OM Asset Management plc
(a public limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales)
$250,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2026
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: July 20, 2016
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
(a public limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales)
$250,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2026
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
July 20, 2016
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters named on
Schedule A
hereto
c/o
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
OM Asset Management plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “
Company
”) confirms its agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and each of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A
hereto (collectively, the “
Underwriters
,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in
Section 10
hereof), for whom Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “
Representatives
”), with respect to the issuance and sale by Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $250,000,000 principal amount of its 4.800% Notes due 2026 (the “
Securities
”) as set forth in
Schedules A
hereto. The Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the “
Base Indenture
”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “
Trustee
”), and Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “
Securities Administrator
”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture (the “
First Supplemental Indenture
” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “
Indenture
”) to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-207781) covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
1933 Act
”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “
1933 Act Regulations
”), which shelf registration statement has been declared effective. Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto to such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (“
Rule 430B
”), and is referred to herein as the “
Registration Statement
;” provided, however, that the “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Securities, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations is herein called the “
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
,” and from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations (“
Rule 424(b)
”). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (“
EDGAR
”). As used in this Agreement:
“
Applicable Time
” means 6:25 P.M., New York City time, on July 20, 2016 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
“
General Disclosure Package
” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the most recent preliminary prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time.
“
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“
Rule 433
”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“
Rule 405
”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus
” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “
bona fide
electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in
Schedule B
hereto.
“
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus
” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
1934 Act
”), which is incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SECTION 1.
Representations and Warranties
.
(a)
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and the Closing Time (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i)
Registration Statement and Prospectuses
. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus included in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “
1934 Act Regulations
”).
(ii)
Accurate Disclosure
. The Registration Statement, at its effective time or at the Closing Time, does not contain or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the Closing Time, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished by any Underwriter shall be the information in the the second, third and fourth sentences of the third paragraph and the seventh paragraph of text and following bullet points under the heading “Underwriting”, in each case contained in the preliminary prospectus included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “
Underwriter Information
”).
(iii)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
(iv)
Company Not Ineligible Issuer
. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a
bona fide
offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(v)
No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights
. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.
(vi)
Independent Accountants
. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.
(vii)
Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures
. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP
”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented, except in the case of unaudited financial statements which are subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the exclusion of certain footnotes as permitted by the applicable rules of the Commission. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein, except in the case of any “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission). Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(viii)
No Material Adverse Change in Business
. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “
Material Adverse Effect
”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares in amounts per ordinary share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its share capital.
(ix)
Good Standing of the Company
. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a public limited company in good standing under the laws of England and Wales and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(x)
Good Standing of Subsidiaries
. Each Affiliate (as defined in the Prospectus) and each other “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “
Subsidiary
” and, collectively, the “
Subsidiaries
”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding share capital, common stock or membership interests (as applicable) of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable, and the share capital, common stock or membership interests, as applicable, owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, are owned free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding share capital, common stock or membership interests (as applicable) of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (A) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and (B) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(xi)
Capitalization
. All the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column titled “actual” under the heading “Capitalization” (except pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus).
(xii)
Authorization of Agreement
. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xiii)
Authorization of the Indenture
. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(xiv)
Authorization of the Securities
. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xv)
Accuracy of Statements
. The statements in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
(xvi)
Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts
. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, except for such violations in the case of the subsidiaries that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “
Agreements and Instruments
”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “
Governmental Entity
”), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein (including the issuance and sale of the Securities) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “
Repayment Event
” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xvii)
Absence of Labor Dispute
. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii)
Dividends by Subsidiaries
. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(xix)
Absence of Proceedings
. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Indenture, or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx)
[
Reserved
.]
(xxi)
Absence of Further Requirements
. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity (as defined below) is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the Indenture, or in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, except such as have been already obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations, the 1934 Act, state securities laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“
FINRA
”).
(xxii)
Possession of Licenses and Permits
. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “
Governmental Licenses
”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiii)
Title to Property
. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (B) would not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the material leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such material lease or sublease.
(xxiv)
Possession of Intellectual Property
. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or have the right to use, or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “
Intellectual Property
”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, except as, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding), singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxv)
Environmental Laws
. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “
Hazardous Materials
”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “
Environmental Laws
”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws for the operation of their business or the occupancy of real property by them and are each in compliance in all material respects with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters,
claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, proceedings or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigations relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation under any Environmental Law, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(xxvi)
Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls
. The Company maintains for itself and its subsidiaries effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13‑a15 and 15d‑15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, the Company is not aware of (1) any material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) or (2) any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
The Company maintains an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a‑15 and Rule 15d‑15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure
(xxvii)
Payment of Taxes
. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company or its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or the relevant subsidiary, as applicable. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its subsidiaries in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined or otherwise closed to assessment are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income or corporation tax for any such years, except to the extent of any inadequacy in
respect of such accruals and reserves that would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii)
Insurance
. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company’s management reasonably believes is adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their businesses, taken as a whole, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain reasonably comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
(xxix)
Investment Company Act
. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
1940 Act
”).
(xxx)
Absence of Manipulation
. Neither the Company nor any controlled affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any controlled affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(xxxi)
Tax Matters
. The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and, “Certain United Kingdom Tax Considerations” fairly summarize the matters therein described in all material respects.
(xxxii)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “
FCPA
”) or the Bribery Act of 2010 of the United Kingdom, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “
UK Bribery Act
”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA), “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the UK Bribery Act) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or the UK Bribery Act and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its controlled affiliates and subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxiii)
Money Laundering Laws
. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and
reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “
Money Laundering Laws
”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxiv)
OFAC
. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, affiliate, agent, employee or representative of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“
Person
”), or is controlled by a Person that is, currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“
OFAC
”), the United Nations Security Council (“
UNSC
”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“
HMT
”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “
Sanctions
”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions. For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
(xxxv)
[Reserved.]
(xxxvi)
Lending Relationship
.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities.
(xxxvii)
Statistical and Market-Related Data
. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(xxxviii)
Ratings
. No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company relating to any rating assigned to the Company, or any securities of the Company or, (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering (A) the downgrading, suspension, or withdrawal of, or any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in, any rating so assigned, or (B) any change in the outlook for any rating of the Company or any securities of the Company.
(xxxix)
No Solicitation
. The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of the Company (except as contemplated in this Agreement).
(xl)
UK Withholding Taxes
. No income, capital gains, transfer or other taxes are imposed, by withholding, by the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein on (i) any interest paid on the Securities to the holders or beneficial owners of the Securities, or (ii) the disposition of the Securities by the holders or beneficial owners of the Securities.
(xli)
UK Stamp Taxes
. No stock, stamp, issuance, transfer, transaction, documentary, registration, capital or other similar tax, fee, charge or duty is assessable or payable by or on behalf of, or imposed on, any Underwriter to or by the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and no capital gains, income or withholding tax or similar tax is assessable or payable by or on behalf of, or imposed on, any Underwriter to or by the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (except in the case of any capital gains, income or withholding or similar tax as a result of an Underwriter having a connection to the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein other than merely its execution of, receipt (or deemed receipt) of payments under, performance of its obligations under, and enforcement of, this Agreement), in any case, in connection with: (A) the offer, sale, transfer and delivery of the Securities to or for the account of such Underwriter in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (B) the offer, sale, transfer and delivery by such Underwriter of the Securities to subsequent purchasers thereof, (C) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and (D) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, and any payments made to the Underwriters pursuant to, this Agreement.
(xlii)
No License
. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and subject to the relevant exequatur procedure, any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered by any court of the State of New York or of the United States located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency therein without reexamination, review of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or re-litigation of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty.
(b)
Officer’s Certificates
. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company and not by such officer in his personal capacity to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 1.
Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing
.
(a)
Securities
. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the respective aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule A hereto. The purchase price for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company shall be equal to 99.169% of the principal amount thereof. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters intend initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
(b)
Delivery and Payment
. Payment of the purchase price for and delivery of the Securities shall be made at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP. Such payment and delivery shall be made at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on July 25, 2016. The time at which such payment and delivery are to be made is hereinafter called the “
Closing Date
.”
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against the registration of the Securities in the name of Cede & Co. and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to the respective accounts of the Underwriters. It is
understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder. It is understood that any transfer or delivery of Securities shall only be made through the facilities of DTC and any agreement for the transfer of the Securities shall only be made in respect of Securities held within the facilities of DTC in accordance with the settlement and delivery mechanisms provided for in this Section 2.
SECTION 2.
Covenants of the Company
.
(a)
The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(i)
Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests
. The Company, subject to
Section 3(b)
, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will, until the distribution of the Securities is completed (and the Underwriters will advise the Company upon request as to the completion of the distribution of the Securities), notify the Representatives promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the as promptly as practicable.
(ii)
Continued Compliance with Securities Laws
. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the Underwriters will advise the Company upon request as to the completion of the distribution of the Securities. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“
Rule 172
”), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (the “
Prospectus Delivery
Period
”), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of the counsel for the Underwriters identified in
Section 5(f)
or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object, it being understood such objection shall not be unreasonable; provided further that such ability to object will no longer be in effect after 90 days from the date hereof. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object (other than a document that the Company believes in good faith, based on advice of counsel, it is required by law to file).
(iii)
Delivery of Registration Statements
. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and the counsel for the Underwriters identified in
Section 5(f)
, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and conformed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(iv)
Delivery of Prospectuses
. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S‑T.
(v)
Blue Sky Qualifications
. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(vi)
Rule 158
. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(vii)
Use of Proceeds
. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(viii)
Listing
. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Securities listed and admitted to trading on The New York Stock Exchange or another “recognised stock exchange” (as defined in Section 1005 of the United Kingdom Income Tax Act 2007), and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.
(ix)
Restriction on Sale of Securities
. From and including the date of this Agreement through and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly issue, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option or right to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any debt securities of or guaranteed by the Company, that are similar to the Securities (other than the Securities issued under this Agreement) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any debt securities of or guaranteed by the Company that are similar to the Securities.
(x)
Reporting Requirements
. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations.
(xi)
No Manipulation
. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the 1934 Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(xii)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on
Schedule B
hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission
(xiii)
Final Term Sheet
. The Company will prepare a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “
Final Term Sheet
”). Any such Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement. A form of the Final Term Sheet for the Securities is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(xiv)
Notice of Inability to Use Shelf Registration Statement
. If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act Rules and Regulations or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act Rules and Regulation notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
(xv)
Tax Withholding
. All amounts paid (or deemed to be paid) pursuant to this Agreement (including any underwriting discount) by the Company to each of the Underwriters hereunder shall, except as required by law, be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, deductions, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereinafter imposed, levied, collected, deducted or assessed by any jurisdiction, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (“
Taxes
”). If the Company is required by law to make any such
withholding or deduction for or on account of Taxes, excluding Taxes imposed, levied, collected or assessed by reason of such Underwriter having some connection with the relevant jurisdiction other than merely its execution of, receipt (or deemed receipt) of payments under, performance of its obligations under, and enforcement of, this Agreement (all such excluded Taxes, “
Excluded Taxes
”), then amounts payable by the Company under this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law, be increased to such amount as is necessary to yield and remit to each Underwriter an amount which, after deduction of all Excluded Taxes (excluding all Excluded Taxes payable on such increased payments) equals the amount that would have been payable if no Taxes applied. In addition, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Underwriters harmless against any Taxes which they are required to pay in respect of any amount paid by the Company under this Agreement save for any Taxes imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable by any Underwriter under the law of the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) where it is incorporated, tax resident or where the branch through which it acts is located.
(xvi)
Value Added Tax
. All payments (including any payment by way of discount) to the Underwriters are exclusive of value added tax. The Company will pay each Underwriter, upon the delivery of a valid value added tax invoice, any value added tax for which such Underwriter or a member of its group must account in connection with the execution or delivery, or performance by such Underwriter of their obligations under, this Agreement.
(b)
The Company agrees that unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule B hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information in relation to the Company contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in relation to the Company, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at the expense of the Company, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
SECTION 3.
Payment of Expenses
(a)
Expenses
. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses (including any irrevocable value added tax on such expense) incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs
associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer and other stamp taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance, transfer or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(a)(v)
hereof, including filing fees but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 100% of the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show (it being understood that the lodging, commercial airfare and individual expenses of the Underwriters shall be the responsibility of the Underwriters), (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, provided that the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this subclause (viii) do not exceed $15,000 in the aggregate, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, (x) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (xi) all expenses and listing fees in connection with the clearance and settlement of the Securities through the facilities of DTC, Euroclear Bank SA/NV or Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme
, as the case may be, (xii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, and (xiii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood and agreed that except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6 and Section 7, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel.
(b)
Termination of Agreement
. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5(p), Section 9(a)(i)
or
(iii)
,
Section 10
(but only with respect to non-defaulting underwriters) or
Section 11
hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters identified in Section 5(f).
SECTION 4.
Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations
. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a)
Effectiveness of Registration Statement
. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A prospectus containing the
information required pursuant to Rule 430B, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B.
(b)
Opinion of Counsel for Company
. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in
Exhibit A
hereto.
(c)
Opinion of UK Counsel for the Company
. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP, UK counsel for the Company, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B
hereto.
(d)
Opinion of UK Tax Counsel for the Company.
At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, UK tax counsel for the Company, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in
Exhibit C
hereto.
(e)
Opinion of General Counsel for the Company.
At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Richard Hart, Esq., General Counsel for the Company, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in
Exhibit D
hereto
(f)
Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters
. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(g)
Officers’ Certificate
. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.
(h)
Accountant’s Comfort Letter
. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i)
Bring-down Comfort Letter
. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to
subsection (h)
of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(j)
Indenture.
The Company shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Representatives shall have received executed copies thereof.
(k)
Securities
. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l)
No Objection
. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
(m)
Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate
. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Stephen H. Belgrad, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a certificate, dated such date, in the form of
Exhibit E
hereto and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such certificate for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(n)
No Downgrade
. Since the time of the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(o)
Additional Documents
. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel for the Underwriters identified in
Section 5(f)
shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
(p)
Termination of Agreement
. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement and the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the Securities may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 4(c)
and except that
Sections 1
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
15
,
16
and
17
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.
Indemnification
.
(a)
Indemnification of Underwriters
. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “
Affiliate
”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto), or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the prior approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (“
Marketing Materials
”), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, referred to in (i) above to the extent the same is not paid under (i) above; provided that (subject to
Section 6(c)
below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, referred to in (i) above to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided
, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), including any information
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b)
Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers.
Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(c)
Actions against Parties; Notification
. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not actually and materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses or otherwise) as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 6(a)
above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 6(b)
above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this
Section 6
or
Section 7
hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d)
Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse
. The indemnifying party under this
Section 6
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonably incurred fees and expenses of counsel in accordance with this
Section 6
, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 calendar days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 calendar days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(e)
[Reserved
.]
SECTION 6.
Contribution
. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6
hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 7
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 7
. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this
Section 7
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The provisions set forth in
Section 6
hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this
Section 7
; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under
Section 6
hereof for purposes of indemnification.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7
, (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public and (ii) the Company shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Company from the sale of Securities sold by the Company hereunder.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this
Section 7
, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7
are several in proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in
Schedule A
hereto and not joint.
SECTION 7.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 8.
Termination of Agreement
.
(a)
Termination
. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Representatives, material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by either of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by Federal or New York authorities or by the authorities of England and Wales.
(b)
Liabilities
. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 4
hereof, and provided further that
Sections 1
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
15
,
16
and
17
shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9.
Default by One or More of the Underwriters
. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “
Defaulted Securities
”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i)
if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportion that its respective underwriting obligation hereunder bears to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii)
if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven calendar days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section 10
.
SECTION 11.
Default by the Company
. If the Company shall fail at the Closing Time, to sell and deliver the number of Securities which Company is obligated to sell hereunder, then the Underwriters may, at the option of the Representatives, by notice from the Representatives to the Company, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the fault of any non-defaulting party except that the provisions of
Sections 1
,
4
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
15
,
16
and
17
shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the Company has agreed to sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this
Section 11
shall relieve the Company so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
In the event of a default by the Company as referred to in this
Section 11
, each of the Representatives and the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven calendar days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 12.
Notices
. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Facsimile: (646) 291-1469, attention of General Counsel and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-02 New York, New York 10020, Facsimile: (646) 855-5958, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal, in each case with a copy to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, attention of Paul D. Tropp; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 200 Clarendon Street, 53rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, attention of Richard Hart, Esq. with a copy to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP at 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178, attention of Christina E. Melendi.
SECTION 13.
No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship
. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or its respective shareholders, stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 14.
Parties
. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons, Affiliates and officers and directors referred to in
Sections 6
and
7
and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15.
Trial by Jury
. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 16.
GOVERNING LAW
. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
SECTION 17.
Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity
. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“
Related Proceedings
”) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “
Specified Courts
”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “
Related Judgment
”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The submission by the Company to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
federal or state courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and service of process made in the manner set forth in this Agreement will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company for purposes of proceedings in such courts under the laws of England and Wales. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party 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 the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified 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 Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.
SECTION 18.
Judgment Currency
. In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that is expressed and paid in a currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States dollars with such other currency on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder and the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the United States dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder. The foregoing indemnities shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Underwriters, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid.
SECTION 19.
Certain Agreements of the Underwriters
. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as follows:
(a)
It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on
Schedule B
hereto or prepared pursuant to
Sections 1(a)(iii)
or
3(xii)
above (including any electronic road show), or (ii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (ii), an “
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
”);
(b)
It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; and
(c)
It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the prospectus delivery period required by Section 4(a)(3) of the 1933 Act and Rule 174 of the 1933 Act Regulations).
SECTION 20.
TIME
. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 21.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 22.
Effect of Headings
. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:
/s/ Jack D. McSpadden___________________________
Authorized Signatory
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
By:
/s/ Randolph Randolph___________________________
Authorized Signatory
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A
hereto.
SCHEDULE A
|
|
|
Name of Underwriter
|
Principal Amount of
Securities to be Purchased
|
|
|
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
|
$81,250,000
|
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
|
$81,250,000
|
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
|
$25,000,000
|
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
|
$25,000,000
|
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
|
$12,500,000
|
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
$12,500,000
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
|
$12,500,000
|
|
|
Total
|
$250,000,000
|
SCHEDULE B
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
Final Term Sheet dated July 20, 2016
SCHEDULE C
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated as of July 20, 2016
Registration Statement No. 333-
207781
Term Sheet to Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement dated July 20, 2016
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OM Asset Management plc
4.800%Notes due 2026
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Issuer:
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OM Asset Management plc (“Company”)
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Security:
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4.800% Notes due 2026
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Offering Format:
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SEC-registered
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Trade Date:
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July 20, 2016
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Expected Settlement Date:
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July 25, 2016 (T+3)
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Principal Amount:
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$250,000,000
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Maturity:
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July 27, 2026
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Interest Payment Dates:
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January 27 and July 27, commencing January 27, 2017 (long first coupon)
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Denominations:
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$2,000 and increments of $1,000 (in excess thereof)
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Optional Redemption:
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Company may redeem
all or a portion of the notes at any time, or from time to time,
at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount or (2)
the sum of the present values of the principal amount and the remaining scheduled payments of interest on the notes to be redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
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Redemption for Tax Reasons:
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Company may redeem the notes in whole, but not in part, at 100% of the principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date if certain changes in the law of any relevant taxing jurisdiction become effective that would impose withholding taxes on the payments on the notes.
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Benchmark Treasury:
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1.625% due May 15, 2026
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Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:
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100-15; 1.573%
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Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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T + 325 basis points
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Yield:
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4.823%
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Coupon:
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4.800%
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Price to Public:
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99.819%
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Net Proceeds to Issuer (before expenses):
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$247,922,500
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CUSIP / ISIN:
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67110KAA9/US67110KAA97
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Expected Ratings and Outlook*:
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Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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Co-Managers:
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BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
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*
Note:
A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The information in this pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 20, 2016 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and updates and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. For more complete information about the offering, you should review the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Terms used and not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
The issuer has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may obtain copies from Citigroup Global Markets Inc. by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, or calling 1-800-831-9146 (toll-free), or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated by calling or e-mailing Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 or dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.
This pricing term sheet does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S UK COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S UK TAX COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(d)
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S GENERAL COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(e)
FORM OF CFO CERTIFICATE
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(m)
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC, as Issuer,
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
AND
CITIBANK, N.A., as Securities Administrator
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF July 25, 2016
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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10
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Section 1.03.
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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10
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Section 1.04.
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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11
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Section 1.05.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Securities Administrator and Company 12
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Section 1.06.
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Notice to Holders; Waiver
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13
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Section 1.07.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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13
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Section 1.08.
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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Section 1.09.
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 1.10.
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Separability Clause
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14
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Section 1.11.
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Benefits of Indenture
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14
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Section 1.12.
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Governing Law
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14
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Section 1.13.
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Legal Holidays
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14
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Section 1.14.
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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14
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Section 1.15.
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Force Majeure
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14
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Section 1.16.
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USA PATRIOT Act
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15
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ARTICLE TWO
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SECURITY FORMS
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15
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Section 2.01.
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Forms Generally
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15
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Section 2.02.
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Form of Face of Security
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Section 2.03.
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Form of Reverse of Security
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Section 2.04.
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Form of Legend for Global Securities
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Section 2.05.
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Form of Securities Administrator’s Certificate of Authentication 21
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ARTICLE THREE
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THE SECURITIES
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21
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Section 3.01.
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.02.
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Denominations
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24
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Section 3.03.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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24
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Section 3.04.
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Temporary Securities
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Section 3.05.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.06.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 3.07.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Section 3.08.
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Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 3.09.
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Cancellation
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30
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 3.10.
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Computation of Interest
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30
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Section 3.11.
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CUSIP Numbers
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30
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ARTICLE FOUR
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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30
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Section 4.01.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 4.02.
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE
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REMEDIES
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Section 5.01.
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Events of Default
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Section 5.02.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.03.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee 34
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Section 5.04.
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.05.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.06.
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Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.07.
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Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 5.09.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12.
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Control by Holders
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Section 5.13.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14.
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Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15.
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX
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THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
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Section 6.01.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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Section 6.02.
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.03.
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Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.04.
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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Section 6.05.
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May Hold Securities
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Section 6.06.
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Money Held in Trust
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Section 6.07.
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Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section 6.08.
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Conflicting Interests
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Section 6.09.
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Section 6.10.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 6.11.
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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Section 6.12.
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 6.13.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
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Section 6.14.
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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Section 6.15.
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Regarding the Securities Administrator
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY 48
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Section 7.01.
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.02.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 7.03.
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Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04.
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Reports by Company
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ARTICLE EIGHT
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.01.
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Section 8.02.
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Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.02.
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
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Section 9.03.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.04.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.05.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.06.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE TEN
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COVENANTS
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Section 10.01.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 10.02.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 10.03.
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.04.
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Statement by Officers as to Default
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Section 10.05.
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Existence
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Section 10.06.
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Maintenance of Properties
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Section 10.07.
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Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
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Section 10.08.
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Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 11.01.
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Applicability of Article
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Section 11.02.
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee and the Securities Administrator 57
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Section 11.03.
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Selection by Securities Administrator of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.04.
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Notice of Redemption
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Section 11.05.
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 11.06.
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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Section 11.07.
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.01.
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Applicability of Article
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Section 12.02.
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Section 12.03.
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.01.
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Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 61
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Section 13.02.
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Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 13.03.
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Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.04.
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.05.
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 13.06.
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Reinstatement
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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ss.310(a)(1)
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6.09
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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6.08
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ss.311(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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ss.312(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.02
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(c)
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7.02
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ss.313(a)
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7.03
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(b)
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7.03
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(c)
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7.03
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(d)
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7.03
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ss.314(a)
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7.04
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(a)(4)
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1.01
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.02
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(c)(2)
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1.02
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(d)
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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1.02
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ss.315(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.02
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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6.01
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(e)
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5.14
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ss.316(a)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.02
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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5.08
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(c)
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1.04
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ss.317(a)(1)
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5.03
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(a)(2)
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5.04
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(b)
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10.03
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ss.318(a)
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1.07
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NOTE:
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of July 25, 2016, between OM Asset Management plc, a public limited company formed and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the
“Company”
), having its principal office at 5th Floor, Millennium Bridge House, 2 Lambeth Hill, London, United Kingdom EC4V 4GG, Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”
) and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (herein called the “
Securities Administrator
”)
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
“
generally accepted accounting principles
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with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the Issue Date;
(d) unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, all calculations or determinations of a Person shall be performed or made on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
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Article
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or a
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Section
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refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(f) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article 14, are defined in that Article.
“
Act
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, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
“
Affiliate
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of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control”
when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable Procedures”
means, with respect to any selection of Securities, a transfer or exchange of or for the beneficial interest in any Global Securities, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such action.
“
Authenticating Agent
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means any Person authorized by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Securities Administrator to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
“
Bankruptcy Code
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means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
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Board of Directors
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means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“
Board Resolution
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means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
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Business Day
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, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and shall otherwise mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions at the place where any specified act pursuant to this Indenture is to occur are authorized or obligated by or pursuant to law, regulation or executive order to close at the location of each applicable Corporate Trust Office.
“
Capital Lease Obligation
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means, at any time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
“
Change of Control
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means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation) in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole to any
“
person
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(as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the voting power of the voting stock of the Company by way of merger or consolidation or otherwise; or
(iv) the Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the Company then in office.
For purposes of this definition, any transfer of an Equity Interest of an entity that was formed for the purpose of acquiring voting stock of the Company shall be deemed to be a transfer of such portion of such voting stock as corresponds to the portion of the equity of such entity that has been so transferred.
“
Commission
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means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“
Company
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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.
“
Continuing Directors
”
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date, or (ii) was appointed or nominated for election by the Permitted Holder or nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such appointment, nomination or election.
“
Company Request
”
or
“
Company Order
”
means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its President, and, without duplication, by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office
”
means (i) with respect to the Trustee, Wilmington Trust, National Association, Corporate Capital Markets, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 199890, Attention: OM Asset Management plc and (ii) with respect to the Securities Administrator, (A) solely for the purpose of transfer, surrender, exchange or presentment of Securities for final payment, 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, Attention: Citibank Agency & Trust - OM Asset Management plc and (B) for all other purposes, 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10013, Attention Citibank Agency & Trust - OM Asset Management plc.
“
Corporation
”
means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.
“
Covenant Defeasance
”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.03.
“
Default
”
means any event that is, or after the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“
Defaulted Interest
”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
“
Defeasance
”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“
Depositary
”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“
Disqualified Stock
”
means any Share Capital that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than upon a Change of Control of the Company in circumstances where the holders of the Securities would have similar rights), in whole or in part on or prior to one year after the Stated Maturity of the Securities.
“
Equity Interests
”
means Share Capital and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Share Capital (including any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Share Capital).
“
Event of Default
”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“
Exchange Act
”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“
Expiration Date
”
has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
“
GAAP
”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“
Global Security
”
means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).
“
Guarantee
”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit and or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
“
Hedging Obligations
”
means, with respect to any Person, the Obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
“
Holder
”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“
Incur
”
means, with respect to any obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur, assume or directly or indirectly guarantee or in any other manner become directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness (and
“
incurrence
”
,
“
incurred
”
,
“
incurable
”
and
“
incurring
”
shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
“
Indebtedness
”
means, with respect to any Person, whether or not contingent, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, (iv) all Hedging Obligations of such Person, (v) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof to the extent of the value of the property subject to such Lien, and (vi) to the extent not otherwise included, any guarantee by such person of any other Person’s indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
“
Indenture
”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “
Indenture
”
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“
Interest
”
, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“
Interest Payment Date
”
, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“
Investment Company Act
”
means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“
Issue Date
”
means the date of initial issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Lien
”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in any asset and any filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the
“
Uniform Commercial Code
”
(or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
“
Maturity
”
, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“
Notice of Default
”
means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(d).
“
Officer
”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
“
Officers’ Certificate
”
means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company.
“
Opinion of Counsel
”
means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“
Ordinary Shares
”
of any Person means Share Capital of such Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Share Capital of any other class of such Person.
“
Original Issue Discount Security
”
means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
“
Outstanding
”
, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Securities Administrator or delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Securities Administrator or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Securities Administrator has been made;
(iii) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 13.02; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Securities Administrator proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator has been notified in writing by the Company to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
“
Paying Agent
”
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“
Permitted Holder
”
means Old Mutual plc and any Affiliate of Old Mutual plc.
“
Person
”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).
“
Place of Payment
”
, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“
Predecessor Security
”
of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“
Redemption Date
”
, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Redemption Price
”
, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Regular Record Date
”
for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“
Responsible Officer
”
, when used with respect to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, means any officer within the corporate trust administration (or any successor group), including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer, assistant trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers; in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“
Restricted Subsidiary
”
means a Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“
Securities
”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“
Securities Act
”
means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“
Securities Administrator
”
means the Person named as the
“
Securities Administrator
”
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Securities Administrator shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Securities Administrator” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Securities Administrator hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“
Securities Administrator
”
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Securities Administrator with respect to Securities of that series.
“
Security Register
”
and
“
Security Registrar
”
have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“
Share
Capital
”
means (i) in the case of a company or corporation, share capital or capital stock, (ii) in the case of any association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated), share capital or capital stock and (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and 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, such partnership.
“
Special Record Date
”
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 3.07.
“
Stated Maturity
”
means with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Subsidiary
”
means with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Share Capital entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
“
Trustee
”
means the Person named as the
“
Trustee
”
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“
Trustee
”
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“
Trust Indenture Act
”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed;
provided
,
however
, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
“
Trust Indenture Act
”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary
”
means any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of the Company, as provided below) and any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if all of the following conditions apply: (a) neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries provides credit support for any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness), (b) such Subsidiary is not liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any Indebtedness other than Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness, and (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary does not own any Share Capital of any Subsidiary of the Company that has not theretofore been or is not simultaneously being designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a board resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the foregoing conditions. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary.
“
U.S. Government Obligation
”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.04.
“
Vice President
”
, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.
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Section 1.02.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 10.04) shall include:
(1)
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2)
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3)
a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4)
a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 1.03.
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
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Section 1.04.
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series;
provided
that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company may designate any day as the
“
Expiration Date
”
and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided
that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Trustee in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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Section 1.05.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Securities Administrator and Company.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(1)
the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to the applicable Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, that any such document provided to either of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall also be provided to the Securities Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, regardless of whether or not so explicitly stated in this Agreement; or
(2)
the Company by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at
the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
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Section 1.06.
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Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid (or as it relates to the Global Securities, delivered electronically according to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary), to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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Section 1.07.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
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Section 1.08.
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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Section 1.09.
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Successors and Assigns.
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All agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements in this Indenture by the Trustee shall bind its successors. All agreements in this Indenture by the Securities Administrator shall bind its successors and assigns.
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Section 1.10.
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Separability Clause.
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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Section 1.11.
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Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section 1.12.
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Governing Law.
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This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
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Section 1.13.
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Legal Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity and no interest shall accrue during such period on account of such delay.
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Section 1.14.
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Waiver of Jury Trial.
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EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 1.15.
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Force Majeure.
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In no event shall the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 1.16.
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USA PATRIOT Act.
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The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Securities Administrator, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Securities Administrator. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Securities Administrator with such information as it may request in order for the Securities Administrator to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act. Such information may include but is not limited to the name, address, U.S. tax identification number (if applicable) of the individual or entity opening the account, formation documents such as articles of incorporation and an offering memorandum.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.01.
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Forms Generally.
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The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Securities Administrator at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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Section 2.02.
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Form of Face of Security.
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[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
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[up to]$__________________
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OM Asset Management plc, a public limited company formed and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the
“
Company
”
, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [__________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [__________] Dollars on [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
on [__________] and [__________] of each year, commencing [__________ ___, 20__], at the rate of [●]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of [●]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the [__________] or [__________] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of [●]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [●]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand. Interest shall by computed on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months.]
[Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Securities Administrator, as Paying Agent, maintained for that purpose in [__________] in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and, in the case of Global Securities, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depository.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Dated:
Attest:
Title:
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OM Asset Management plc
By:
Title:
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Section 2.03.
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Form of Reverse of Security.
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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
“
Securities
”
), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2016 (herein called the
“
Indenture
”
, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”
, which term includes any successor securities administrator under the Indenture) and Citibank, N.A., as Securities Administrator (herein called the
“
Securities Administrator
”
, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert — limited in aggregate principal amount to $[__________]].
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail (or otherwise in accordance of the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary).] [If applicable, insert — (1) on [__________] in any year commencing with the year [__________] and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert on or before [●]%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning [__________] of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [●]% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail (or otherwise in accordance of the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary), (1) on [__________] in any year commencing with the year [__________] and ending with the year [__________] through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning [__________] of the years indicated,
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Redemption Through
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [●]% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to [__________], redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than [__________] per annum.]
[If applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year [__________] of [if applicable, insert — not less than $[__________] (
“
mandatory sinking fund
”
) and not more than] $[__________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — , in the inverse order in which they become due.]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities
of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration
of transfer at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $[__________] and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 2.04.
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Form of Legend for Global Securities.
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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than such Depositary or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.
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Section 2.05.
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Form of Securities Administrator’s Certificate of Authentication.
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The Securities Administrator’s certificates 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.
CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Securities Administrator
By:
Authorized Signatory
Dated:
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.01.
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
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The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series;
(a)
the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(b)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c)
the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d)
the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;
(e)
the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(f)
the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(g)
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(h)
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i)
if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(j)
if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(k)
if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 1.01;
(l)
if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(m)
if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;
(n)
if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(o)
if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(p)
if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.04 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.05(b) in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(q)
any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;
(r)
any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(s)
if applicable, that the Securities of the series are convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, and the limitations and restrictions, if any, upon which, any Securities of the series shall be convertible or exchangeable, in whole or in part, into Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company;
(t)
whether the debt securities will be secured by any collateral and, if so, a general description of the collateral and the terms and provisions of such collateral security, pledge or other agreement;
(u)
the appointment of any Paying Agent for the Securities of such series, if other than the Securities Administrator; and
(v)
any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(e)).
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 referred to above and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
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Section 3.02.
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Denominations.
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The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
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Section 3.03.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Securities Administrator or such Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a)
if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b)
if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture and that conditions precedent to such issuance have been satisfied; and
(c)
that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Securities Administrator’s own rights, duties
or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Securities Administrator.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent by manual signature upon a Company Order, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Securities Administrator for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 3.04.
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Temporary Securities.
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Pending the preparation of definitive Securities or a permanent Global Security of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities or permanent Global Securities, as applicable, of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities or permanent Global Securities, as applicable, of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities or permanent Global Securities, as applicable, of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the applicable Corporate Trust Office for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
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Section 3.05.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“
Security Register
”
) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed
“
Security Registrar
”
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the applicable Corporate Trust Office for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Securities Administrator) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Every Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be registered pursuant to the Securities Act. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company and the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, each of the Company and the Securities Administrator shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or between a Record Date and the related Payment Date.
The provisions of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(a)
Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (iii) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
(c)
Subject to Clause (b) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
(d)
Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
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Section 3.06.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Securities Administrator, the Company shall execute and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Securities Administrator (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them, the Trustee, the Securities Registrar,
the Paying Agent and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or a Responsible Officer of the Securities Administrator that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Securities Administrator such security and/or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent and any agent of them harmless, and in case of destruction, mutilation beyond clear recognition, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Administrator and any agent of either of them the destruction, loss, mutilation beyond clear recognition or theft of such Security and the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company and the Securities Administrator may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Securities Administrator) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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Section 3.07.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“
Defaulted Interest
”
) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
(a)
The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Securities Administrator an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Securities Administrator for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed or delivered, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Securities Administrator.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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Section 3.08.
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Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent and their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 3.09.
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Cancellation.
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All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Securities Administrator, be delivered to the Securities Administrator and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Securities Administrator for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Securities Administrator (or to any other Person for delivery to the Securities Administrator) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Securities Administrator pursuant to a Company Order. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Securities Administrator shall be disposed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with its standard procedures.
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Section 3.10.
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Computation of Interest.
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Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Section 3.11.
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CUSIP Numbers
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The Company in issuing any Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall as a convenience use “CUSIP” numbers in notices to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a)
either:
(i)
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation; or
(ii)
all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, or (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Securities Administrator for the giving of notice of redemption by the Securities Administrator in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose cash in U.S. dollars in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
(b)
the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Securities Administrator to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Securities Administrator pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Securities Administrator under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
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Section 4.02.
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Application of Trust Money.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Securities Administrator or the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Securities Administrator may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Securities Administrator.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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Section 5.01.
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Events of Default.
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“
Event of Default
”
, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a)
default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b)
default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c)
default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d)
default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“
Notice of Default
”
hereunder; or
(e)
the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(i)
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law; or
(ii)
a decree or order adjudging the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f)
the commencement by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, or the filing by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, or the making by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(g)
any other Event of Default provided in the applicable supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of that series.
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Section 5.02.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee may, but shall not be required, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Securities Administrator (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 5.01 with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may waive any existing Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Event of Default in payment of interest or premium on, or the principal of, the Notes.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
The Trustee shall not be required to act upon an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge of such Event of Default.
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Section 5.03.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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The Company covenants that if:
(a)
default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b)
default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee (or in accordance with the Trustee’s order), for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, indemnities, liabilities and advances of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, and each of their agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee may, but, unless first requested to do so by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and furnished with security and/or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against all costs, expenses and liabilities, shall not be under any obligation to, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
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Section 5.04.
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture 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 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;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
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Section 5.05.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 5.06.
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Application of Money Collected.
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Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: Any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
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Section 5.07.
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Limitation on Suits.
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No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a)
such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(b)
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c)
such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee security and/or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d)
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e)
no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
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Section 5.08.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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Section 5.09.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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Section 5.10.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 5.11.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
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Section 5.12.
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Control by Holders.
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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series;
provided
that
(a)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; and
(b)
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
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Section 5.13.
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Waiver of Past Defaults.
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The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(a)
in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series; or
(b)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. 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 5.14.
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Undertaking for Costs.
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In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator for any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act;
provided
that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company. This Section 5.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee or a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07.
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Section 5.15.
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
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Section 6.01.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
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The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee as set forth herein shall be subject to the terms of the Trust Indenture Act.
(a)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(b)
The Trustee, except during the continuance of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge, and the Securities Administrator in respect of the Securities of any series:
(i)
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable; and
(ii)
in the absence of willful misconduct or gross negligence on its part, 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 or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c)
In case an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge 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 their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
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Section 6.02.
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Notice of Defaults.
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If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent not cured or waived;
provided
,
however
, that in the case of any default of the character specified in clause (d) of Section 5.01 with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof; provided further that except in the case of a default in the payment of principal or Interest, the Trustee shall be fully protected from withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of trust officers of the Trustee determines that it is in the interest of the Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term
“
default
”
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
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Section 6.03.
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Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(a)
the Trustee may conclusively rely upon and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b)
any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c)
whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel;
(d)
the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e)
the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture (including, without limitation, instituting, conducting or defending any litigation) at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f)
the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g)
the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h)
The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i)
The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance or omission of such act as finally determined in a non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(j)
The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trust fund created hereby or the powers granted hereunder;
(k)
In making or disposing of any investment permitted by this Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its Affiliates, in each case on an arm’s-length basis and on standard market terms, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as a subagent of the Trustee or for any third person or dealing as principal for its own account;
(l)
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, incidental, exemplary, punitive or consequential loss, expense or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), whether or not any such losses, expenses or damages were foreseeable or contemplated, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss, expense or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(m)
Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or any other entity’s compliance with any covenants under this Indenture, the Securities or any other related documents. The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s or any other entity’s compliance with the covenants described herein or with respect to any reports or other documents filed under this Indenture, the Securities or any other related document;
(n)
No provision of this Indenture or any other transaction document shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Trustee to take or omit to take any action, or suffer any
action to be taken or omitted, in the performance of its duties or obligations under the transaction documents, or to exercise any right or power thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action or suffering such action to be taken or omitted would violate applicable law binding upon it (which determination may be based on the advice or opinion of counsel), or which shall be beyond the corporate powers, authorization or qualification of the Trustee; the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it shall be conclusively determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York, no longer subject to appeal or review, that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts as finally determined in a non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(o)
The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with this Indenture or at the direction of the Company or the requisite number of Holders, as the case may be, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising or omitting to exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;
(p)
The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice or obtained actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice or actual knowledge, the Trustee may conclusively assume there is no default or Event of Default;
(q)
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability for the performance of any of its duties hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Securities Administrator under this Indenture except during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Securities Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(r)
The Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the trust fund;
(s)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any and all email communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Securities Administrator that the Securities Administrator deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information may be encrypted. The recipient (the “Email Recipient”) of the encrypted email communication will be required to complete a registration process. Instructions on how to register and/or
retrieve an encrypted message will be included in the first secure email sent by the Securities Administrator to the Email Recipient;
(t)
In accordance with the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Act (the “Gambling Act”), accounts or other Citibank, N.A. facilities in the United States may not be used to process “restricted transactions” as such term is defined in U.S. 31 CFR Section 132.2(y); and
(u)
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the rights, privileges, protections, exculpations, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Trustee hereunder (including but not limited to its right to be indemnified) are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee and Securities Administrator in each of their capacities hereunder and to each of their Responsible Officers and other Persons duly employed by them hereunder as if they were each expressly set forth herein for the benefit of the Trustee and Securities Administrator in each such capacity, Responsible Officers or employees of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator
mutatis mutandis
.
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Section 6.04.
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Securities Administrator’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and none of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee or the Securities Administrator makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. None of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
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Section 6.05.
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May Hold Securities.
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The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Section 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
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Section 6.06.
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Money Held in Trust
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Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest or investment income on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
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Section 6.07.
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Compensation and Reimbursement.
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The Company agrees
(a)
to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b)
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order); and
(c)
to indemnify the Trustee, its agents, directors, employees and officers for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability, expense (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), or taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee)) incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
(d)
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default, the expenses (including reasonable charges and expenses of counsel) and compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
(e)
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it or by the Securities Administrator hereunder for any amount owning to it pursuant to Section 6.07 except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
(f)
The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the payment of the Securities.
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Section 6.08.
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Conflicting Interests.
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If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign within 90 days of such determination, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
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Section 6.09.
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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Section 6.10.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the Securities Administrator. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
If at any time:
(a)
the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(b)
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
(c)
the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to the Securities Administrator and to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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Section 6.11.
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Securities Administrator, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (b) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (c) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
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Section 6.12.
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Any corporation into which the Securities Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Securities Administrator, shall be the successor of the Securities Administrator hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Securities Administrator then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Securities Administrator had itself authenticated such Securities.
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Section 6.13.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
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If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
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Section 6.14.
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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The Securities Administrator may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Securities Administrator to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Securities Administrator or the Securities Administrator’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $25 million and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and to the Company. The Securities Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Securities Administrator may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve
and to the Trustee. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Securities Administrator’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within‑mentioned Indenture.
not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities
Administrator
By:
As Authenticating Agent
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Section 6.15.
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Regarding the Securities Administrator.
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Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any notice, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate, Company Order, resolutions, or any other document or instrument delivered pursuant to this Indenture which is to be delivered or addressed to the Trustee shall also be delivered or addressed, as applicable, to the Securities Administrator.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.01.
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator:
(g)
semi-annually, not later than five days after the Regular Record Date in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding Regular Record Date, as the case may be, and
(h)
at such other times as the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Securities Administrator in its capacity as Security Registrar, if applicable.
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Section 7.02.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
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The Securities Administrator shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Securities Administrator as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Securities Administrator in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Securities Administrator may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator that neither the Company, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator nor any agent, officer, director or employee of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders.
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Section 7.03.
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Reports by Trustee.
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The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports, if any, concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
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Section 7.04.
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Reports by Company.
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The Company shall file with the Securities Administrator and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act;
provided
that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13.01 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Securities Administrator within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.01.
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(a)
in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia or England and Wales and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant and obligation of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(b)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(c)
if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and
(d)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction been complied with.
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Section 8.02.
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Successor Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or
lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, for any of the following purposes:
(a)
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
(b)
to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(c)
to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
(d)
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
(e)
to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities;
provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
(f)
to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01;
(g)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator 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 or more than one Securities Administrator, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
(h)
to secure the Securities of any series;
(i)
to qualify an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or the Trust Indenture Act, or to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to maintain the qualification of such indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j)
to cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein;
(k)
to conform any provision of the Indenture or any debt securities to the description thereof reflected in any prospectus (including this prospectus), prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar offering document used in connection with the initial offering or sale of such debt securities to the extent that such description was intended to be verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the debt securities or any related guarantees or security documents; or
(l)
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture;
provided
that such action pursuant to this clause (i) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
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Section 9.02.
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
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With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(a)
change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or the rate or manner of calculating interest or any premium payable upon redemption or repayment on a series of debt securities, or change the dates or periods for any redemption or repayment, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or the repayment date); or
(b)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(c)
modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.08, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
provided
,
however
, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to
“
the Trustee
”
and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.08, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11 and clause (g) of Section 9.01.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
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Section 9.03.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article
if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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Section 9.04.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
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Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
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Section 9.05.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 9.06.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Securities Administrator, bear a notation in form approved by the Securities Administrator as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Securities Administrator and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Securities Administrator in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
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Section 10.01.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
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The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable supplemental indenture, principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on any series of Securities will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
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Section 10.02.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and surrenders.
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.
For the purposes of this Section 10.02, the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator is hereby initially appointed the Company’s Office or agency for the presentment or surrender of the Notes.
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Section 10.03.
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Securities Administrator of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Securities Administrator) the Company will promptly notify the Securities Administrator of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Securities Administrator to execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee and Securities Administrator, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Securities Administrator, forthwith pay to the Securities Administrator all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Securities Administrator all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Securities Administrator, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to any relevant unclaimed property laws, any money deposited with the Securities Administrator or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Securities Administrator or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided
,
however
, that the Securities Administrator or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York City, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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Section 10.04.
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Statement by Officers as to Default.
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The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge, and the actions being taken by the Company with respect to such default.
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Section 10.05.
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Existence.
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Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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Section 10.06.
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Maintenance of Properties.
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The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided
,
however
, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any such Restricted Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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Section 10.07.
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Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
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The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided
,
however
, that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
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Section 10.08.
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Waiver of Certain Covenants.
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Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 3.01 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 9.01 for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in any of Sections 10.05 to 10.07, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.01.
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Applicability of Article.
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Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
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Section 11.02.
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
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The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to but no more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Securities Administrator), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
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Section 11.03.
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Selection by Securities Administrator of Securities to Be Redeemed.
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If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Securities Administrator, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, (1) if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed, (2) if the Securities are not so listed but are in Global form, then by lot or otherwise in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures or (3) if the Securities are not so listed and are not in Global form, then on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Securities Administrator in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Securities Administrator, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Securities Administrator shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
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Section 11.04.
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Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed (or otherwise in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. Notice of any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a)
the Redemption Date;
(b)
the Redemption Price;
(c)
if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;
(d)
that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e)
that on the Redemption Date, if such is the case, the right of the holders of each such Security to convert the Securities shall terminate;
(f)
the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and
(g)
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Securities Administrator in the name and at the expense of the Company. Any redemption and notice thereof pursuant to this Indenture may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions.
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Section 11.05.
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Deposit of Redemption Price.
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Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Securities Administrator or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
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Section 11.06.
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
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Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, unless the notice of redemption is subject to one or more conditions precedent which have not been satisfied, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
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Section 11.07.
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Securities Redeemed in Part.
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Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Securities Administrator so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.01.
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Applicability of Article.
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The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities 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 such Securities is herein referred to as an
“
optional sinking fund payment
”
. If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
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Section 12.02.
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
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The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities;
provided
that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Securities Administrator at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
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Section 12.03.
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
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Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Securities Administrator any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 15 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Securities Administrator shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 11.03 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 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.
ARTICLE TWELVE
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.01.
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Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 13.02 or 13.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.
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Section 13.02.
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Defeasance and Discharge.
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Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“
Defeasance
”
). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator hereunder and (d) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 13.03 applied to such Securities.
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Section 13.03.
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Covenant Defeasance.
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Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (a) the Company shall be released from its obligations under clause (c) of Section 8.01, Sections 10.06 through 10.08, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 3.01 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 9.01 for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities; and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (d) of Section 5.01 (with respect to any of clause (c) of Section 8.01, Sections 10.06 through 10.08, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to clause (r) of Section 3.01 or clause (b) or (g) of Section 9.01 shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in
each case will respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“
Covenant Defeasance
”
). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of clause (d) of Section 5.01), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
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Section 13.04.
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(a)
The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Securities Administrator (or another securities administrator which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.09 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient without consideration of reinvestment, in the opinion of a internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Securities Administrator, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Securities Administrator (or any such other qualifying securities administrator) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein,
“
U.S. Government Obligation
”
means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held,
provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(b)
In the event of an election to have Section 13.02 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(c)
In the event of an election to have Section 13.03 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(d)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(e)
No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 5.01, at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(f)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(g)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound.
(h)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(i)
[reserved.]
(j)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
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Section 13.05.
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Securities Administrator or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and
,
the Securities Administrator and any such other securities administrator are referred to collectively as the
“
Securities Administrator
”
) pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Securities Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Securities Administrator may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Securities Administrator shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Securities Administrator, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
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Section 13.06.
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Reinstatement.
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If the Securities Administrator or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Securities Administrator or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article;
provided
,
however
, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving the existence of this Indenture it shall not be necessary to produce more than one copy.
SIGNATURES
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Dated: July 25, 2016
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ISSUER:
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
By:
/s/ Peter L. Bain
Name: Peter L. Bain
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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TRUSTEE:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
, as Trustee
By:
/s/ John T. Needham, Jr.
Name: John T. Needham, Jr.
Title: Vice President
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SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR:
CITIBANK, N.A.
, as Securities Administrator
By:
/s/ Danny Lee
Name: Danny Lee
Title: Vice President
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[Signature Page to Indenture]
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC.,
as Issuer
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
AND
CITIBANK, N.A., as Securities Administrator
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of July 25, 2016
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of July 25, 2016
$4.800% Senior Notes due 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
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Article 1Definitions and Provisions of General Application
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1
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Section 1.01
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Relationship with Indenture
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1
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Section 1.02
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Definitions
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2
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Section 1.03
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Applicability
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8
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Article 2The Notes
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8
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Section 2.01
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Issue Of Notes
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8
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Section 2.02
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Form Of Notes, Authentication Certificate
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8
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Section 2.03
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Additional Notes
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8
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Section 2.04
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Terms Of Notes Incorporated
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8
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Section 2.05
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Global Notes
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8
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Section 2.06
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Transfer And Exchange of Notes
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9
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Article 3Limitation on Liens
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12
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Section 3.01
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Limitation on Liens
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12
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Article 4Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
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13
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Section 4.01
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Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
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13
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Article 5Optional Redemption
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14
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Section 5.01
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Make-Whole Call
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14
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In no case will the Trustee or the Securities Administrator have any duty to perform any calculations or obtain any quotations with respect to any Redemption Price.
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14
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Section 5.02
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Redemption for Tax Reasons
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14
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Article 6Change Of Control Repurchase Event
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15
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Section 6.01
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Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event
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15
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Article 7Additional Amounts
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Article 8REMEDIES
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18
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Section 8.01
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Events of Default
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18
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Section 8.02
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Notice of Defaults
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24
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Article 9Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
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24
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Section 9.01
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Full Defeasance
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24
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Section 9.02
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Covenant Defeasance
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25
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Section 9.03
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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25
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Section 9.04
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
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27
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Section 9.05
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Reinstatement
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27
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Article 10Miscellaneous
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28
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Section 10.01
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Amendments To This Supplemental Indenture And The Notes
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28
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Section 10.02
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Certain Trustee and Securities Administrator Matters
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30
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Section 10.03
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Continued Effect
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30
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Section 10.04
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Provisions Binding On Company’s Successors
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30
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Section 10.05
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Governing Law
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30
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Section 10.06
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Counterparts
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30
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
, dated as of July 25, 2016 (this “
Supplemental Indenture
”), between OM Asset Management plc, a public limited company formed and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the “
Company
”), having its principal office at 5th Floor, Millennium Bridge House, 2 Lambeth Hill, London, United Kingdom EC4V 4GG, Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the “
Trustee
”), and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Securities Administrator (herein called the “
Securities Administrator
”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator are parties to an Indenture dated as of July 25, 2016 (the “
Indenture
”), providing for the issuance from time to time of notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “
Securities
”), to be issued in one or more series as in the Indenture provide, the terms of which are to be determined as set forth in Section 3.01 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to create a new series of Securities under the Indenture, to be titled the 4.800% Senior Notes due 2026 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the “
Notes
”) and to establish the forms and the terms, conditions, rights and preferences thereof;
WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken; and
WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement in accordance with the Indenture have been done and performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01
Relationship with Indenture
. With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between
the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import shall refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.02
Definitions
. All terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, except as specifically provided herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings defined in the Indenture. Solely with respect to the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the following definitions shall be added to Section 1.01 of the Indenture and replace any existing definitions (as applicable) in the Indenture, each in appropriate alphabetical order, unless the context requires otherwise.
“
Additional Amounts
” has the specified in Section 7.01(b).
“
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, shall mean 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.
“
Below Investment Grade Rating Event
” means that both Rating Agencies downgrade the ratings of the Notes to below Investment Grade (or cease to rate the Notes) on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
“
Change of Control Repurchase Event
” means, with respect to the Notes, the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event with respect to the Notes.
“
Change of Control
” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets and those of the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its wholly owned Subsidiaries;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution;
(3) the consummation of one or more transactions (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving Person, immediately after giving effect to such transaction;
(5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or
(6) the consummation of a so-called “going private/Rule 13e-3 Transaction” that results in any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction effected to create a holding company for the Company will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) pursuant to such transaction the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of such holding company and (2) the holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction are the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction.
“
Clearstream
” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“
Comparable Treasury Issue
” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
“
Comparable Treasury Price
” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.
“
Consolidated Net Worth
” means, at a particular date, all amounts which would be included, under stockholders’ equity, on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as at such date.
“
Continuing Directors
” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who:
(1) was a member of the Company’s Board of Directors on the first date that the Notes were issued; or
(2) was appointed or nominated for election by the Permitted Holder pursuant to the contractual rights of the Permitted Holder, or nominated for election or elected to the Company’s Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Company’s Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
“
Covenant
Defeasance
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02 herein.
“
Defeasance
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01 herein.
“
Definitive Note
” means a definitive Note in certificated form and registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto.
“
DTC
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.02 herein.
“
Euroclear
” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.
“
FACTA
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(c)(3).
“
Global Note Legend
” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f) of this Supplemental Indenture, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Global Notes
” means, individually and collectively, Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bear the Global Note Legend, that have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto and that are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“
Indenture
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Independent Investment Banker
” means any of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
“
Investment Grade
” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
“
Issue Date
” means, with respect to the Notes being issued on the date hereof, the date hereof and with respect to any additional Notes, the date of original issuance of such additional Notes.
“
Lien
” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“
Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investor Services Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
“
Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Participant
” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include indirectly Euroclear and Clearstream).
“
Permitted Holder
” means Old Mutual plc or any Affiliate of Old Mutual plc;
provided
,
that
, Old Mutual plc and its Affiliates have held, on an aggregate basis, beneficial ownership of more than 30% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company at all times subsequent to the issue date of the Notes.
“
Permitted Liens
” means (a) Liens on Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of any Subsidiary existing at the time such entity becomes a direct or indirect Significant Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into a direct or indirect Significant Subsidiary of the Company (provided, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with such transaction and do not extend to any other Significant Subsidiary), (b) statutory liens, liens granted to comply with regulatory requirements, liens for taxes or assessments or governmental liens not yet due or delinquent or which can be paid without penalty or are being contested in good faith, (c) Liens on any Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of any subsidiary that is acquired after the date of the issuance of the Notes to secure or provide for the payment of the purchase price or acquisition cost thereof, (d) other liens of a similar nature as those described in subclause (b) above, (e) Liens in favor of the Company or any subsidiary, (f) Liens in existence on the date of the issuance of the Notes, (g) Liens (not otherwise permitted under Section 3.01) which secure obligations in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not exceeding 10% of the Consolidated Net Worth, measured at the time of the creation, incurrence or assumption of any such Lien and based upon the Consolidated Net Worth as at the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are publicly available, and (h) any extension, renewal, substitution, refinancing or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a), (c) and (f) that is secured by the same collateral that originally secured the Lien.
“
Person
” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“
Rating Agency
” means:
(1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and
(2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
“
Redemption Price
” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 herein.
“
Reference Treasury Dealer
” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and their respective successors and any other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “
Primary Treasury Dealer
”) selected from time to time by the Company; provided that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute for such entity another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
“
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation
” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.
“
Remaining Scheduled Payments
” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption;
provided
,
however
, that, if such Redemption Date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced (solely for the purpose of this calculation) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.
“
S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
“
Securities
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Significant Subsidiary
” means a Subsidiary of the Company, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (1) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year (for a proposed combination between entities under common control, this condition is also met when the number of common shares exchanged or to be exchanged by the Company exceeds 10% of its total common shares outstanding at the date the combination is initiated); or (2) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Subsidiary exceeds 10% of the total assets of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or (3) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of the subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds 10% of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
“
Subsidiary
” means with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof),
provided
,
however
, that (i) an entity not required to be consolidated in the financial statements of a Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States shall not be a “Subsidiary” of such Person, and (ii) with respect the Company, “Subsidiary” shall not include any collective investment fund managed by any Subsidiary of the Company which is created for the purpose of pooling client assets for investment.
“
taxes
” has the meaning specified in 7.01 herein.
“
Tax Jurisdiction
” has the meaning specified in 7.01 herein.
“
Treasury Rate
” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
“
U.S. Government Obligations
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.03(a). herein
“
Voting Stock
” as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
Section 1.03
Applicability
. The provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and not to any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture and any covenants provided herein are solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and not for the benefit of the Holders of any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01
Issue Of Notes
. A new series of Securities is to be issued under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. The series shall be titled the “4.800% Senior Notes due 2026.”
Section 2.02
Form Of Notes, Authentication Certificate
. The new series of Notes initially shall be issuable in the form of one or more Global Notes, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. The Depository Trust Company (“
DTC
”), shall be the Depositary for such Global Notes. The form and terms of the Notes and the Securities Administrator’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Notes shall in all respects be subject to the terms, conditions and covenants of the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture (including the form of Note set forth as Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture for all intents and purposes).
Section 2.03
Additional Notes
. The Company will initially issue $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes, issue in a separate offering additional notes of the same series as the Notes having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (except for the Issue Date and public offering price and, if applicable, the initial Interest Payment Date and initial interest accrual date). No such additional notes of the same series as the Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. Any such additional notes of the same series, together with the original Notes, will constitute a single series under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. Such additional notes of the same series of the Notes will be fungible with the Outstanding Notes for United States federal income tax purposes or will be issued under a separate CUSIP number.
Section 2.04
Terms Of Notes Incorporated
. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.05
Global Notes
. The Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Securities Administrator as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a Participant or Indirect Participant.
Section 2.06
Transfer And Exchange of Notes
.
Global Notes
. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary (who shall initially be DTC) to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor depositary or a nominee of such successor Notes unless (i) the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is no longer willing or able to act as Depositary for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in each case the Company has not appointed a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware of such condition; (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Depositary requests the issuance of certificated notes, or (iii) a change in tax law has occurred that would be adverse to the Company but for the issuance of physical securities in certificated, registered form, and the Company requests the issuance of certificated, registered notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Securities Administrator. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 3.04 and 3.06 of the Indenture. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06; however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereby.
(b)
Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes
. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i)
Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note
. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Securities Administrator to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii)
All Other Beneficial Interests in Global Notes
. If not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Securities Administrator either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Securities Administrator containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Securities Administrator shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(c)
Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes
. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Securities Administrator shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Securities Administrator through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Securities Administrator shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d)
Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes
. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Securities Administrator shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(e)
Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes
. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes, the Securities Administrator shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Securities Administrator the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(f)
Global Note Legend
. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
(g)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes
. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note by the Securities Administrator or by the Depositary at the direction of the Securities Administrator to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Securities Administrator or by the Depositary at the direction of the Securities Administrator to reflect such increase.
(h)
General Provisions.
(i)
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges permitted hereunder, the Company shall execute and the Securities Administrator shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Trustee’s request in accordance with the Indenture.
(ii)
No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(iii)
The Securities Administrator shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv)
All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v)
Neither the Company nor the Securities Administrator shall be required (A) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Regular Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(vi)
Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 3.07 of the Indenture) interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii)
Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any duty to monitor the Company’s compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the Company’s compliance with any federal or state securities laws in connection with registrations of transfers and exchanges of the Notes. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among the Depositary’s Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation, as is expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof or thereof.
ARTICLE 3
LIMITATION ON LIENS
Section 3.01
Limitation on Liens
. The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien on any Voting Stock of any Significant Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by the Company, or any profit participating equity interests of any Significant Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by the Company, without providing that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of, or guarantee by, it ranking equally with the Notes) will be secured equally and ratably with or prior to all other Indebtedness secured by such Lien on such Voting Stock or such profit participating equity interests. This Section 3.01 will not limit the Company’s ability or the ability of its Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness or other
obligations secured by Liens on assets other than the Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of any of a Significant Subsidiary. This limitation will not apply to Permitted Liens.
ARTICLE 4
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 4.01
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
. For the benefit of Holders of the Notes, Section 8.01 and 8.02 of the Indenture shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Section 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company may not consolidate with or merge into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:
(a) the successor or transferee entity, if other than the Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia or England and Wales, and expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium on and any interest on, all the outstanding debt securities of the Company and the performance of every covenant and obligation in the Indenture and the Notes to be performed or observed by the Company;
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article relating to such transaction and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.02. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company with or into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, and be subject to every obligation of, the Company under this Indenture as obligor for the Notes with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.”
ARTICLE 5
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Section 5.01
Make-Whole Call
. The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time, or from time to time, on no less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to Holders thereof (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator), at a “
Redemption Price
” equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 0.50% (50 basis points), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If the Company chooses to redeem any Notes, it will deliver a notice of redemption to Holders of Notes (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (which notice may be conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events or circumstances, as specified therein). In addition, so long as the Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange as meets the definition of a “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007), to the extent required by that exchange, the Company will give notice to that exchange and publicize such redemption in accordance with any such requirements of that exchange. Any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent as may be specified in the notice of redemption, including, but not limited to, completion of an issuance of Indebtedness or other corporate transaction or event. If the Company is redeeming less than all of the Notes, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary;
provided
,
however
, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than $2,000. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions of the Notes called for redemption. On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with Paying Agent (or the Securities Administrator) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date.
In no case will the Trustee or the Securities Administrator have any duty to perform any calculations or obtain any quotations with respect to any Redemption Price.
Section 5.02
Redemption for Tax Reasons
. If, as the result of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of a Tax Jurisdiction, or any change in or amendment to the official application, administration or interpretation of these laws, regulations or published tax rulings, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, July 20, 2016 (or, in the case of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of any jurisdiction that becomes a Tax Jurisdiction after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, the date such jurisdiction becomes a Tax Jurisdiction), the Company determines in good faith that it must pay (or will have to pay on the next interest payment date) any additional amounts and that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company, then the Company may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes and any additional amounts in respect thereof to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date. If the Company chooses to redeem the Notes, it will deliver a notice of redemption to Holders of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator) to be redeemed not less than 30 but no more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (which notice will be irrevocable). In addition, as long as the Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange as meets the definition of a ‘recognised stock exchange’ within the meaning of section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007), to the extent required by that exchange, the Company will give notice to that exchange and publicize such redemption in accordance with any such requirements of that exchange. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portion of the Notes called for redemption. Immediately prior to the delivery of any notice of redemption described above, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that Company is entitled to elect to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right so to elect to redeem have occurred and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel qualified under the laws of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction to the effect that the Company must pay (or will have to pay on the next interest payment date) additional amounts as a result of such amendment or change and that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company. On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with Paying Agent (or the Securities Administrator) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date.
ARTICLE 6
CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE EVENT
Section 6.01
Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event
. (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in multiples of $1,000 principal amount) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be repurchased to but excluding the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes, or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company will send a notice to each Holder of Notes (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent. The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.
(b)
On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(1)
accept for payment all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;
(2)
deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
(3)
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Securities Administrator the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate (copied to the Trustee) stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c)
The Paying Agent will promptly distribute to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Securities Administrator will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered;
provided
that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000.
(d)
The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
(e)
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in any offer made by the Company or any third party following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, and the Company or such third party purchase such Notes, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the Holders of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator), given not more than 30 days following such repurchase of Notes following the Change of Control Repurchase Event, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of redemption.
ARTICLE 7
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
(a)
All payments made by the Company under, or with respect to, the Notes will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge of a similar nature, including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto (collectively, “
taxes
”), imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which the Company is engaged in business, resident for tax purposes or generally subject to tax on a net income basis, or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in any of the foregoing (a “
Tax Jurisdiction
”), unless the Company is required to withhold or deduct taxes by law or by the official interpretation or administration thereof.
(b)
If the Company is required to withhold or deduct any amount for, or on account of, such taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes, the Company will pay
such additional amounts (“
Additional Amounts
”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such Holder would have received if such taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted.
(c)
The Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to:
(1)
any taxes:
(i)
to the extent that such taxes would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes and the Tax Jurisdiction imposing such taxes, other than solely resulting from the mere acquisition, holding, or ownership of the Notes;
(ii)
to the extent such taxes would not have been so imposed but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any reasonable request made by the Company in writing to such Holder or beneficial owner at least 30 days before any withholding or deduction of such taxes would be so required, to make a timely and valid declaration or similar claim for exemption from such taxes or to comply with applicable certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s identity, nationality, residence, place of establishment or connection with the Tax Jurisdiction imposing such taxes or to make any other declaration or similar claim or otherwise satisfy any information reporting requirements, in each case, which is imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of such Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to an applicable exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such taxes, but in each case, only to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to make such declaration or claim or to comply with such requirements;
(iii)
to the extent such taxes were imposed as a result of presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes that would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting such Note to another paying agent; or
(iv)
to the extent such taxes were imposed as a result of presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder of such Note, except to the extent that such Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented for payment on the last day of such 30-day period;
(2)
any
estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other similar governmental charge;
(3)
with respect to any withholding or deduction that is imposed in connection with Sections 1471-1474 of the US Internal Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations, thereunder (“
FATCA
”), any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any law, regulation or guidance enacted or issued in any jurisdiction with respect thereto;
(4)
any taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes; or
(5)
any combination of the items listed in the preceding exceptions (1)-(4).
The foregoing provisions will survive any termination or discharge of the Indenture and any defeasance of the Notes under Article 4 of the Indenture and Article 9 of this Supplemental Indenture.
(d)
Whenever either in the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, payment of principal (and premium, if any), redemption price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Note, 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 by the Company in respect thereof.
ARTICLE 8
REMEDIES
Section 8.01
Events of Default
.
For the benefit of Holders of the Notes, Article 5 of the Indenture shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Section 5.01. Events of Default.
“
Events of Default
”, wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental):
(a)
default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Notes when it becomes due and payable; or
(b)
default in payment of principal of or any premium on the Notes at Stated Maturity or upon redemption or repayment when the same becomes due and payable; or
(c)
failure to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement with respect to the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Company of such failure by the Trustee or Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes; or
(d)
a default under any debt for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary that results in the acceleration of the Stated Maturity of such debt, or failure to pay any such debt at the Stated Maturity, in an aggregate amount of at least $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled, or debt paid,
within 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; or
(e)
the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law; or
(ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f)
the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of the property of the Company, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f)) with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee may, but shall not be required, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare the principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, and any accrued but unpaid interest through the date of such declaration, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Securities Administrator (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 5.01 occurs and is occurring, the principal amount of all Outstanding Securities, together with any accrued interest through the occurrence of such event, shall become and be due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may waive any existing Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Event of Default in payment of interest or premium on, or the principal of, the Notes.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
The Trustee shall not be required to act upon an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer has received written notice of such Event of Default.
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(a)
default is made in the payment of any interest on the Notes when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b)
default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) the Notes at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee (or in accordance with the Trustee’s order), for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, indemnities, liabilities and advances of the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, and each of their agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice thereof, the Trustee may, but, unless first requested to do so by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and furnished with security and/or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against all costs, expenses and liabilities, shall not be under any obligation to, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture 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 Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.
THIRD: Any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any action, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a)
such Holder has given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
(b)
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f), the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities, have requested the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee;
(c)
such Holder or Holders have offered the Trustee such indemnity and security as the Trustee may require;
(d)
the Trustee has failed to institute any such action for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and security; and
(e)
no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f), by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Note on the Stated Maturity expressed in such Note (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of the Notes to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes ,or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f), by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes; provided that
(a)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; and
(b)
the Trustee may, but in no case will it have the obligation to or liability for failing to, take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all Notes waive any past default hereunder with respect to the Notes and its consequences, except a default
(a)
in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Notes; or
(b)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator for any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company. This Section 5.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee or a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07.
Section 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.”
Section 8.02
Notice of Defaults
For the benefit of Holders of the Notes, Section 6.02 of the Indenture shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
Within 90 days after the occurrence of a default hereunder with respect to the Notes of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge, the Trustee shall give the Holders of the Notes notice of such default as and to the extent provided by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent not cured or waived;
provided that
, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal or any premium or Interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of trust officers of the Trustee determines that it is in the interest of the Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.”
ARTICLE 9
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 9.01
Full Defeasance
.
The Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, with respect to the Notes as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.03 are satisfied (hereinafter called “
Defeasance
”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other obligations under Notes and the Indenture insofar as the Notes are concerned (and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Notes when payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03 of the Indenture, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator hereunder and (d) this Article.
Section 9.02
Covenant Defeasance
. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the Notes, (a) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 8.01, 8.02, 10.06 and 10.07 in in the Indenture and Sections 3.01 and 6.01 in this Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clauses (c) and (d) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture (with respect to any Sections 8.01, 8.02, 10.06 and 10.07 in the Indenture and Sections 3.01 and 6.01 in this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case will respect to the Notes as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.03 herein are satisfied (hereinafter called “
Covenant Defeasance
”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of clauses (c) and (d) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or in the Indenture to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein, the Indenture or in any other document, but the remainder of the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 9.03
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 9.01 or Section 9.02 to the Notes:
(a)
The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Securities Administrator (or another agent which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.09 of the Indenture and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (i) U.S. Dollars in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient without consideration of reinvestment, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Securities Administrator, to generate enough cash to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Securities Administrator (or any such other qualifying agent) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes on Maturity, in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes. As used herein, “
U.S. Government Obligation
” means (x) any security denominated in U.S. Dollars which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S.
Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(b)
In the case of Section 9.01, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this Supplemental Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur
(c)
In the case of Section 9.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(d)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that neither the Notes nor any other Notes of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(e)
No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Notes or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture, at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(f)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such act).
(g)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound.
(h)
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(i)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 9.04
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03 of the Indenture, all U.S. Dollars and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Securities Administrator or other qualifying agent (solely for purposes of this Section, the Securities Administrator and any such other securities administrator are referred to collectively as the “Securities Administrator”) pursuant to Section 9.03 in respect of the Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Securities Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Securities Administrator may determine, to the Holders of the Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but U.S. Dollars so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.03 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Notes. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Securities Administrator shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.03 with respect to the Notes which, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Securities Administrator, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to the Notes.
Section 9.05
Reinstatement
. If the Securities Administrator or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to the Notes by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under the Indenture and the Notes from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 9.01 or 9.02 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to the Notes, until such time as the Securities Administrator or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 9.04 with respect to the Notes in accordance with this Article;
provided
,
however
, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any the Notes following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of the Notes to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01
Amendments To This Supplemental Indenture And The Notes
.
For the benefit of Holders of the Notes, Section 9.01 and 9.02 of the Indenture shall be amended and restated to read in their entirety as follows:
“Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, for any of the following purposes:
(a)
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Notes;
(b)
to add to the covenants of the Company or to surrender any of the Company’s rights, or add any rights for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(c)
to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
(d)
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Notes in uncertificated form;
(e)
to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities;
provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
(f)
to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01;
(g)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator with respect to the Notes or one or more series of other Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee or more than one Securities Administrator, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
(h)
to secure the Securities of any series;
(i)
to qualify an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or the Trust Indenture Act, or to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to maintain the qualification of such indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j)
to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency herein;
(k)
to conform any provision of the Indenture or any Securities to the description thereof reflected in any prospectus (including this prospectus), prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar offering document used in connection with the initial offering or sale of such Securities to the extent that such description was intended to be verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Securities or any related guarantees or security documents; or
(l)
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action pursuant to this clause (l) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture;
provided, however
, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Notes affected thereby,
(a)
change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium on, or any installment of principal of or interest on the Notes, or reduce the principal amount or any premium or the rate or manner of calculating interest or any premium payable upon redemption or repayment of the Notes, or change the dates or periods for any redemption or repayment or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any principal, premium or interest is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the State Maturity thereof or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or repayment date);
(b)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or
(c)
modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.08, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each of the Outstanding Notes affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and
concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.08, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11 and clause (i) of Section 9.01.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.”
Section 10.02
Certain Trustee and Securities Administrator Matters
. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company. In connection with this Supplemental Indenture, to the extent not already provided for herein, each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture limiting the liability of or affording rights, privileges, protections, exculpations, immunities, indemnities or other benefits to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, as if they were each expressly set forth herein for the Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's benefit, as applicable,
mutatis mutandis
.
Section 10.03
Continued Effect
. Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as further supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 10.04
Provisions Binding On Company’s Successors
. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 10.05
Governing Law
. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 10.06
Counterparts
. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
By:
/s/ Peter L. Bain
Name: Peter L. Bain
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
/s/ John T. Needham, Jr.
Name: John T. Needham, Jr.
Title: Vice President
CITIBANK, N.A., as Securities Administrator
By:
/s/ Danny Lee
Name: Danny Lee
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[FACE OF NOTE]
[THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
4.800% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026
CUSIP 67110KAA9
ISIN US67110KAA97
Dated: [—]
No. [—] [Initially] $[—]
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC, a public limited company formed and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the “
Company
”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of $250,000,000 Dollars on July 27, 2026 and to pay interest thereon from July 25, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on January 27 and July 27, of each year, commencing January 27, 2017, at the rate of 4.800% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business in the Place of Payment on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be January 12 and July 12 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Securities Administrator, as Paying Agent, maintained for that purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depository.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:
[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
OM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
4.800% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture, dated as of July 25, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “
Base Indenture
”), between the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “
Trustee
”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) and Citibank, N.A., as Securities Administrator (herein called the “
Securities Administrator
”, which term includes any successor securities administrator under the Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2016 (the “
Supplemental Indenture
”) between the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “
Indenture.
” The title of the Securities of this series is 4.800% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “
Notes
”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
This Note is subject to optional redemption and tax redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire Indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to this Note, the principal of this Note may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any action with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f) of the Indenture, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities, have made requested the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee such indemnity and security as the Trustee may require, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f) of the Indenture, by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities, a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such action, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of this Note and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASE IN GLOBAL NOTE]
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Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible
Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers,
savings and loan associations and credit
unions) with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion program pursuant
to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17
Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered other than
to and in the name of the registered holder.
Fill in for registration of Notes if to be
delivered other than to and in the name
of the registered holder:
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(Name)
__________________________________
(Street Address)
__________________________________
(City, State and Zip Code)
Please print name and address
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
___________________________
Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number