an Insolvency Register does not provide conclusive evidence that an entity is not subject to Insolvency Proceedings. |
6.14 |
I do not express any opinion on: |
(a) any specific terms of any Note (other than any terms set out in the relevant Indenture) or of any Warrant (other than the right to acquire one or more Shares included in it); |
(b) any lien or any other in rem matters; or |
(c) tax matters. |
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Reliance |
7.1 |
This opinion is an exhibit to the Registration Statement and may be relied upon for the purpose of the Registration. It may not be supplied, and its contents or existence may not be disclosed, to any person other than as an Exhibit to (and therefore together with) the Registration Statement and may not be relied upon for any purpose other than the Registration. |
7.2 |
Each person relying on this opinion agrees, in so relying, that only De Brauw shall have any liability in connection with this opinion, that the agreement in this paragraph 7.2 and all liability and other matters relating to this opinion shall be governed exclusively by Dutch law and that the Dutch courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute relating to this opinion. |
7.3 |
The Issuers may: |
(a) file this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and |
(b) refer to De Brauw giving this opinion in the Exhibit Index in the Registration Statement. |
The previous sentence is no admittance from me (or De Brauw) that I am (or De Brauw is) in the category of persons whose consent for the filing and reference in that paragraph is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or any rules or regulations of the SEC promulgated under it.
Yours faithfully,
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.
/s/ Ferdinand Hengst
Ferdinand Hengst
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Annex 1 Definitions
In this opinion:
Board Certificate means the certificate dated on the date of this opinion attached to this opinion as Annex 2.
Board Regulations means each of:
(a) |
the rules of the LBIs board of directors ( bestuur ) dated 1 June 2018; and |
(b) |
the charter of the Finance Committee of the LBIs board of directors ( bestuur ) dated 1 June 2018. |
Brussels I Regulation means Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
CC means the Civil Code ( Burgerlijk Wetboek ).
Corporate Resolution means each of:
(a) |
a written resolution of LBIs board of directors ( bestuur ) dated 21 February 2019; |
(b) |
a written resolution of LIFs board of directors ( bestuur ) dated 12 February 2019; and |
(c) |
a written resolution of LIF IIs board of directors ( bestuur ) dated 12 February 2019. |
De Brauw means De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.
Dutch law means the law directly applicable in the Netherlands.
Indenture means each of the LBI Indenture, the LIF Indenture and the LIF II Indenture.
Insolvency Proceedings means insolvency proceedings as defined in Article 2(4) of the Insolvency Regulation.
Insolvency Regulation means Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).
Issuer means each of LBI, LIF and LIF II.
LBI means LyondellBasell Industries N.V., with seat in Rotterdam.
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LBI Indenture means the indenture dated 5 March 2015 between LBI as issuer and the Trustee, which is referred to in exhibit 4.8 of the Registration Statement and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on 5 March 2015.
LIF means LYB International Finance B.V., with seat in Rotterdam.
LIF Indenture means the indenture dated 16 July 2013 between LIF as issuer, LBI as guarantor and the Trustee, which is referred to in exhibit 4.12 of the Registration Statement and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on 16 July 2013.
LIF II means LYB International Finance II B.V., with seat in Rotterdam.
LIF II Indenture means the indenture dated 2 March 2016 between LIF II as issuer, LBI as guarantor and the Trustee, which is referred to in exhibit 4.15 of the Registration Statement and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on 2 March 2016.
Lugano Convention means the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
New York Courts means any court of the State of New York or any United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
New York Law means the internal laws of the State of New York.
Notes means any debt securities to be issued by any Issuer after the date of this opinion:
(a) |
in the case of LBI, under the LBI Indenture (which Notes may or may not be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LIF and LIF II); |
(b) |
in the case of LIF, under the LIF Indenture (which Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LBI under the LIF Indenture); or |
(c) |
in the case of LIF II, under the LIF II Indenture (which Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LBI under the LIF II Indenture). |
and include, where the context permits:
(i) |
in relation to an issue of Notes, the terms of those Notes; and |
(ii) |
any Notes forming part of Units. |
Registration means the shelf registration of the Shares and the Notes with the SEC under the Securities Act.
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Registration Statement means the registration statement on form S-3ASR dated 22 February 2019 in relation to the Registration (including the prospectus, but excluding any documents incorporated by reference in it and any exhibits to it).
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shares means any shares, nominal value of EUR 0.04 each, in LBIs capital, including any such shares:
(a) |
issued upon the exercise of Warrants; or |
(b) |
forming part of Units; |
in each case to be issued by LBI after the date of this opinion.
the Netherlands means the part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in Europe.
Trade Register Extract means each of:
(a) |
a Trade Register extract relating to LBI provided by the Chamber of Commerce and dated 21 February 2019; |
(b) |
a Trade Register extract relating to LIF provided by the Chamber of Commerce and dated 21 February 2019; and |
(c) |
a Trade Register extract relating to LIF II provided by the Chamber of Commerce and dated 21 February 2019. |
Trust Convention means the 1985 Convention on the Law applicable to Trusts and their Recognition.
Trustee means, in case of the LBI and LIF Indentures, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and, in case of the LIF II Indenture, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
Units means Units as referred to in the Registration Statement and to be issued by LBI after the date of this opinion.
Warrants means Warrants of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. as referred to in the Registration Statement, including any such Warrants forming part of Units, and to be issued by LBI after the date of this opinion.
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Annex 2 Board Certificate
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BOARD CERTIFICATE
FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
THE UNDERSIGNED:
B.V. Patel acting in its capacity as executive board member ( uitvoerend bestuurder ) and on behalf of and having consulted with the entire board of directors ( bestuur ) of LyondellBasell Industries N.V., a public limited liability company with seat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and having its address at 4 th Floor, One Vine Street, W1J 0AH, London, United Kingdom, (the Issuer ),
BACKGROUND:
(a) The Issuer intends to update, and intends for LIF and LIF II to update, the Registration with the SEC of the Registration Shares, Notes, Warrants and Units. |
(b) In connection with the update of the Registration, on the date of this Board Certificate, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. intends to issue a legal opinion in the form attached to this certificate (the Legal Opinion ). |
(c) This Board Certificate is the Board Certificate as defined in the Legal Opinion. |
(d) The undersigned makes the certifications in this Board Certificate after due and careful consideration and after having made all necessary enquiries. |
1 |
Construction |
1.1 |
Terms defined in the Legal Opinion have the same meaning in this Board Certificate. |
1.2 |
In this Board Certificate including means including without limitation. |
2 |
CERTIFICATION: |
The undersigned certifies the following.
2.1 |
Authenticity |
As at the date of this Board Certificate all information regarding each Issuer registered or on file with the Trade Register is correct, complete and up to date.
2.2 |
Solvency |
None of the Issuers is subject to any bankruptcy proceedings, suspension of payments, emergency measures, or other proceedings under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to insolvency, including those as defined in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).
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2.3 |
General |
The undersigned is not aware of:
(a) any claim (whether actual or threatened and including any claim, litigation, arbitration or administrative or regulatory proceedings) to the contrary of the certifications in this Board Certificate; or |
(b) any fact or circumstance which he or she understands or suspects has or might have any impact on the correctness of the Legal Opinion and which has not been disclosed to De Brauw in writing. |
3 |
RELIANCE |
De Brauw may rely on this Board Certificate including the accuracy of the factual statements therein (without personal liability for the undersigned).
4 |
IN EVIDENCE WHEREOF: |
this Board Certificate was signed in the manner set out below.
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Name : |
B.V. Patel |
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Exhibit 5.2
February 22, 2019
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
4th Floor, One Vine Street
London, W1J0AH
The United Kingdom
LYB International Finance B.V.
Delftseplein 27E
3013AA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
LYB International Finance II B.V.
Delftseplein 27E
3013AA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
LYB International Finance III, LLC
1221 McKinney Street
Houston, Texas, USA 77010
Re: |
Registration Statement on Form S-3 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to LyondellBasell Industries N.V., a public company with limited liability ( naamloze vennootschap ) in the country of The Netherlands ( LyondellBasell ), LYB International Finance B.V., a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap ) in the country of The Netherlands ( LYB Finance ), LYB International Finance II B.V., a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap ) in the country of The Netherlands ( LYB Finance II ), and LYB International Finance III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( LYB Finance III and, together with LyondellBasell, LYB Finance and LYB Finance II, the Companies ), in connection with the filing on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement ), including a base prospectus (the Base Prospectus ), which provides that it will be supplemented by one or more prospectus supplements (each such prospectus supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, a Prospectus ), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act ), relating to the registration for issue and sale of: (i) LyondellBasells ordinary shares, par value 0.04 per share ( Ordinary Shares ); (ii) LyondellBasells warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares ( Warrants ); (iii) one or more series of LyondellBasells debt securities (collectively, LyondellBasell Debt Securities ); (iv) one or more series of LYB Finances debt securities (collectively, LYB Finance Debt Securities ); (v) one or more series of LYB Finance IIs debt securities (collectively, LYB Finance II Debt Securities ); (vi) one or more series of LYB Finance IIs debt securities (collectively, LYB Finance III Debt Securities and, together with the LyondellBasell Debt Securities, the LYB Finance Debt Securities and the LYB Finance II Debt Securities, the Debt
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Securities ); (vii) guarantees of the LyondellBasell Debt Securities by LYB Finance, LYB Finance II and LYB Finance III (the LYB Finance Guarantees ), (viii) guarantees of the LYB Finance Debt Securities, LYB Finance II Debt Securities and LYB Finance III Debt Securities by LyondellBasell (the LyondellBasell Guarantees and, together with the LYB Finance Guarantees, the Guarantees ); and (ix) units consisting of any of the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement ( Units ). The Ordinary Shares, Warrants, Debt Securities, Guarantees and Units are collectively referred to herein as the Offered Securities .
The Offered Securities will be issued under an applicable prospectus supplement and (i) the LyondellBasell Debt Securities will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2015, between LyondellBasell, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as supplemented from time to time, the LyondellBasell Indenture ), (ii) the LYB Finance Debt Securities will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of July 16, 2013, among LYB Finance, as issuer, LyondellBasell, as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, dated as of July 16, 2013 (as supplemented from time to time, the LYB Finance Indenture ), (iii) the LYB Finance II Debt Securities will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2016, among LYB Finance II, as issuer, LyondellBasell, as guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (as supplemented from time to time, the LYB Finance II Indenture ), and (iv) the LYB Finance III Debt Securities will be issued under the form of Indenture, among LYB Finance III, as issuer, LyondellBasell, as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as supplemented from time to time, the LYB Finance III Indenture and, together with the LyondellBasell Indenture, the LYB Finance Indenture and the LYB Finance II Indenture, the Indentures ).
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related applicable Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Offered Securities.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Companies and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various matters concerning the laws of the Netherlands with respect to the Offered Securities are addressed in opinions provided by other counsel. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and, to the extent such matters are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, with respect to any series of the Debt Securities to be offered by the Companies (the Offered Debt Securities ) and any Guarantees of the Offered Debt Securities to be offered by the Companies (the Offered Guarantees ) pursuant to the Registration Statement, when (i) the terms of the Offered Debt Securities and the Offered Guarantees and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable Indenture, (ii) the Offered Debt Securities and the Offered Guarantees have been offered and sold in accordance with the applicable Indenture, the Registration Statement, including the prospectus supplement related thereto, and, if in an underwritten offering, a valid and binding purchase, underwriting or agency agreement, and (iii) the applicable supplemental indenture relating to the Offered Debt Securities and the Offered Guarantees has been duly executed and delivered by each party thereto and the Offered Debt Securities and the Offered Guarantees have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions
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of the applicable Indenture (including the applicable supplemental indenture) and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Offered Debt Securities (including any Debt Securities or Guarantees duly issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Debt Securities) and the Offered Guarantees will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Companies, as applicable, enforceable against each of the Companies, as applicable, in accordance with their terms.
Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties or make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief, (c) the waiver of rights or defenses; (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy; (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of any indebtedness, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon; (f) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest; (g) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety; (h) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights; (i) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights; (j) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies; (k) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations; (l) grants of setoff rights; (m) proxies, powers and trusts; (n) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property; (o) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides; and (p) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.
With your consent, we have assumed (a) that each of the Indentures (including any supplemental indenture thereto) and the Debt Securities and the Guarantees (collectively, the Documents ) will be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, (b) that each of the Documents has been or will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto other than with respect to LYB Finance III, (c) that each of the Documents constitutes or will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Companies, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (d) that the status of each of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties will not be affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or to make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.
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This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading Legal Matters. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. of our report dated February 21, 2019 relating to the financial statements, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in LyondellBasell Industries N.V.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading Experts in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Houston, Texas |
February 22, 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 DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2) |
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association | 94-1347393 | |||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization if not a U.S. national bank) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
101 North Phillips Avenue | ||||
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 57104 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section
MAC N9305-175
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17 th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-4608
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands | 98-0646235 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |||
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
4th Floor, One Vine Street | ||||
London, W1J0AH | ||||
The United Kingdom | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
Item 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. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94120
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.
Item 15. |
Foreign Trustee. Not applicable. |
Item 16. |
List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. |
Exhibit 1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.* | |
Exhibit 2. | A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 14, 2015.* | |
Exhibit 3. | A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 6, 2014.* | |
Exhibit 4. | Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.* | |
Exhibit 5. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 6. | The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. | |
Exhibit 7. | A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. | |
Exhibit 8. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 9. | Not applicable. |
* |
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed as exhibit to the Filing 305B2 dated March 13, 2015 of file number 333-190926. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national 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 Boston and State of Massachusetts on the 11th day of February, 2019.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
Patrick T. Giordano |
Vice President |
EXHIBIT 6
February 11, 2019
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours, |
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
Patrick T. Giordano |
Vice President |
Exhibit 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
at the close of business December 31, 2018, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Cash and balances due from depository institutions: |
||||||||
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin |
$ | 22,427 | ||||||
Interest-bearing balances |
149,483 | |||||||
Securities: |
||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities |
144,679 | |||||||
Available-for-sale securities |
255,037 | |||||||
Equity Securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading |
79 | |||||||
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell: |
||||||||
Federal funds sold in domestic offices |
114 | |||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
41,906 | |||||||
Loans and lease financing receivables: |
||||||||
Loans and leases held for sale |
7,833 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income |
923,885 | |||||||
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses |
9,504 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance |
914,381 | |||||||
Trading Assets |
40,722 | |||||||
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) |
7,982 | |||||||
Other real estate owned |
457 | |||||||
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies |
12,863 | |||||||
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures |
229 | |||||||
Intangible assets |
39,280 | |||||||
Other assets |
51,879 | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total assets |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
LIABILITIES |
||||||||
Deposits: |
||||||||
In domestic offices |
$ | 1,282,404 | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
399,731 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
882,673 | |||||||
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs |
59,567 | |||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
1,084 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
58,483 | |||||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||||||
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices |
6,516 | |||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
5,959 |
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||
Trading liabilities |
11,537 | |||
Other borrowed money |
|
|||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
115,522 | |||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
11,751 | |||
Other liabilities |
30,852 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
$ | 1,524,108 | ||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
|
|||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
519 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
114,541 | |||
Retained earnings |
53,527 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-3,686 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
|
|
|||
Total bank equity capital |
164,901 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
342 | |||
|
|
|||
Total equity capital |
165,243 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities, and equity capital |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||
|
|
I, John R. Shrewsberry, Sr. EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
John R. Shrewsberry
Sr. EVP & CFO
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition 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.
Directors
Enrique Hernandez, Jr
Federico F. Pena
James Quigley
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) |
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association | 94-1347393 | |||
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer | |||
organization if not a U.S. national bank) | Identification No.) | |||
101 North Phillips Avenue |
||||
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 57104 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section
MAC N9305-175
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17 th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-4608
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands | 98-1109195 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |||
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) | |||
Delftseplein 27E 3013AA Rotterdam |
||||
The Netherlands | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands | 98-0646235 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |||
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) | |||
4th Floor, One Vine Street |
||||
London, W1J0AH | ||||
The United Kingdom | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
Item 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. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94120
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.
Item 15. |
Foreign Trustee. Not applicable. |
Item 16. |
List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. |
Exhibit 1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.* |
Exhibit 2. |
A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 14, 2015.* |
|
Exhibit 3. | A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 6, 2014.* | |
Exhibit 4. | Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.* | |
Exhibit 5. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 6. | The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. | |
Exhibit 7. | A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. | |
Exhibit 8. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 9. | Not applicable. |
* |
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed as exhibit to the Filing 305B2 dated March 13, 2015 of file number 333-190926. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national 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 Boston and State of Massachusetts on the 11th day of February, 2019.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
Patrick T. Giordano |
Vice President |
EXHIBIT 6
February 11, 2019
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours, | ||||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
|
||||
Patrick T. Giordano | ||||
Vice President |
Exhibit 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
at the close of business December 31, 2018, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Cash and balances due from depository institutions: |
||||||||
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin |
$ | 22,427 | ||||||
Interest-bearing balances |
149,483 | |||||||
Securities: |
||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities |
144,679 | |||||||
Available-for-sale securities |
255,037 | |||||||
Equity Securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading |
79 | |||||||
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell: |
||||||||
Federal funds sold in domestic offices |
114 | |||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
41,906 | |||||||
Loans and lease financing receivables: |
||||||||
Loans and leases held for sale |
7,833 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income |
923,885 | |||||||
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses |
9,504 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance |
914,381 | |||||||
Trading Assets |
40,722 | |||||||
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) |
7,982 | |||||||
Other real estate owned |
457 | |||||||
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies |
12,863 | |||||||
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures |
229 | |||||||
Intangible assets |
39,280 | |||||||
Other assets |
51,879 | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total assets |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
LIABILITIES |
||||||||
Deposits: |
||||||||
In domestic offices |
$ | 1,282,404 | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
399,731 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
882,673 | |||||||
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs |
59,567 | |||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
1,084 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
58,483 | |||||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||||||
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices |
6,516 | |||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
5,959 |
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||
Trading liabilities |
11,537 | |||
Other borrowed money |
|
|||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
115,522 | |||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
11,751 | |||
Other liabilities |
30,852 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
$ | 1,524,108 | ||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
|
|||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
519 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
114,541 | |||
Retained earnings |
53,527 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-3,686 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
|
|
|||
Total bank equity capital |
164,901 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
342 | |||
|
|
|||
Total equity capital |
165,243 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities, and equity capital |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||
|
|
I, John R. Shrewsberry, Sr. EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
John R. Shrewsberry
Sr. EVP & CFO
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition 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.
Directors
Enrique Hernandez, Jr
Federico F. Pena
James Quigley
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) |
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK | 13-4941247 | |
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer | |
organization if not a U.S. national bank) | Identification no.) |
60 WALL STREET | ||
NEW YORK, NEW YORK | 10005 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Attention: Catherine Wang
Legal Department
60 Wall Street, 36th Floor
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250 7544
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE II B.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
T HE N ETHERLANDS | 98-1287217 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) | |
D ELFTSEPLEIN 27E 3013AA R OTTERDAM |
||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter
The Netherlands | 98-0646235 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
4th Floor, One Vine Street London, W1J0AH The United Kingdom |
||
(Address of principal executive offices |
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
D EBT S ECURITIES
(Title of the Indenture securities)
Item 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 |
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Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) | New York, NY | |||
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Washington, D.C. | |||
New York State Banking Department | Albany, NY |
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
Item 2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.
NA
Item 3. -15. |
Not Applicable |
Item 16. |
List of Exhibits. |
Exhibit 1 - | Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998;Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810. | |||
Exhibit 2 - | Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810. | |||
Exhibit 3 - | Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810. | |||
Exhibit 4 - | Existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated August 30, 2018, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-224828. |
Exhibit 5 - | Not applicable. | |||
Exhibit 6 - | Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810. | |||
Exhibit 7 - | A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. | |||
Exhibit 8 - | Not Applicable. | |||
Exhibit 9 - | Not Applicable. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 19 th day of February , 2019.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | ||||
By: |
/s/ Luke Russell |
|||
Name: Luke Russell | ||||
Title: Assistant Vice President |
Exhibit 7
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | OMB Number 7100-0036 | |||
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | OMB Number 3064-0052 | |||
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | OMB Number 1557-0081 | |||
Approval expires February 28, 2019 | ||||
Page 1 of 84 |
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
|
Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank with Domestic Offices OnlyFFIEC 041 |
Report at the close of business December 31, 2018
This report is required by law: 12 U.S.C. § 324 (State member banks); 12 U.S.C. §1817 (State nonmember banks); 12 U.S.C. §161 (National banks); and 12 U.S.C. §1464 (Savings associations).
20181231
(RCON 9999)
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term bank in this report form refers to both banks and savings associations.
This report form is to be filed by banks with domestic offices only and total consolidated assets of less than $100 billion, except those banks that file the FFIEC 051.
NOTE: Each banks board of directors and senior management are responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, including controls over the Reports of Condition and Income. The Reports of Condition and Income are to be prepared in accordance with federal regulatory authority instructions. The Reports of Condition and Income must be signed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the reporting bank (or by the individual performing an equivalent function) and attested to by not less than two directors (trustees) for state nonmember banks and three directors for state member banks, national banks, and savings associations.
I, the undersigned CFO (or equivalent) of the named bank, attest 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 and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that the Reports of Condition and Income have been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct.
Director (Trustee)
|
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Signature of Chief Financial Officer (or Equivalent) |
Director (Trustee) |
|
01/30/2019 | ||
Date of Signature |
Director (Trustee) |
Submission of Reports
Each bank must file its Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) data by either:
(a) |
Using computer software to prepare its Call Report and then submitting the report data directly to the FFIECs Central Data Repository (CDR), an Internet-based system for data collection (https://cdr.ffiec.gov/cdr/), or |
(b) |
Completing its Call Report in paper form and arranging with a software vendor or another party to convert the data into the electronic format that can be processed by the CDR. The software vendor or other party then must electronically submit the banks data file to the CDR. |
For technical assistance with submissions to the CDR, please contact the CDR Help Desk by telephone at (888) CDR-3111, by fax at (703) 774-3946, or by e-mail at CDR.Help@ffiec.gov.
FDIC Certificate Number | 623 | |
(RSSD 9050) |
To fulfill the signature and attestation requirement for the Reports of Condition and Income for this report date, attach your banks completed signature page (or a photocopy or a computer generated version of this page) to the hard-copy record of the data file submitted to the CDR that your bank must place in its files.
The appearance of your banks hard-copy record of the submitted data file need not match exactly the appearance of the FFIECs sample report forms, but should show at least the caption of each Call Report item and the reported amount.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS |
||
Legal Title of Bank (RSSD 9017) | ||
New York |
||
City (RSSD 9130) | ||
NY |
10005 |
|
State Abbreviation (RSSD 9200) | Zip Code (RSSD 9220) | |
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) | ||
8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81 | ||
(Report only if your institution already has an LEI.) (RCON 9224) |
The estimated average burden associated with this information collection is 55.35 hours per respondent and is expected to vary by institution, depending on individual circumstances. Burden estimates include the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data in the required form, and completing the information collection, but exclude the time for compiling and maintaining business records in the normal course of a respondents activities. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an organization (or a person) is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, and to one of the following: Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551; Legislative and Regulatory Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC 20219; Assistant Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429.
12/2018
FFIEC 041 Page 16 of 84 RC-1 |
Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Banks
and Savings Associations for December 31, 2018
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.
Schedule RCBalance Sheet
1. |
Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. |
2. |
Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. |
3. |
Item 2.c is to be completed only by institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-01, which includes provisions governing the accounting for investments in equity securities. See the instructions for further detail on ASU 2016-01. |
4. |
Includes all securities resale agreements, regardless of maturity. |
5. |
Includes noninterest-bearing demand, time, and savings deposits. |
6. |
Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, Other borrowed money. |
7. |
Includes all securities repurchase agreements, regardless of maturity. |
8. |
Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. |
12/2018
FFIEC 041 Page 17 of 84 RC-2 |
Schedule RCContinued
1a = |
An integrated audit of the reporting institutions financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) or Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the institution |
1b = |
An audit of the reporting institutions financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the institution |
2a = |
An integrated audit of the reporting institutions parent holding companys consolidated financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately) |
2b = |
An audit of the reporting institutions parent holding companys consolidated financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately) |
3 = |
This number is not to be used |
4 = |
Directors examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state-chartering authority) |
5 = |
Directors examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state-chartering authority) |
6 = |
Review of the banks financial statements by external auditors |
7 = |
Compilation of the banks financial statements by external auditors |
8 = |
Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) |
9 = |
No external audit work |
To be reported with the March Report of Condition. |
RCON | Date | ||||||||||
2. Banks fiscal year-end date (report the date in MMDD format) |
8678 | NA | M.2. |
1. |
Includes, but is not limited to, net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and accumulated defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan adjustments. |
2. |
Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares. |
03/2018
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) |
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association | 94-1347393 | |
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer | |
organization if not a U.S. national bank) | Identification No.) |
101 North Phillips Avenue | ||
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 57104 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section
MAC N9305-175
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17 th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-4608
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
LYB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE III, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 81-5180761 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
Jeffrey A. Kaplan | ||
1221 McKinney St. | ||
Houston, Texas | ||
USA | 77010 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands | 98-0646235 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
4th Floor, One Vine Street | ||
London, W1J0AH | ||
The United Kingdom | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
Item 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. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94120
(b) |
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. |
Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.
Item 15. |
Foreign Trustee. Not applicable. |
Item 16. |
List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. |
Exhibit 1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.* | |
Exhibit 2. | A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 14, 2015.* | |
Exhibit 3. | A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certification of Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated January 6, 2014.* | |
Exhibit 4. | Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.* | |
Exhibit 5. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 6. | The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. | |
Exhibit 7. | A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. | |
Exhibit 8. | Not applicable. | |
Exhibit 9. | Not applicable. |
* |
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed as exhibit to the Filing 305B2 dated March 13, 2015 of file number 333-190926. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national 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 Boston and State of Massachusetts on the 11th day of February, 2019.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
|
||
Patrick T. Giordano | ||
Vice President |
EXHIBIT 6
February 11, 2019
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours, | ||||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
|
||||
Patrick T. Giordano | ||||
Vice President |
Exhibit 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
at the close of business December 31, 2018, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Cash and balances due from depository institutions: |
||||||||
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin |
$ | 22,427 | ||||||
Interest-bearing balances |
149,483 | |||||||
Securities: |
||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities |
144,679 | |||||||
Available-for-sale securities |
255,037 | |||||||
Equity Securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading |
79 | |||||||
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell: |
||||||||
Federal funds sold in domestic offices |
114 | |||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
41,906 | |||||||
Loans and lease financing receivables: |
||||||||
Loans and leases held for sale |
7,833 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income |
923,885 | |||||||
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses |
9,504 | |||||||
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance |
914,381 | |||||||
Trading Assets |
40,722 | |||||||
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) |
7,982 | |||||||
Other real estate owned |
457 | |||||||
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies |
12,863 | |||||||
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures |
229 | |||||||
Intangible assets |
39,280 | |||||||
Other assets |
51,879 | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total assets |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
LIABILITIES |
||||||||
Deposits: |
||||||||
In domestic offices |
$ | 1,282,404 | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
399,731 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
882,673 | |||||||
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs |
59,567 | |||||||
Noninterest-bearing |
1,084 | |||||||
Interest-bearing |
58,483 | |||||||
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
||||||||
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices |
6,516 | |||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
5,959 |
Dollar Amounts
In Millions |
||||
Trading liabilities |
11,537 | |||
Other borrowed money |
|
|||
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
115,522 | |||
Subordinated notes and debentures |
11,751 | |||
Other liabilities |
30,852 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
$ | 1,524,108 | ||
EQUITY CAPITAL |
|
|||
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
0 | |||
Common stock |
519 | |||
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
114,541 | |||
Retained earnings |
53,527 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
-3,686 | |||
Other equity capital components |
0 | |||
|
|
|||
Total bank equity capital |
164,901 | |||
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
342 | |||
|
|
|||
Total equity capital |
165,243 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities, and equity capital |
$ | 1,689,351 | ||
|
|
I, John R. Shrewsberry, Sr. EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
John R. Shrewsberry
Sr. EVP & CFO
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition 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.
Directors
Enrique Hernandez, Jr
Federico F. Pena
James Quigley