form-s3asr.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3,
2008
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CBS
CORPORATION
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CBS
OPERATIONS INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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Delaware
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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04-2949533
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13-3844753
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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51
West 52nd Street
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51
West 52nd Street
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New
York, NY 10019
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New
York, NY 10019
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(212)
975-4321
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(212)
975-4321
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(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants’ principal executive offices)
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(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants’ principal executive
offices)
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Louis
J. Briskman, Esq.
Executive
Vice President and General Counsel
CBS
Corporation
51
West 52nd Street
New
York, New York 10019
(212)
975-4321
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copy
to:
William
J. Whelan III, Esq.
Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP
825
Eighth Avenue
New York,
New York 10019
(212)
474-1000
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to
time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by
CBS Corporation.
If the
only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.
o
If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed
or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933,
other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. x
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. o
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. o
If this
Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following box. x
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional
classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check
the following box. o
Large
accelerated filer x
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o
(Do
not check if a smaller
reporting
company)
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Smaller
reporting company o
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of each class of securities
to
be registered
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Amount
to
be
registered
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Proposed
maximum
offering
price
per
unit
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
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Amount
of
registration
fee
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Senior
debt
securities
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(1) (2)
(3)
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Senior
subordinated debt
securities
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par
value
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Class
B common stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued upon conversion of certain
securities (3)
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Warrants
of CBS Corporation and, if applicable, CBS Operations
Inc.
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Guarantees
of CBS Operations Inc.
(4)
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(1)
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An
indeterminate aggregate principal amount or number of the securities of
each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be
issued at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be
received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or
exchange of other securities.
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(2)
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CBS
Corporation (formerly known as Viacom Inc.) previously paid $478,750 of
filing fees in connection with $1,915,000,000 of securities that were
previously registered, but were not sold, pursuant to Registration
Statement No. 333-62052 (the “Prior Registration Statement”), of CBS
Corporation and CBS Operations Inc. (formerly known as Viacom
International Inc.), which Prior Registration Statement was initially
filed on May 31, 2001 and amended from time to time thereafter. The
filing fee for the securities registered on the Prior Registration
Statement had previously been paid on December 26, 2000 in connection with
the filing of Registration Statement No. 333-52728. On
December 31, 2005, the former Viacom Inc. separated into two publicly
traded companies; the existing company, which was renamed CBS Corporation,
and a new company, which was named Viacom Inc. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6),
the filing fees previously paid in connection with such unsold securities
will continue to be applied to such unsold securities and the Prior
Registration Statement is terminated effective upon filing of this
Registration Statement. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), CBS
Corporation is deferring payment of all other registration fees which may
subsequently be payable following application of the above-referenced
prepaid filing fees.
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(3)
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There
is being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of Class B
common stock of CBS Corporation as may from time to time be issued upon
conversion of senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities
or preferred stock.
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(4)
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As
may be issued in connection with senior debt securities, senior
subordinated debt securities or preferred stock of CBS
Corporation.
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Prospectus
CBS
CORPORATION
Certain
securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed by CBS Operations Inc. (a
wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation).
We may
offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings and series, together
or separately:
Senior
debt securities
Senior
subordinated debt securities
Preferred
stock
Warrants
representing rights to purchase senior debt securities, senior
subordinated
debt securities or preferred stock of CBS Corporation.
The
senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities and preferred stock
of CBS
Corporation
may be convertible into Class B common stock of CBS Corporation.
Our Class
B common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol
“CBS”.
When
we offer securities we will provide you with a prospectus supplement or term
sheet describing the specific terms of the specific issue of securities,
including the offering price of the securities. You should carefully read this
prospectus and the prospectus supplements or term sheets relating to the
specific issue of securities before you decide to invest in any of these
securities.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the
adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date
of this prospectus is November 3, 2008.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
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THE
COMPANY
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2
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THE
GUARANTOR
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3
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RISK
FACTORS
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3
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RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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3
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USE
OF PROCEEDS
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4
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DESCRIPTION
OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
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4
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DESCRIPTION
OF PREFERRED STOCK
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DESCRIPTION
OF COMMON STOCK
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DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
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25
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
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28
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LEGAL
MATTERS
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30
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EXPERTS
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30
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement that CBS Corporation (together
with its consolidated subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires, the
“Company”) has filed with the SEC utilizing a “shelf” registration process.
Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time over the next
three years, sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus
in one or more offerings.
In this
prospectus we use the terms “we,” “us,” and “our” to refer to CBS Corporation.
References to “CBS Operations” are references to CBS Operations Inc. References
to “senior debt securities” are references to the senior debt securities that
may be issued under the senior indenture; references to “senior subordinated
debt securities” are references to the senior subordinated debt securities that
may be issued under the senior subordinated indenture; and references to “debt
securities” are references to the senior debt securities and the senior
subordinated debt securities, collectively. References to “securities” includes
any security that we might sell under this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement. References to “$” and “dollars” are to United States
dollars.
This
prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may
offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus
supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that
offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information
contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any
prospectus supplement together with additional information described below under
the heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”
You
should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus and in any
prospectus supplement, including the information incorporated by reference.
Neither CBS Corporation nor CBS Operations has authorized anyone to provide you
with different information. If anyone provides you with different or additional
information, you should not rely upon it. Neither CBS Corporation nor CBS
Operations is making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer
is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus, or any supplement to this
prospectus, is accurate at any date other than the date indicated on the cover
page of this prospectus or such supplement.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CBS
Corporation files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and information
statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy this
information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, located at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the
Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain
copies of this information by mail from the SEC at the above address, at
prescribed rates.
The SEC
also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements
and other information that CBS Corporation files electronically with the SEC.
The address of that website is www.sec.gov.
Our Class
A common stock and Class B common stock are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. Information about us also is available at the New York
Stock Exchange. In accordance with United States (“U.S.”) securities
laws, CBS Operations is not obligated to file annual, quarterly and special
reports, proxy and information statements and other information with the
SEC. Accordingly, CBS Operations does not file separate financial
statements with the SEC and does not independently publish its financial
statements. CBS Operations’ financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows are consolidated into the financial statements of CBS
Corporation.
We are
“incorporating by reference” specific documents that we file with the SEC, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to
those documents that are considered part of this
prospectus. Information that we file subsequently with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate
by reference the documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC and any
future filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including
filings made after the date of the initial registration statement, to the extent
not superseded, until this offering is complete:
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Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007;
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Our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31,
2008 and June 30, 2008;
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Our
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 11, 2008;
and
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Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K, or filed portions of those reports, filed
(but not portions of those reports which were furnished) on June 3, 2008,
July 31, 2008 (only SEC accession number 0001104659-08-048854),
September 22, 2008, September 24, 2008 and October 30, 2008
(only SEC accession number
0001104659-08-066845).
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You may
also request a copy of any documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus (including any exhibits that are specifically incorporated by
reference in them), at no cost, by writing or telephoning CBS Corporation at the
following address or telephone number:
CBS
Corporation
51 West
52nd Street
New York,
New York 10019
Attention:
Investor Relations
Telephone:
1-877-CBS-0787
THE
COMPANY
CBS
Corporation is a mass media company with operations in the following
segments:
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TELEVISION:
The Television segment consists of CBS Television, comprised of the CBS® Television
Network, the Company’s 30 owned broadcast television stations, CBS Paramount Network
Television and CBS Television
Distribution, the Company’s television production and syndication
operations; Showtime
Networks™, the Company’s premium subscription television program
services; and CBS
College Sports Network™, the Company’s cable network and online
digital media business devoted to college
athletics.
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RADIO:
The Radio segment owns and operates 140 radio stations in 30 U.S. markets
through CBS
Radio®.
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OUTDOOR:
The Outdoor segment displays advertising on media, including billboards,
transit shelters, buses, rail systems (in-car, station platforms and
terminals), mall kiosks and stadium signage principally through CBS Outdoor® and in
retail stores through CBS
Outernet™.
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PUBLISHING:
The Publishing segment consists of Simon & Schuster,
which publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints such as
Simon &
Schuster®, Pocket
Books®, Scribner® and Free
Press™.
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On June 30, 2008, the
Company completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of common
stock of CNET Networks, Inc. (“CNET”) for $11.50 per share, for a total of $1.8
billion in cash. Our
quarterly report for the third quarter of 2008 will present the results of CNET
in an Interactive segment.
We were
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1986. Our principal offices
are located at 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019, our telephone
number is (212) 975-4321 and our website address is www.cbscorporation.com.
However, the information contained in or connected to our website is not part of
this prospectus.
THE
GUARANTOR
CBS
Operations, the guarantor of the debt securities and the preferred stock, if any
guarantees are issued, was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware in
1995 and has its corporate headquarters at 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New
York 10019. CBS Operations has 100 shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, outstanding, all of which are held by CBS Corporation. CBS
Operations operates a full power broadcast television station in Tampa, Florida
and a low power broadcast television station in Indianapolis, Indiana. The
direct and indirect subsidiaries of CBS Operations operate Showtime Networks™, Simon & Schuster, CBS Paramount Network
Television and eleven full power broadcast television stations. In
addition, one of such subsidiaries holds the partnership interest in The CW, a broadcast network
that launched in Fall 2006.
RISK
FACTORS
An
investment in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the
risks described in our filings with the SEC referred to under the heading “Where
You Can Find Additional Information,” as well as the risks included and
incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors
incorporated by reference herein from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, as updated by
annual, quarterly and other reports and documents we file with the SEC after the
date of this prospectus and that are incorporated by reference
herein.
RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The
following table shows the ratio of earnings to fixed charges of CBS Corporation
for the periods indicated.
For
purposes of computing the following ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
represents earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes,
equity in earnings (loss) of investee companies, minority interest, and fixed
charges, adjusted for inclusion of distributions from investee
companies. Fixed charges represent interest expense, net of
capitalized interest, and such portion of rental expense that represents an
appropriate interest factor.
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months ended June 30,
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Ratio
of earnings to fixed charges
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3.8
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3.8
x
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3.8
x
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4.0
x
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Note
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Note
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3.2
x
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Note
a:
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Earnings
are inadequate to cover fixed charges due to the 2005 and 2004 non-cash
impairment charges of $9.48 billion and $18.0 billion,
respectively. The dollar amounts of the earnings deficiencies
are $7.55 billion and $15.84 billion in 2005 and 2004,
respectively.
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USE
OF PROCEEDS
Unless
indicated otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we expect to use the net
proceeds we receive from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus
and the accompanying prospectus supplement(s) for general corporate purposes,
including repayment of borrowings, working capital, capital expenditures,
acquisitions and stock repurchases.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
The
following description of CBS Corporation’s debt securities to be issued under
the debt indentures summarizes the general terms and provisions of its debt
securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The
following description also describes the specific terms of CBS Corporation’s
debt securities and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions
summarized may apply to any series of its debt securities in the prospectus
supplement relating to such series. References to “senior debt
securities” are references to the senior debt securities that may be issued
under the senior indenture; references to “senior subordinated debt securities”
are references to the senior subordinated debt securities that may be issued
under the senior subordinated indenture; and references to “debt securities” are
references to both the senior debt securities and the senior subordinated debt
securities.
CBS
Corporation may issue its senior debt securities from time to time, in one or
more series under a senior indenture, between CBS Corporation, CBS Operations
and The Bank of New York Mellon, as senior trustee, or another senior trustee
named in a prospectus supplement. We refer to this indenture as the
“senior indenture.” The senior indenture is filed as an exhibit to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. CBS
Corporation may issue its senior subordinated debt securities from time to time,
in one or more series under a senior subordinated indenture, between CBS
Corporation, CBS Operations and The Bank of New York Mellon, as senior
subordinated trustee, or another senior subordinated trustee named in a
prospectus supplement. We refer to this indenture as the “senior
subordinated indenture.” A form of the senior subordinated indenture is filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
Together the senior indenture and the senior subordinated indenture are referred
to as the “debt indentures.” The trustee under the senior indenture
is called the “senior debt trustee” and the trustee under the senior
subordinated indenture is called the “senior subordinated debt
trustee.” Together the senior debt trustee and the senior
subordinated debt trustee are called the “debt trustees.”
Neither
of the indentures limit the amount of debt securities that may be
issued. The applicable indenture provides that debt securities may be
issued up to an aggregate principal amount authorized by CBS Corporation and may
be payable in any currency or currency unit designated by CBS
Corporation.
General
CBS
Corporation will issue debt securities from time to time and offer its debt
securities on terms determined by market conditions at the time of their
sale. CBS Corporation may issue debt securities in one or more series
with the same or various maturities, at par, at a premium or at a
discount. Any debt securities bearing no interest or interest at a
rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates will be sold at a
discount, which may be substantial, from their stated principal
amount. CBS Corporation will describe the material federal income tax
consequences and other special considerations applicable to any substantially
discounted debt securities in a related prospectus supplement.
You
should refer to the prospectus supplement for the following terms of the debt
securities offered by this registration statement:
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the
designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations of
the debt securities;
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the
percentage of the principal amount at which CBS Corporation will issue the
debt securities;
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the
date or dates on which the debt securities will
mature;
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the
annual interest rate or rates of the debt securities, or the method of
determining the rate or rates;
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the
date or dates on which any interest will be payable, the date or dates on
which payment of any interest will commence and the regular record dates
for the interest payment dates;
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whether
the debt securities will be guaranteed by CBS
Operations;
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the
terms of any mandatory or optional redemption, including any provisions
for any sinking, purchase or other similar funds, or repayment
options;
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the
currency, currencies or currency units for which the debt securities may
be purchased and in which the principal, any premium and any interest may
be payable;
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if
the currency, currencies or currency units for which the debt securities
may be purchased or in which the principal, any premium and any interest
may be payable is at CBS Corporation’s election or the purchaser’s
election, the manner in which the election may be
made;
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if
the amount of payments on the debt securities is determined by an index
based on one or more currencies or currency units, or changes in the price
of one or more securities or commodities, the manner in which the amounts
may be determined;
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the
extent to which any of the debt securities will be issuable in temporary
or permanent global form, and the manner in which any interest payable on
a temporary or permanent global security will be
paid;
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the
terms and conditions upon which the debt securities may be convertible
into or exchanged for common stock, preferred stock, or indebtedness or
other securities of any person, including CBS
Corporation;
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information
with respect to book-entry procedures, if
any;
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a
discussion of any material federal income tax and other special
considerations, procedures and limitations relating to the debt
securities; and
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any
other specific terms of the debt securities not inconsistent with the
applicable debt indenture.
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If CBS
Corporation sells any of the debt securities for one or more foreign currencies
or foreign currency units or if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on any series of debt securities will be payable in one or more foreign
currencies or foreign currency units, it will describe the restrictions,
elections, any material federal income tax consequences, specific terms and
other information with respect to the issue of debt securities and the
currencies or currency units in the related prospectus supplement.
Unless
specified otherwise in a prospectus supplement, the principal of, premium on,
and interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the debt securities
will be transferable, at the corporate trust office of the applicable debt
trustee in New York, New York. However, CBS Corporation may make
payment of interest, at its option, by check mailed on or before the payment
date to the address of the person entitled to the interest payment or by
transfer to an account held by the payee as it appears on the registry books of
the debt trustee, CBS Corporation or its agents.
Unless
specified otherwise in a prospectus supplement, CBS Corporation will issue the
debt securities in registered form and in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple of $1,000. Bearer securities, other than those
issued in global form, will be issued in denominations of $5,000. No
service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of any debt securities,
but CBS Corporation may, except in specific cases not involving any transfer,
require payment of a sufficient amount to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange.
CBS
Corporation’s rights and the rights of its creditors, including holders of debt
securities, to participate in any distribution of assets of any CBS Corporation
subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the
prior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent that CBS
Corporation’s claims as a creditor of the subsidiary may be
recognized.
Guarantees
CBS
Operations may unconditionally guarantee the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on the debt securities when and
as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption,
upon acceleration or otherwise. The guarantees of the debt securities
will be endorsed on the debt securities.
Various
federal and state fraudulent conveyance laws have been enacted for the
protection of creditors and may be utilized by a court of competent jurisdiction
to subordinate or avoid all or part of any guarantee issued by CBS
Operations. The applicable debt indentures provide that in the event
that the guarantees would constitute or result in a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of, or result in a violation of, any United States
federal, or applicable United States state, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or
similar law, then the liability of CBS Operations under the guarantees shall be
reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate such fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or violation under the applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance
or similar law. Application of this clause could limit the amount
which holders of debt securities may be entitled to collect under the
guarantees. Holders, by their acceptance of the debt securities, will
have agreed to such limitations.
To the
extent that a court were to find that (x) a guarantee was incurred by CBS
Operations with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future
creditor or (y) CBS Operations did not receive fair consideration or reasonably
equivalent value for issuing its guarantee and CBS Operations (i) was insolvent
or rendered insolvent by reason of the issuance of the guarantee, (ii) was
engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which the remaining
assets of CBS Operations constituted unreasonably small capital to carry on its
business or (iii) intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they matured, the court could
subordinate or avoid all or part of such guarantee in favor of CBS Operations’
other creditors. To the extent any guarantee issued by CBS Operations
was voided as a fraudulent conveyance or held unenforceable for any other
reason, the holders of any debt securities guaranteed by CBS Operations could
cease to have any claim against CBS Operations and would be creditors solely of
CBS Corporation.
We and
CBS Operations believe that the issuances of the guarantees by CBS Operations
are not fraudulent conveyances. There can be no assurance, however,
that a court passing on such questions would reach the same
conclusions. In rendering their opinions on the validity of the
senior debt securities and senior subordinated securities and, if applicable,
the related guarantees, neither our counsel, counsel for CBS Operations nor
counsel for any initial purchaser will express any opinion as to federal or
state laws relating to fraudulent transfers.
Ranking
The
senior debt securities will be unsecured senior obligations of CBS Corporation
and will rank equally in right of payment with all of CBS Corporation’s other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The guarantees on the senior debt
securities will be unsecured senior obligations of CBS Operations and will rank
equally in right of payment with all of CBS Operations’ other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness.
The
senior subordinated debt securities will be unsecured senior subordinated
obligations of CBS Corporation and will be subordinated in right of payment to
CBS Corporation’s senior indebtedness. The guarantees on the senior subordinated
debt securities will be unsecured senior subordinated obligations of CBS
Operations and will be subordinated in right of payment to CBS Operations’
senior indebtedness.
The debt
securities and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any secured
indebtedness of CBS Corporation or CBS Operations, as the case may be, to the
extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The debt
indentures do not limit the amount of debt that CBS Corporation, CBS Operations
or their respective subsidiaries can incur.
In
addition, both CBS Corporation and CBS Operations conduct their operations
through subsidiaries, which generate a substantial portion of their respective
operating income and cash flow. As a result, distributions or advances from
subsidiaries of CBS Corporation and CBS Operations are a major source of funds
necessary to meet their respective debt service and other obligations.
Contractual provisions, laws or regulations, as well as subsidiaries’ financial
conditions and operating requirements, may limit the ability of CBS Corporation
or CBS Operations to obtain cash required to pay CBS Corporation’s debt service
obligations, including payments on the debt securities, or CBS Operations’
payment obligations under the guarantees. The debt securities (whether senior or
subordinated obligations of CBS Corporation) will be structurally subordinated
to all obligations of CBS Corporation’s subsidiaries (other than CBS Operations,
to the extent such debt securities are guaranteed), including claims with
respect to trade payables. The guarantees (whether senior or subordinated
obligations of CBS Operations) will be structurally subordinated to all
obligations of CBS Operations’ subsidiaries, including claims with respect to
trade payables. This means that holders of the debt securities of CBS
Corporation will have a junior position to the claims of creditors of CBS
Corporation’s subsidiaries (other than CBS Operations, to the extent such debt
securities are guaranteed) on the assets and earnings of such subsidiaries.
Holders of guarantees of CBS Operations, if any, will have a junior position to
the claims of creditors of CBS Operations’ subsidiaries on the assets and
earnings of such subsidiaries and will have no claim by virtue of such
guarantees against CBS Corporation or any subsidiary of CBS Corporation that is
not a subsidiary of CBS Operations. As of June 30, 2008, CBS
Corporation’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, other than CBS Operations, had
approximately $168.1 million of indebtedness outstanding, while CBS Operations’
direct and indirect subsidiaries had approximately $73.2 million of indebtedness
outstanding.
Global
Securities
CBS
Corporation may issue debt securities of a series, in whole or in part, in the
form of one or more global securities and will deposit them with or on behalf of
a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to that series.
CBS Corporation may issue global securities in fully registered or bearer form
and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part, for the individual debt securities represented thereby, a
global security may only be transferred among the depositary, its nominees and
any successors.
The
specific terms of the depositary arrangement relating to a series of debt
securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that
series. It is anticipated that the following provisions will generally apply to
depositary arrangements.
Upon the
issuance of a global security, the depositary for the global security or its
nominee will credit on its book-entry registration and transfer system the
principal amounts of the individual debt securities represented by the global
security to the accounts of persons that have accounts with the depositary. The
accounts will be designated by the dealers, underwriters or agents with respect
to the debt securities or by CBS Corporation if the debt securities are offered
and sold directly by it. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security
will be limited to persons that have accounts with the applicable depositary
participants or persons that hold interests through these participants.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be shown on, and the
transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained
by:
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depositary participants; and
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records of depositary participants, with respect to interests of persons
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The laws
of some states require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of
the securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a global security.
So long
as the depositary for a global security or its nominee is the registered owner
of that global security, the depositary or the nominee will be considered the
sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global security
for all purposes under the applicable debt indenture. Except as provided below,
owners of beneficial interests in a global security will:
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be entitled to have any of the individual debt securities of the series
represented by the global security registered in their
names;
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receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any debt security
of that series in definitive form;
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be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable debt
indenture governing the debt
securities.
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Further
Issues
Not all
debt securities of any one series need be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the
holders, for issuances of additional debt securities of such
series.
Payment
and Paying Agents
Payments
of principal of, any premium on, and any interest on individual debt securities
represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary or its
nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee as the registered owner of
the global security representing the debt securities. Neither CBS Corporation,
the debt trustee, any paying agent, nor the security registrar for the debt
securities will have any responsibility or liability for the records relating to
or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the global
security for the debt securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to the beneficial ownership interests.
CBS
Corporation expects that the depositary for a series of debt securities or its
nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest in
respect of a permanent global security representing any of the debt securities,
will immediately credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their beneficial interests in the principal amount of the
global security for the debt securities as shown on the records of the
depositary or its nominee. CBS Corporation also expects that payments by
participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global security held
through the participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary
practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers
in bearer form or registered in “street name.” The payments will be the
responsibility of those participants.
Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets
Under the
terms of the debt indentures, CBS Corporation and CBS Operations generally would
be permitted to consolidate or merge with another entity or to sell all or
substantially all of our respective assets to another entity, subject to CBS
Corporation and CBS Operations meeting all of the following
conditions:
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surviving entity to the transaction must be a corporation organized under
the laws of a state of the United
States;
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resulting entity (other than CBS Corporation or CBS Operations) must agree
through a supplemental indenture to be legally responsible for the debt
securities;
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immediately
following the consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, no Event of
Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be
continuing;
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CBS
Corporation or CBS Operations, as the case may be, must deliver certain
certificates and documents to the debt trustee;
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CBS
Corporation and CBS Operations, if applicable, must satisfy any other
requirements specified in the prospectus supplement relating to a
particular series of debt
securities.
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CBS Operations may merge or consolidate with, or sell all or substantially all
of our assets to each other or any of our Subsidiaries. When we make reference
in this section to the sale of “all or substantially all of our assets,” we mean
property and assets generating revenues representing, in the aggregate, at least
80% of our total consolidated revenues.
In the
event that CBS Corporation or CBS Operations consolidates or merges with another
entity or sells all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, the
surviving entity shall be substituted for CBS Corporation or CBS Operations, as
the case may be, under the debt indentures and CBS Corporation or CBS
Operations, as the case may be, shall be discharged from all of its obligations
under the debt indentures.
Limitations
on Liens
We
covenant in the debt indentures that we will not create, assume or permit any
Lien on any of our properties or assets, unless we secure the debt securities at
least equally and ratably to the secured Indebtedness. The foregoing only
applies to Liens that in the aggregate exceed 15% of our total consolidated
assets, reduced by the Attributable Debt related to any permitted sale and
leaseback arrangement. See “—Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions”
below. The restrictions do not apply to Capitalized Leases or Indebtedness that
is secured by:
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existing, in the case of any debt securities, on the date such debt
securities are issued;
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on any property or any Indebtedness of a person existing at the time the
person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by acquisition, merger or
consolidation);
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in favor of us or our Subsidiaries;
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existing at the time of acquisition of the assets secured thereby and
purchase money Liens.
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restrictions do not apply to extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the
foregoing types of Liens.
Limitations
on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
We
covenant in the debt indentures that neither we nor any Restricted Subsidiary
will enter into any arrangement with any person to lease a Principal Property
(except for any arrangements that exist on the date the debt securities are
issued or that exist at the time any person that owns a Principal Property
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been or is to be sold by us or the
Restricted Subsidiary to the person unless:
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sale and leaseback arrangement involves a lease for a term of not more
than three years;
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sale and leaseback arrangement is entered into between us and any
Subsidiary or between our
Subsidiaries;
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or the Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur indebtedness
secured by a Lien on the Principal Property at least equal in amount to
the Attributable Debt permitted pursuant to the first paragraph under
“Limitations on Liens” without having to secure equally and ratably the
debt securities;
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proceeds of the sale and leaseback arrangement are at least equal to the
fair market value (as determined by our board of directors in good faith)
of the property and we apply within 180 days after the sale an amount
equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or the Attributable
Debt associated with the property to (i) the retirement of long-term debt
for borrowed money that is not subordinated to the debt securities and
that is not debt to us or a Subsidiary, or (ii) the purchase or
development of other comparable property;
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sale and leaseback arrangement is entered into within 180 days after the
initial acquisition of the Principal Property subject to the sale and
leaseback arrangement.
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The term
“Attributable Debt”, with regard to a sale and leaseback arrangement of a
Principal Property, is defined in the debt indentures as an amount equal to the
lesser of: (a) the fair market value of the property (as determined in good
faith by our board of directors); or (b) the present value of the total net
amount of rent payments to be made under the lease during its remaining term,
discounted at the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the terms of the
lease, compounded semi-annually. The calculation of the present value of the
total net amount of rent payments is subject to adjustments specified in the
debt indentures.
The term
“Principal Property” is defined in the debt indentures to include any parcel of
our or our Restricted Subsidiaries’ real property and related fixtures or
improvements located in the United States, the aggregate book value of which on
the date of determination exceeds $1.0 billion. The term “Principal Property”
does not include any telecommunications equipment or parcels of real property
and related fixtures or improvements that are determined in good faith by our
board of directors not to be of material importance to our and our Subsidiaries’
total business. As of the date of this prospectus, neither we nor any
of our Subsidiaries own any Principal Property.
Defaults
and Remedies
Holders
of debt securities will have specified rights if an Event of Default (as defined
below) occurs in respect of the debt securities of that series, as described
below.
The term
“Event of Default” in respect of the debt securities of a particular series
means any of the following:
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CBS
Corporation does not pay interest on a debt security of such series within
30 days of its due date;
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CBS
Corporation does not pay the principal of or any premium on a debt
security of such series when due and payable, at its maturity, or upon its
acceleration or redemption;
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CBS
Corporation remains in breach of a covenant or warranty in respect of the
senior indenture for 60 days after CBS Corporation receives a written
notice of default; the notice must be sent by either the debt trustee or
holders of at least 25% in principal amount of a series of outstanding
debt securities; or
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Corporation or CBS Operations, if guarantees are issued, files for
bankruptcy, or other events of bankruptcy specified in the applicable debt
indenture, insolvency or reorganization
occur.
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If an
Event of Default has occurred, the debt trustee or the holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of the debt securities of the affected series may declare
the entire unpaid principal amount (and premium, if any) of, and all the accrued
interest on, the debt securities of that series to be due and immediately
payable. This is called a declaration of acceleration of maturity. There is no
action on the part of the debt trustee or any holder of debt securities required
for such declaration if the Event of Default is a bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities
of a series may also waive certain past defaults under the debt indenture on
behalf of all of the holders of such series of debt securities. A declaration of
acceleration of maturity may be canceled, under specified circumstances, by the
holders of at least a majority in principal amount of a series of debt
securities and the debt trustee.
Except in
cases of default, where the debt trustee has special duties, a debt trustee is
not required to take any action under a debt indenture at the request of holders
unless the holders offer the debt trustee reasonable protection from expenses
and liability satisfactory to the debt trustee. If a reasonable indemnity is
provided, the holders of a majority in principal amount of a series of debt
securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or
other formal legal action seeking any remedy available to the debt trustee. The
debt trustee may refuse to follow those directions in certain circumstances
specified in the applicable debt indenture. No delay or omission in exercising
any right or remedy will be treated as a waiver of the right, remedy or Event of
Default.
Before
holders are allowed to bypass the debt trustee and bring a lawsuit or other
formal legal action or take other steps to enforce their rights or protect their
interests relating to the debt securities, the following must
occur:
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must give the debt trustee written notice that an Event of Default has
occurred and remains uncured;
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holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
a series must make a written request that the debt trustee take action
because of the default and must offer the debt trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the debt trustee against the cost and other liabilities of
taking that action;
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debt trustee must have failed to take action for 60 days after receipt of
the notice and offer of indemnity;
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holders
of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of a series must
not have given the debt trustee a direction inconsistent with the above
notice for a period of 60 days after the debt trustee has received the
notice.
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Holders
are, however, entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money
due on the debt securities on or after the due date.
Modification
of the Debt Indentures
The debt
indentures provide that CBS Corporation, CBS Operations, if applicable, and the
debt trustee may, without the consent of any holders of debt securities, enter
into supplemental indentures for the purposes, among other things,
of:
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to CBS Corporation’s or CBS Operations’
covenants;
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additional events of default;
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or eliminating any provisions of the debt indenture so long as there are
no holders entitled to the benefit of the
provisions;
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the form or terms of any series of debt securities;
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curing
ambiguities or inconsistencies in the debt indenture or making any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the debt
indentures.
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With
specific exceptions, the debt indentures or the rights of the holders of the
debt securities may be modified by CBS Corporation, CBS Operations and the debt
trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities of each series affected by the modification then
outstanding, but no modification may be made without the consent of the holders
of each outstanding debt security affected which would:
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change
the maturity of any payment of principal of, or any premium on, or any
installment of interest on, any debt
security;
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the terms of any sinking fund with respect to any debt
security;
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reduce
the principal amount of, or the interest or any premium on, any debt
security upon redemption or repayment at the option of the
holder;
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any obligation of CBS Corporation to pay additional
amounts;
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any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any debt security or
any premium or interest is payable;
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the right to sue for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to
any debt security;
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the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any
series required to consent to any supplemental indenture, any waiver of
compliance with provisions of a debt indenture or specific defaults and
their consequences provided for in the debt indenture, or otherwise modify
the sections in the debt indenture relating to these consents;
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the obligations of CBS Operations, if any, in respect of the due and
punctual payment of principal, premium and interest, if
any.
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Meetings
The debt
indentures contain provisions for convening meetings of the holders of the debt
securities of any or all series. Specific terms related to such meetings of the
holders are described in the debt indentures.
Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance
CBS
Corporation may elect either (i) to defease and be discharged (and, if
applicable, to have CBS Operations defeased and discharged) from any and all
obligations with respect to the debt securities (except as otherwise provided in
the debt indentures) (“defeasance”) or (ii) to be released from its obligations
with respect to certain covenants that are described in the debt indentures
(“covenant defeasance”), upon the deposit with the debt trustee, in trust for
such purpose, of money and/or government obligations that through the payment of
principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an
amount sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the debt securities of such series to maturity or
redemption, as the case may be, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous
senior payments thereon. As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance,
CBS Corporation must deliver to the debt trustee an opinion of counsel to the
effect that the holders of the debt securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result
of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not
occurred. Such opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance under clause (i)
above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service
or a change in applicable United States federal income tax law occurring after
the date of the debt indentures.
CBS
Corporation may exercise its defeasance option with respect to the debt
securities of any series notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant
defeasance option. If CBS Corporation exercises its defeasance option, payment
of the debt securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an event
of default and the guarantees relating to such debt securities will cease to
exist. If CBS Corporation exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of
the debt securities of such series may not be accelerated by reference to any
covenant from which CBS Corporation is released as described under clause (ii)
above. However, if acceleration were to occur for other reasons, the realizable
value at the acceleration date of the money and government obligations in the
defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on the
debt securities of such series, in that the required deposit in the defeasance
trust is based upon scheduled cash flows rather than market value, which will
vary depending upon interest rates and other factors.
Notices
Notices
to holders of debt securities will be given by mail to the addresses of such
holders as they appear in the security register.
Title
CBS
Corporation, CBS Operations, as guarantor, the debt trustees and any agent of
ours, may treat the registered owner of any registered debt security as the
absolute owner thereof (whether or not the debt security shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary) for the purpose of making payment
and for all other purposes.
Replacement
of Debt Securities
We will
replace any mutilated debt security at the expense of the holders upon surrender
to the trustee. We will replace debt securities that become destroyed, lost or
stolen at the expense of the holder upon delivery to the trustee of satisfactory
evidence of the destruction, loss or theft thereof. In the event of a destroyed,
lost or stolen debt security, an indemnity or security satisfactory to us and
the debt trustee may be required at the expense of the holder of the debt
security before a replacement debt security will be issued.
Governing
Law
The debt
indentures, the debt securities and the guarantees will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Concerning
the Debt Trustees
CBS
Corporation will identify the debt trustees in the relevant prospectus
supplement. In specific instances, CBS Corporation or the holders of a majority
of the then outstanding principal amount of the debt securities issued under a
debt indenture may remove the debt trustee and appoint a successor trustee. The
debt trustee may become the owner or pledgee of any of the debt securities with
the same rights, subject to conflict of interest restrictions, it would have if
it were not the debt trustee. The debt trustee and any successor trustee must be
eligible to act as trustee under the Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and be subject to examination by federal or state authority. Subject
to applicable law relating to conflicts of interest, the debt trustee may also
serve as trustee under other indentures relating to securities issued by CBS
Corporation or its affiliated companies and may engage in commercial
transactions with CBS Corporation and its affiliated companies. The initial debt
trustee under each debt indenture is The Bank of New York Mellon.
Senior
Debt Securities
CBS
Corporation will describe the specific terms of the senior debt securities
offered by any prospectus supplement and the extent, if any, to which the
general provisions summarized in this description may apply to any series of its
senior debt securities in the prospectus supplement relating to that
series.
Senior
Subordinated Debt Securities
In
addition to the provisions previously described in this prospectus and
applicable to all debt securities, the following description of CBS
Corporation’s senior subordinated debt securities summarizes the additional
terms and provisions of its senior subordinated debt securities to which any
prospectus supplement may relate. The specific terms of CBS Corporation’s senior
subordinated debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement and the
extent, if any, to which the general provisions summarized below may apply to
any series of senior subordinated debt securities will be described in the
prospectus supplement relating to that series.
Subordination. The
senior subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to
CBS Corporation’s senior indebtedness to the extent set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement.
The
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the senior
subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all of CBS Corporation’s senior indebtedness. CBS
Corporation may not make payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the senior subordinated debt securities and may not acquire, or make payment
on account of any sinking fund for, the senior subordinated debt securities
unless full payment of amounts then due for principal, premium, if any, and
interest on all senior indebtedness by reason of the maturity thereof has been
made or duly provided for in cash or in a manner satisfactory to the holders of
the senior indebtedness. In addition, the senior subordinated indenture provides
that if a default has occurred giving the holders of the senior indebtedness the
right to accelerate the maturity of that senior indebtedness, or an event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice, or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an event of default, then unless and until that event has been cured
or waived or has ceased to exist, no payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest on the senior subordinated debt securities and no acquisition of, or
payment on account of a sinking fund for, the senior subordinated debt
securities may be made. CBS Corporation will give prompt written notice to the
senior subordinated trustee of any default under any senior indebtedness or
under any agreement pursuant to which senior indebtedness may have been issued.
The senior subordinated indenture provisions described in this paragraph,
however, do not prevent CBS Corporation from making a sinking fund payment with
senior subordinated debt securities acquired prior to the maturity of senior
indebtedness or, in the case of default, prior to the default and notice
thereof. Upon any distribution of assets in connection with CBS Corporation’s
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization, all senior indebtedness must be paid
in full before the holders of the senior subordinated debt securities are
entitled to any payments whatsoever. As a result of these subordination
provisions, in the event of CBS Corporation’s insolvency, holders of the senior
subordinated debt securities may recover ratably less than the holders of CBS
Corporation’s senior indebtedness.
For
purposes of the description of the senior subordinated debt securities, the term
“Senior Indebtedness” of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, means
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the following, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of the senior subordinated indenture or
incurred or created after the execution:
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for money borrowed by it, or evidenced by securities, other than the
senior subordinated debt securities or any other indebtedness which is
subordinate to the senior subordinated debt
securities;
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under Capitalized Leases (other than telecommunications equipment,
including satellite transponders);
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renewals,
extensions or refundings of any of the indebtedness referred to in the
preceding bullet points unless, in the case of any particular
indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, under the express
provisions of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, or pursuant
to which the same is outstanding, the indebtedness or the renewal,
extension or refunding thereof is not superior in right of payment to the
senior subordinated debt
securities.
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Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will not
include any obligation of the Company or the Guarantor (i) to any subsidiary of
the Company or the Guarantor or to any person with respect to which the Company
or the Guarantor is a subsidiary or (ii) specifically with respect to the
production, distribution or acquisition of motion pictures or other programming
rights, talent or publishing rights.
As of
June 30, 2008, CBS Corporation’s Senior Indebtedness totaled approximately $6.9
billion, and CBS Operations had no Senior Indebtedness, other than its
guarantees of the senior debt of CBS Corporation, all of which is fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by CBS Operations.
Certain
Definitions
The
following definitions are applicable to the debt indentures:
“Capitalized
Lease” means any obligation of a person to pay rent or other amounts incurred
with respect to real property or equipment acquired or leased by such person and
used in its business that is required to be recorded as a capital lease in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as
in effect from time to time.
“Indebtedness”
of any person means, without duplication (i) any obligation of such person for
money borrowed, (ii) any obligation of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) any reimbursement
obligation of such person in respect of letters of credit or other similar
instruments which support financial obligations which would otherwise become
Indebtedness, (iv) any obligation of such person under Capitalized Leases (other
than in respect of (x) telecommunications equipment including, without
limitation, satellite transponders, and (y) theme park equipment and
attractions), and (v) any obligation of any third party to the extent secured by
a Lien on the assets of such person; provided, however, that “Indebtedness” of
such person shall not include any obligation of such person (i) to any
Subsidiary of such person or to any person with respect to which such person is
a Subsidiary or (ii) specifically with respect to the production, distribution
or acquisition of motion pictures or other programming rights, talent or
publishing rights. When used with respect to CBS Corporation, the term
“Indebtedness” also includes any obligation of CBS Operations specified in
clauses (i) through (v) above to the extent that said Indebtedness is guaranteed
by CBS Corporation.
“Lien”
means any pledge, mortgage, lien, encumbrance or other security
interest.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means a corporation, all of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by CBS Corporation or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by CBS Corporation and one or more of its Subsidiaries, which
is incorporated under the laws of a State of the United States, and which owns a
Principal Property.
“Subsidiary”
of any person means (i) a corporation, a majority of the outstanding voting
stock of which is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such person, by
one or more Subsidiaries of such person, or by such person and one or more
Subsidiaries thereof or (ii) any other person (other than a corporation),
including, without limitation, a partnership or joint venture, in which such
person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or such person and one or more
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination
thereof, has at least majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or other persons performing
similar functions).
DESCRIPTION
OF PREFERRED STOCK
The
following description sets forth certain general terms of preferred stock which
CBS Corporation may issue. The terms of any series of the preferred
stock will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the
preferred stock being offered. The description set forth below and in
any prospectus supplement is not complete, and is subject to, and qualified in
its entirety by reference to, CBS Corporation’s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, the certificate of
designations relating to each particular series of the preferred stock, which
was or will be filed with the SEC at or before the issuance of the series of
preferred stock, and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). Copies
of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
restated bylaws are incorporated by reference herein. For more information on
how you can obtain copies of these documents, see the section entitled “Where
You Can Find Additional Information.” You are urged to read our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws in their
entirety.
Terms
of the Preferred Stock
Under CBS
Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, CBS Corporation
is authorized to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share. The board of directors has the authority, without
the approval of stockholders, to cause shares of preferred stock to be issued
from time to time in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares and the
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, dividend and
other special rights and qualifications, limitations, restrictions, conditions
and other characteristics of each series. As of June 30, 2008, CBS
Corporation had 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock available for
issuance.
The
applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of each series of
preferred stock, including, where applicable, the following:
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designation, stated value, liquidation preference and number of shares
offered;
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offering price or prices;
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the
dividend rate or rates, or method of calculation, the dividend periods,
the date on which dividends shall be payable and whether dividends are
cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the dates from which
dividends begin to accumulate;
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redemption or sinking fund
provisions;
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conversion or exchange provisions;
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whether
the preferred stock will be issued in certificated or book-entry
form;
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whether
the preferred stock will be listed on a national securities
exchange;
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information
with respect to any book-entry
procedures;
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discussion of any material federal income tax and other special
considerations, procedures and limitations relating to the preferred
stock; and
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additional rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and restrictions
of the preferred stock which are not inconsistent with the provisions of
the restated certificate of
incorporation.
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The board
of directors may, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with
voting and other rights that could have an adverse impact on the rights of the
holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, including, without
limitation, their voting power. However, the board of directors may not issue
any preferred stock, or preferred stock that is convertible into or exchangeable
for other securities, that, in the aggregate with all other outstanding shares
of preferred stock, could elect a majority of the board of directors, unless
such issuance has been approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Class A common stock, voting separately as a class. The ability of the
board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could
have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of CBS
Corporation or the removal of the existing management. There are no present
plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.
Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Bank of New
York Mellon will be the transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent and registrar
for the shares of the preferred stock.
CBS
Corporation’s rights and the rights of holders of CBS Corporation securities,
including the holders of preferred stock, to participate in the distribution of
assets of any subsidiary of CBS Corporation upon its liquidation or
recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s
creditors and preferred stockholders, except to the extent CBS Corporation may
itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary or a holder
of preferred stock of the subsidiary.
Dividends
and Distributions
Unless
otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, holders of shares of the
preferred stock will be entitled to receive, as, if and when declared by the
board of directors of CBS Corporation or a duly authorized committee of the
board of directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends,
cash dividends at the rate set forth in, or calculated in accordance with the
formula set forth in, the prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock
being offered. Dividends on the preferred stock may be cumulative or
noncumulative as provided in the applicable prospectus
supplement. Dividends on the cumulative preferred stock will
accumulate from the date of original issue and will be payable as specified in
the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus
supplement will set forth the applicable dividend period with respect to a
dividend payment date. If the board of directors of CBS Corporation
or a duly authorized committee of the board of directors fails to declare a
dividend on any series of noncumulative preferred stock for any dividend period,
CBS Corporation will have no obligation to pay a dividend for that period,
whether or not dividends on that series of noncumulative preferred stock are
declared for any future dividend period.
No
dividends will be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the preferred
stock of any series ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to any
other series of preferred stock for any period unless dividends have been or are
contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment of those dividends has been set apart for:
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the case of cumulative preferred stock, all dividend periods terminating
on or before the date of payment of full cumulative dividends;
or
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the case of noncumulative preferred stock, the immediately preceding
dividend period.
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When
dividends are not paid in full upon any series of preferred stock, and any other
preferred stock ranking equally as to dividends with that series of preferred
stock, all dividends declared upon shares of that series of preferred stock and
any other preferred stock ranking equally as to dividends will be declared pro
rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on that series of
preferred stock and any other preferred stock ranking equally as to dividends
will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per
share on the shares of that series of preferred stock and the other preferred
stock bear to each other. In the case of noncumulative preferred
stock, any accrued dividends described in the immediately preceding paragraph
will not include any cumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior
dividend periods.
Except as
provided in the immediately preceding paragraph or the applicable prospectus
supplement, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of any series of
preferred stock have been declared and paid, in the case of a series of
cumulative preferred stock, for all past dividend periods, or in the case of
noncumulative preferred stock, for the immediately preceding dividend period,
CBS Corporation may not declare dividends or pay or set aside for payment or
other distribution on any of its capital stock ranking junior to or equally with
that series of preferred stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, other than
dividends or distributions paid in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to
subscribe for or purchase shares of, the common stock of CBS Corporation or
other capital stock of CBS Corporation ranking junior to that series of
preferred stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, and other than in
connection with the distribution or trading of any of its capital stock, CBS
Corporation may not redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its capital
stock ranking junior to or equally with that series of preferred stock as to
dividends or upon liquidation, for any consideration or any moneys paid to or
made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any of its
capital stock, except by conversion or exchange for capital stock of CBS
Corporation ranking junior to that series of preferred stock as to dividends and
upon liquidation.
Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the amount of
dividends payable for any period shorter than a full dividend period shall be
computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months, a 360-day year and the actual
number of days elapsed in any period of less than one month.
Liquidation
Preference
Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, upon any voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of CBS Corporation, the
holders of the preferred stock will have preference and priority over the common
stock of CBS Corporation and any other class of stock of CBS Corporation ranking
junior to the preferred stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, for
payments out of or distributions of the assets of CBS Corporation or proceeds
from any liquidation, of the amount per share set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, to the date of
final distribution to such holders. After any liquidating payment,
the holders of preferred stock will not be entitled to any other
payments.
Redemption
If
specified in the prospectus supplement relating to a series of preferred stock
being offered, CBS Corporation may, at its option, at any time or from time to
time, redeem that series of preferred stock, in whole or in part, at the
redemption prices and on the dates set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
If less
than all outstanding shares of a series of preferred stock is to be redeemed,
the selection of the shares to be redeemed shall be determined by lot or pro
rata as may be determined to be equitable by the board of directors of CBS
Corporation or a duly authorized committee of the board of
directors. From and after the redemption date, unless CBS Corporation
is in default in providing for the payment of the redemption price, dividends
shall cease to accrue on the shares of that series of preferred stock called for
redemption and all rights of the holders shall cease, other than the right to
receive the redemption price.
Voting
Rights
Unless
otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the
preferred stock will have no voting rights except as required by
law.
Conversion
or Exchange Rights
The
prospectus supplement relating to a series of preferred stock that is
convertible or exchangeable will state the terms on which shares of that series
are convertible or exchangeable into common stock, another series of preferred
stock or debt securities.
DESCRIPTION
OF COMMON STOCK
Terms
of the Common Stock
The
following description sets forth certain general terms of our common stock. The
following description is not meant to be complete and is qualified by reference
to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and
restated bylaws and the DGCL. Copies of our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and amended and restated bylaws are incorporated by reference
herein. For more information on how you can obtain copies of these documents,
see the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.” You are
urged to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended
and restated bylaws in their entirety.
The
authorized common stock of CBS Corporation as set forth in our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation consists of 375,000,000 shares of CBS
Corporation Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000,000
shares of CBS Corporation Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per
share. CBS Corporation is not registering Class A common stock with
the SEC and is therefore not permitted to offer or sell any shares of Class A
common stock pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is
a part. CBS Corporation is only registering with the SEC shares of
Class B common stock as may from time to time be issued upon conversion of
senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or preferred
stock.
As of
July 30, 2008, there were approximately 621.9 million shares of Class B common
stock issued and outstanding.
All
issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock
are identical and the holders of such shares are entitled to the same rights and
privileges, except as provided in the amended and restated certificate of
incorporation as described below.
Voting
Rights
Holders
of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share with respect to all
matters on which the holders of common stock are entitled to vote and the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A common
stock, voting separately as a class, will be necessary to approve any merger or
consolidation of CBS Corporation pursuant to which shares of common stock are
converted into or exchanged for any other securities or
consideration.
Holders
of Class B common stock will not have any voting rights, except as required by
Delaware law.
Generally,
all matters to be voted on by the stockholders of CBS Corporation must be
approved by a majority of the aggregate voting power of the shares of capital
stock of CBS Corporation present in person or represented by proxy, except as
required by Delaware law.
Dividends
Holders
of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will share ratably in any cash
dividend declared by the board of directors, subject to any preferential rights
of any outstanding preferred stock. If the board of directors declares a
dividend of any securities of CBS Corporation or another entity, the board of
directors will determine whether the holders of Class A common stock and Class B
common stock are to receive identical securities or to receive different classes
or series of securities, but only to the extent such differences are consistent
in all material respects with any differences between Class A common stock and
Class B common stock.
Conversion
So long
as there are 5,000 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, each share of
Class A common stock will be convertible at the option of the holder of such
share into one share of Class B common stock.
Liquidation
Rights
In the
event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of CBS Corporation, all
holders of common stock, regardless of class, will be entitled to share ratably
in any assets available for distributions to holders of shares of common stock
subject to the preferential rights of any outstanding preferred
stock.
Split,
Subdivision or Combination
In the
event of a split, subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of Class
A common stock or Class B common stock, the outstanding shares of the other
class of common stock will be divided proportionally.
Preemptive
Rights
Shares of
Class A common stock and Class B common stock do not entitle a holder to any
preemptive rights enabling a holder to subscribe for or receive shares of stock
of any class or any other securities convertible into shares of stock of any
class of CBS Corporation. The board of directors possesses the power to issue
shares of authorized but unissued Class A common stock and Class B common stock
without further stockholder action, subject to the requirements of applicable
law and stock exchanges. The number of authorized shares of Class A common stock
and Class B common stock could be increased with the approval of the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock and without any
action by the holders of shares of Class B common stock.
Other
Rights
The
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that CBS Corporation
may prohibit the ownership of, or redeem, shares of its capital stock in order
to ensure compliance with, or prevent the applicability of limitations imposed
by, the requirements of U.S. laws or regulations applicable to specified types
of media companies.
Listing
Our Class
A common stock and Class B common stock are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbols “CBS.A” and “CBS,” respectively.
DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
CBS
Corporation may issue warrants for the purchase of its senior debt securities,
senior subordinated debt securities or preferred stock. The warrants
may be co-issued by CBS Operations when the securities with respect to which the
warrants are issued will be guaranteed by CBS Operations. Warrants
may be issued independently or together with any senior debt securities, senior
subordinated debt securities or preferred stock offered by any prospectus
supplement and may be attached to or separate from senior debt securities,
senior subordinated debt securities or preferred stock. The warrants
are to be issued under warrant agreements to be entered into among CBS
Corporation, CBS Operations as co-issuer, if applicable, and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as warrant agent, or such other bank or trust company as is named
in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of
warrants. The warrant agent will act solely as an agent of CBS
Corporation in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation
or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of warrants or
beneficial owners of warrants.
General
If
warrants are offered, the prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the
warrants, including the following:
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currency, currencies or currency units for which warrants may be
purchased;
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designation, aggregate principal amount, currency, currencies or currency
units and terms of senior debt securities or senior subordinated debt
securities purchasable upon exercise of the debt warrants and the price at
which the senior debt securities or senior subordinated debt securities
may be purchased upon such
exercise;
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the
designation, number of shares and terms of the preferred stock purchasable
upon exercise of the preferred stock warrants and the price at which the
shares of preferred stock may be purchased upon such
exercise;
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if
applicable, the designation and terms of senior debt securities, senior
subordinated debt securities or preferred stock with which the warrants
are issued and the number of warrants issued with each senior debt
securities, senior subordinated debt securities or preferred
stock;
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if
applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related
senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or preferred
stock will be separately
transferable;
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the
date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the
date on which the right will
expire;
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whether
the warrants will be issued in registered or bearer
form;
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a
discussion of any material federal income tax and other special
considerations, procedures and limitations relating to the warrants;
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other terms of the warrants.
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Warrants
may be exchanged for new warrants of different denominations. If in
registered form, the warrants may be presented for registration of
transfer. The warrants may be exercised at the corporate trust office
of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus
supplement. Before the exercise of their warrants, holders of
warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the various securities
purchasable upon the exercise, including the right to receive payments of
principal of, any premium on, or any interest on, senior debt securities or
senior subordinated debt securities purchasable upon the exercise or to enforce
the covenants in the applicable indenture or to receive payments of dividends,
if any, on the preferred stock purchasable upon their exercise or to exercise
any applicable right to vote. If CBS Corporation maintains the
ability to reduce the exercise price of any preferred stock warrant and the
right is triggered, it will comply with federal securities laws, including Rule
13e-4 under the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable.
Exercise
of Warrants
Each
warrant will entitle the holder to purchase a principal amount of senior debt
securities, senior subordinated debt securities or a number of shares of
preferred stock at the exercise price as will in each case be set forth in, or
calculable from, the prospectus supplement relating to the
warrant. Warrants may be exercised at the times that are set forth in
the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants. After the close
of business on the date on which the warrant expires, or any later date to which
CBS Corporation may extend the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become
void.
Subject
to any restrictions and additional requirements that may be set forth in the
prospectus supplement relating thereto, warrants may be exercised by delivery to
the warrant agent of the certificate evidencing the warrants properly completed
and duly executed and of payment as provided in the prospectus supplement of the
amount required to purchase the senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt
securities or preferred stock purchasable upon the exercise. The
exercise price will be the price applicable on the date of payment in full, as
set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants. Upon
receipt of the payment and the certificate representing the warrants to be
exercised, properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of
the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement,
CBS Corporation will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver the senior debt
securities, senior subordinated debt securities or shares of preferred stock
purchasable upon the exercise, and, if applicable, CBS Operations will issue
guarantees relating to those securities. If fewer than all of the
warrants represented by a certificate are exercised, a new certificate will be
issued for the remaining amount of warrants.
Additional
Provisions
The
exercise price payable and the number of shares of preferred stock purchasable
upon the exercise of each stock warrant will be subject to adjustment in
specific events, including the issuance of a stock dividend to holders of
preferred stock, or a combination, subdivision or reclassification of preferred
stock. In lieu of adjusting the number of shares of preferred stock
purchasable upon exercise of each stock warrant, CBS Corporation may elect to
adjust the number of preferred stock warrants. No adjustment in the
number of shares purchasable upon exercise of the preferred stock warrants will
be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1%
thereof. CBS Corporation may, at its option, reduce the exercise
price at any time. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise
of preferred stock warrants, but CBS Corporation will pay the cash value of any
fractional shares otherwise issuable. In case of any consolidation,
merger, or sale or conveyance of the property of CBS Corporation as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety, the holder of each outstanding preferred stock
warrant will have the right upon the exercise to the kind and amount of shares
of stock and other securities and property, including cash, receivable by a
holder of the number of shares of preferred stock into which the stock warrants
were exercisable immediately prior thereto.
No
Rights as Shareholders
Holders
of preferred stock warrants will not be entitled, by virtue of being the
holders, to vote, to consent, to receive dividends, to receive notice as
shareholders with respect to any meeting of shareholders for the election of the
directors or any other matter, or to exercise any rights whatsoever as its
shareholders, with respect to either CBS Corporation or CBS
Operations.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We may
sell the securities:
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describe in a prospectus supplement the particular terms of the offering of the
securities, including the following:
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purchase price and the proceeds we will receive from the
sale;
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underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’
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initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or
reallowed or paid to dealers;
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securities exchanges on which the securities of the series may be listed;
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other information we think is
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If we use
underwriters in the sale, such underwriters will acquire the securities for
their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering
price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale.
The
securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates
represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. The
obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to
certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the
securities of the series offered if any of the securities are purchased. The
underwriters may change from time to time any initial public offering price and
any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers.
We may
sell offered securities through agents designated by us from time to time. Any
agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities for which this prospectus
is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by us to that agent will
be set forth, in the prospectus supplement. Unless indicated in the prospectus
supplement, the agents will have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to
solicit purchases for the period of their appointment.
We also
may sell offered securities directly.
Underwriters,
dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the offered
securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and any discounts or commissions received by
them from us and any profit on the resale of the offered securities by them may
be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
We will identify any underwriters, dealers or agents, and describe their
compensation, in a prospectus supplement.
Certain
of any such underwriters, dealers and agents, including their associates, may be
customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for us and our
subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business. One or more of our affiliates
may from time to time act as an agent or underwriter in connection with the sale
of the securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. The participation
of any such affiliate in the offer and sale of the securities will comply with
Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
regarding the offer and sale of securities of an affiliate.
We may
have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them
against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act, or to contribute with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers
or agents may be required to make relating to those liabilities.
We may
authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to solicit offers by certain types of
institutions to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set
forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts. These
contracts will provide for payment and delivery on a specified date in the
future. The conditions to these contracts and the commissions payable for
solicitation of such contracts will be set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
In order
to facilitate the offering of the securities, any underwriters, dealers or
agents, as the case may be, involved in the offering of such securities may
engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of
such securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to
determine payments on such securities. Specifically, the underwriters, dealers
or agents, as the case may be, may overallot in connection with the offering,
creating a short position in such securities for their own account. In addition,
to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of such securities or any such
other securities, the underwriters, dealers or agents, as the case may be, may
bid for, and purchase, such securities or any such other securities in the open
market. Finally, in any offering of such securities through a syndicate of
underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions
allotted to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing such securities in the
offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in
transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in a stabilization transaction
or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price
of the securities above independent market levels. The underwriters, dealers or
agents, as the case may be, are not required to engage in these activities, and
may end any of these activities at any time.
Some or
all of the securities may be new issues of securities with no established
trading market. Any underwriter to which securities are sold by us for public
offering and sale may make a market in such securities, but will not be
obligated to do so, and may discontinue any market making at any time without
notice. We cannot and will not give any assurances as to the liquidity of the
trading market for any of our securities.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP, our outside counsel, will pass upon the validity of the
offered securities for us and for CBS Operations. Any underwriters will be
advised about other issues relating to any offering by their own legal
counsel.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements, financial statement schedule and management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
(which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting) of CBS Corporation incorporated in this prospectus by reference to
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 have been so
incorporated by reference in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item
14. Other Expenses Of Issuance And Distribution.
The
following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses payable by CBS
Corporation in connection with the sale of the securities being registered
hereby.
Registration
fee
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fees and
expenses
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250,000
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Printing
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500,000
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Trustee
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100,000
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Rating
agency
fees
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1,000,000
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Accounting
fees and
expenses
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400,000
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Miscellaneous
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100,000
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(1) To be
paid on pay as we go basis.
Item
15. Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.
CBS
Corporation is incorporated in the State of Delaware. Section 102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) allows a corporation to include in
its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in cases
where the director breached his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of the law, willfully or negligently authorized the unlawful
payment of a dividend or approved an unlawful stock redemption or repurchase or
obtained an improper personal benefit. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the “CBS Charter”) contains provisions that eliminate directors’
personal liability, in certain circumstances.
Pursuant
to the CBS Charter and our Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “CBS Bylaws”), CBS
Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is involved in or is
threatened to be involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of
CBS Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of CBS Corporation as a
director, officer or employee (including a trustee) of another corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
(such person, an “indemnitee”), to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against judgments, fines, amounts
paid in settlement and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to proceedings to
enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, CBS Corporation
shall indemnify an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by the indemnitee, if and only if the Board of Directors of CBS
Corporation authorized the bringing of the action, suit or proceeding (or part
thereof) in advance of the commencement of the proceeding.
Pursuant
to the CBS Charter and the CBS Bylaws, to the extent that an indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith.
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
the indemnification provisions of the CBS Charter and the CBS Bylaws shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute,
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office. Without limiting the foregoing, CBS
Corporation is authorized to enter into an agreement with any director, officer
or employee of CBS Corporation providing indemnification for such person against
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement that result from any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including
any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of CBS Corporation, that
arises by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or
employee of CBS Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of CBS
Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the
fullest extent allowed by law, except that no such agreement shall provide for
indemnification for any actions that constitute fraud, actual dishonesty or
willful misconduct.
CBS
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer or employee of CBS Corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of CBS Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not CBS Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability under the provisions of the CBS Charter. CBS Corporation
has purchased certain liability insurance for its officers and directors as
permitted by Section 145(g) of the DGCL.
Item
16. Exhibits.
See
Exhibit Index.
Item
17. Undertakings.
The
undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee”
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (i),
(ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in
a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is
contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of
the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
in the post-effective amendment at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any
purchaser:
(i) Each
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to
be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as
part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or
the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described
in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the
issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the
securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date;
(5) That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities
Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
registrant to the purchaser.
(6) That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(7) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will,
unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
(8) The
undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose
of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of
Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York, State of New York, on this third day of November 2008.
CBS
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ FREDRIC G. REYNOLDS |
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Name: Fredric G. Reynolds
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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President
and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
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November 3, 2008
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Leslie
Moonves
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/s/
FREDRIC G. REYNOLDS |
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
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November
3, 2008
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Fredric
G. Reynolds
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/s/
SUSAN C. GORDON |
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Senior
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
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November
3, 2008
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Susan
C. Gordon
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Chairman of the Board and Founder
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November
3, 2008
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Sumner
M. Redstone
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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David
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Joseph
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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William
S. Cohen
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Gary
L. Countryman
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Charles
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Leonard
Goldberg
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Bruce
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Linda
M. Griego
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Arnold
Kopelson
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Doug
Morris
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Director
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November
3, 2008
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Shari
Redstone
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Director
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November 3, 2008
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Frederic
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/s/
LOUIS J.
BRISKMAN
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November
3, 2008
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Louis
J. Briskman,
Attorney-in-fact
for the Directors and Executive Officers
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York, State of New York, on this third day of November 2008.
CBS
OPERATIONS INC.
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By:
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/s/
FREDRIC G. REYNOLDS |
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Name: Fredric
G. Reynolds
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Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
LESLIE MOONVES |
President
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 3, 2008
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Leslie
Moonves
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/s/
FREDRIC G. REYNOLDS |
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal
Financial Officer)
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November
3, 2008
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Fredric
G. Reynolds
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/s/
SUSAN C. GORDON |
Senior
Vice President and Controller and Director (Principal Accounting
Officer)
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November
3, 2008
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Susan
C. Gordon
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/s/
LOUIS J. BRISKMAN |
Director
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November
3, 2008
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Louis
J. Briskman
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/s/
JOSEPH R. IANNIELLO |
Director
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November
3, 2008
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Joseph
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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Document
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4.1
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Amended
and Restated Senior Indenture dated as of November 3, 2008 between
CBS Corporation, CBS Operations Inc., and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
senior trustee.
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4.2
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Form
of Senior Subordinated Indenture between CBS Corporation, CBS Operations
Inc., and The Bank of New York Mellon, as senior subordinated
trustee.
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4.3
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Form
of Debt Warrant Agreement.
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4.4
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Form
of Standard Stock Warrant Agreement.
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5.1
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Opinion
of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP regarding the senior debt securities,
the senior subordinated debt securities, preferred stock, the guarantees
and the warrants.
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12.1
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Statement
regarding computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 12 to CBS Corporation’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-09553) for the quarter ended
June 30, 2008, filed August 1, 2008).
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23.1
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Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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23.2
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Consent
of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP regarding the senior debt securities,
the senior subordinated debt securities, preferred stock, the guarantees
and the warrants (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney for CBS Corporation.
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25.1
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Statement
of Eligibility on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York Mellon, as senior
trustee.
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25.2
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Statement
of Eligibility on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York Mellon, as senior
subordinated trustee.
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ex4-1.htm
Exhibit
4.1
CBS
CORPORATION,
Issuer
and
CBS
OPERATIONS INC.,
Guarantor
and
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON,
Trustee
Amended
and Restated Indenture
Dated as
of
November
3, 2008
Providing
for the Issuance
of
Senior
Debt Securities
Reconciliation
and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and
Indenture, dated as of .
Trust
Indenture Act Section
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Indenture
Section
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ss.
310
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(a)(1)
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607(a)
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(a)(2)
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607(a)
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(b)
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607(b),
609
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ss.
312
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(c)
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701
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ss.
314
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(a)
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704
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(a)(4)
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1008(a)
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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(e)
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102
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ss.
315
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(b)
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601
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ss.
316
(“Outstanding”)
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(a)
(last
sentence)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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502,
512
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(a)(1)(B)
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513
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(b)
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508
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ss.
317
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(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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ss.
318
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(a)
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111
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(c)
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111
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NOTE:
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This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
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Page
Acknowledgments
Exhibit A
- - Forms of Certificate
AMENDED
AND RESTATED INDENTURE, dated as of November 3, 2008, between CBS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal office
at 51 W. 52nd Street,
New York, New York 10019, CBS OPERATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Guarantor”), having its principal office at 51 W. 52nd Street,
New York, New York 10019, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at
101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.
WHEREAS,
the Company (formerly known as “Viacom Inc.”), the Guarantor (formerly known as
“Viacom International Inc.”) and the Trustee (formerly known as “The Bank of New
York”) previously entered into an indenture, dated as of June 22, 2001
(the “Original Indenture”), under which the Company issued (i) $335,000,000 of
the Company’s 7.25% Senior Notes due 2051, (ii) $700,000,000 of the Company’s
5.625% Senior Notes due 2007, (iii) $600,000,000 of the Company’s 5.625% Senior
Notes due 2012, (iv) $300,000,000 of the Company’s 4.625% Senior Notes due 2018,
(v) $450,000,000 of the Company’s 5.50% Senior Debentures due 2033 and (vi)
$700,000,000 of the Company’s 6.750% Senior Notes dues 2056, in each case, which
were guaranteed by the Guarantor;
WHEREAS,
Section 901(9) of the Original Indenture provides that the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to
the Original Indenture to make certain provisions with respect to matters
arising under the Original Indenture without the consent of Holders of
Securities, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material
respect;
WHEREAS,
the amendments contained herein do not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Guarantor desire to amend the Original Indenture, including
all exhibits thereto, solely as follows: (i) references to “Viacom Inc.” shall
be references to “CBS Corporation”, (ii) references to “Viacom
International Inc.” shall be references to “CBS Operations Inc.”,
(iii) each of CBS Corporation’s and CBS Operations Inc.’s principal office
shall be 51 W. 52nd Street,
New York, New York, 10019, (iv) references to “The Bank of New York”
shall be references to “The Bank of New York Mellon” and (v) the location of the
Corporate Trust Office shall be 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, New York
10286 (collectively, the “Amendments”);
NOW
THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee agree that the Original
Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to reflect the
Amendments, so that, upon this Amended and Restated Indenture becoming
effective, the Original Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR
The
Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time senior debt securities
(the “Securities”) evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness,
which may or may not be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of
any Person (including the Company) and which may or may not be guaranteed by the
Guarantor, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, to be issued in
one or more series, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of
interest, to mature at such times and to have such other provisions as provided
in this Indenture.
The
Guarantor desires with respect to Securities of certain series issued under this
Indenture to make the Guarantees provided for herein.
This
Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the “TIA”), that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities and coupons, or of a
series thereof, as follows:
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions. For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular and, pursuant to Section
301, any such item may, with respect to any particular series of Securities, be
amended, or modified or specified as being inapplicable;
(2) all
other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms
“cash transaction” and “self-liquidating paper”, as used in TIA Section 311,
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted
under the TIA;
(3) except
as otherwise herein expressly provided, all accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States of America from time to time; and
(4) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision. Certain terms, used principally in Article Three,
Article Five and Article Ten, are defined in those Articles.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“Additional
Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Agent”
means any Security Registrar, co-Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating
Agent.
“Attributable
Debt” means, with regard to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any
Principal Property, the lesser of: (a) the fair market value of such
property (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company);
or (b) the present value of the total net amount of rent required to be paid
under such lease during the remaining term thereof (including any period for
which such lease has been extended and excluding any unexercised renewal or
other extension options exercisable by the lessee, and excluding amounts on
account of maintenance and repairs, services, taxes and similar charges and
contingent rents), discounted at the rate of interest set forth or implicit in
the terms of such lease (or, if not practicable to determine such rate, the
weighted average interest rate per annum borne by the Securities of the
applicable series then Outstanding) compounded semi-annually. In the
case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a
penalty, such net amount shall be the lesser of the net amount determined
assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which
case the net amount shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent
shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the
first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the net amount determined
assuming no such termination.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 612 to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language
of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day,
whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general
circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the
financial community of each such place. Where successive publications
are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications
may be made on the same or on different days of the week, in the same or in
different newspapers, in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in
each case on any Business Day.
“Bearer
Security” means any Security except a Registered Security.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act
hereunder.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular
location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other particular location are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Capitalized
Lease” means any obligation of a Person to pay rent or other amounts incurred
with respect to real property or equipment acquired or leased by such Person and
used in its business that is required to be recorded as a capital lease in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as
in effect from time to time.
“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, or its successor.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after execution of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at
such time.
“Common
Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 304.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor
Person.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name
of the Company by one Officer of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Conversion
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).
“Conversion
Event” means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the
government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement of
transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the
international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary
System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or
within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit (or composite
currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time,
its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at
the date of this Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York,
New York 10286.
“corporation”
includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
“coupon”
means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Currency”
means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency unit or
currency units, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government
of one or more countries or by any reorganized confederation or association of
such governments.
“Default”
means any event or condition which is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
“Default
Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 502.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depositary”
means, as applicable, either the U.S. Depositary or the Common
Depositary.
“Dollar”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
“ECU”
means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the
Council of the European Communities.
“Election
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).
“Euro
Security” means any Bearer Security, any Security initially represented by a
Security in temporary global form exchangeable for Bearer Securities and any
Security in permanent global form exchangeable for Bearer
Securities.
“Euroclear”
means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., a bank incorporated under the laws of the
Kingdom of Belgium as the operator of the Euroclear System, or its successor as
operator of the Euroclear System.
“European
Communities” means the European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community and
the European Atomic Energy Community.
“European
Monetary System” means the European Monetary System established by the
Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in Article Five.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.
“Exchange
Rate Agent”, with respect to Securities of or within any series, means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a
New York Clearing House bank designated pursuant to Section 301 or Section
313.
“Exchange
Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable
Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation and (ii) the Dollar or
Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any
(on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest
denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 302 in the
relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the
basis of such Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation signed by the
Treasurer, any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of the
Company.
“Foreign
Currency” means any Currency, including, without limitation, the ECU issued by
the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America
or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
“Government
Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America or the government which issued the Foreign Currency in which
the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable, the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
“Guarantee”
means any Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the Guarantees set forth
in Section 1301.
“Guarantor”
means the Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean
such successor Person.
“Guarantor
Obligations” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1301.
“Guarantor
Request” or “Guarantor Order” means a written request or order signed in the
name of the Guarantor by one Officer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Holder”
means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name the
Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer
Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means
the bearer thereof.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (i) any obligation of such Person for
money borrowed, (ii) any obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes, or other similar instruments, (iii) any reimbursement
obligation of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar
instruments which support financial obligations which would otherwise become
Indebtedness, (iv) any obligation of such Person under Capitalized Leases (other
than in respect of (x) telecommunications equipment including, without
limitation, satellite transponders, and (y) theme park equipment and
attractions) and (v) any obligation of any third party to the extent secured by
a Lien on the assets of such Person; provided, however, that “Indebtedness” of
such Person shall not include any obligation of such Person (i) to any
Subsidiary of such Person or to any Person with respect to which such Person is
a Subsidiary or (ii) specifically with respect to the production, distribution
or acquisition of motion pictures or other programming rights, talent or
publishing rights. When used with respect to the Company, the term
“Indebtedness” also includes any obligation of the Guarantor specified in
clauses (i) through (v) above to the extent that said Indebtedness is Guaranteed
by the Company.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms
of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301;
provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as
Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one
or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument
as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended
by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not
Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive
of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such
Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
“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, and,
when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1007, includes such Additional
Amounts.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Lien”
means any pledge, mortgage, lien, encumbrance or other security
interest.
“Market
Exchange Rate” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a currency unit on the
one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate
between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency
calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign
Currency, the noon buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers
quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into
Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the
relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the
Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be
purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from
major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal
market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of
any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without
liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as
of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in
New York City, London or other principal market for such currency or currency
unit in question, or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem
appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Exchange Rate Agent,
if there is more than one market for dealing in any currency or currency unit by
reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in
respect of such currency or currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident
issuer of securities designated in such currency or currency unit would purchase
such currency or currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such
securities.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment, notice
of exchange or conversion, or otherwise.
“non-United
States Person” means a Person who is not a United States Person.
“Notice
of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 501.
“Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or the
Controller of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, in his or her capacity as such Officer and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or who may be an employee of or
other counsel for the Company or the Guarantor.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities or any series of any Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities or all Securities of such series,
as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(i) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities,
or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option
of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor (if
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities,
except to the extent provided in Sections 1502 and 1503, with respect
to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as
provided in Article Fifteen; and
(iv) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date of original issuance of such
Security in accordance with Section 301 hereof, of the principal amount (or, in
the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of
such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause
(i) above) of such Security and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such
calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the
presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the 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.
“Participant”
means a Person who has an account with a Depositary.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying
Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Securities or coupons on behalf of the
Company.
“Periodic
Offering” means an offering of a Securities of a series from time to time the
specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or
rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest
thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company
upon the issuance of such Securities.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series,
means the place or places (which, in the case of Euro Securities, shall be
outside the United States) where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified and as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to
which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case
may be.
“Principal
Property” means any parcel of real property and related fixtures or improvements
(other than telecommunications equipment, including, without limitation,
satellite transponders) owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
located in the United States, the aggregate book value of which on the date of
determination exceeds $1.0 billion, other than any such real property and
related fixtures or improvements, which, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in
part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registered
Security” means any Security registered in the Security Register.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Repayment
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the
Holder, means the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Repayment
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the
Holder, means the price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of
the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust
committee, the president, any Vice President, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant
cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any
assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers,
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means a corporation all of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, which is
incorporated under the laws of a State of the United States, and which owns a
Principal Property.
“Sale and
Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property
which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Person;
provided, however, that “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall not include such
arrangements that were existing on the date set forth in a prospectus
supplement, or at the time any Person owning a Principal Property becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary (whether by acquisition or otherwise, including through
merger or consolidation).
“Security”
or “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with
respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered
Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is
due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of
Section 308.
“Subsidiary”
of any Person means (i) a corporation a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock
of which is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries
thereof or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation), including, without
limitation, a partnership or joint venture, in which such Person, one or more
Subsidiaries thereof, or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof,
directly or indirectly, at the date of the determination thereof, has at least
majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof (or other Persons performing similar
functions).
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section
905.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
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; provided, however, that if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities
of that series.
“United
States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the states and
the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
“United
States Person” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, any individual who is a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States Person
under any applicable Treasury regulations), any estate the income of which is
subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or
any trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent provided
in the Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996, and
treated as United States Persons prior to such date that elect to continue to be
treated as United States Persons, will also be United States
Persons.
“U.S.
Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more permanent global
Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 301, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
and if any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” as used
with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with
respect to the Securities of such series.
“Valuation
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title “Vice President”.
“Voting
Stock” means stock of the class or classes having general voting power under
ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors,
managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the
time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power
by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“Yield to
Maturity” means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on
such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally
accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture,
upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Indenture (other than in
connection with the delivery of any Security offered in a Periodic Offering to
the Trustee for authentication pursuant to Section 303), the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1008) shall
include:
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
condition or covenant 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 such individual, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant has
been complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be
certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of,
only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion as 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 or the Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or
certificate or representations 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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the
information as to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations as 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.
SECTION 104. Acts of
Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one
or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person
or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are
issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied
in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in
favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article Sixteen, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company or the Guarantor or to all of them. Such
instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such
meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be
proved in the manner provided in Section 1606.
(b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him or her 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 that the Trustee deems reasonably
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) The
ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production of such Bearer
Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company,
bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall
be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein
mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it,
the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the
certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such
certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor may assume
that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved in
any other manner that the Trustee deems reasonably sufficient.
(e) If
the Company or the Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may, at
its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date
for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company
or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have no obligation to do
so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the
record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a
date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of
Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such
solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record
date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders
on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after
the record date.
(f) 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, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent, the Company or the
Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee, Company
or Guarantor. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished, filed or mailed, first class
postage prepaid, in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, or
(2) the
Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, to the attention of
its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders;
Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this
Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities
by the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently
given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any notice mailed to a
Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such
notice.
If by
reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to
Holders of Registered Securities by mail, then such notification to Holders of
Registered Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification to such Holders for every purpose
hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in
such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business
Day, such publication to be not later than the latest date, and not earlier than
the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such
notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if
published more than once, on the date of the first such
publication.
If by
reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or
Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable
to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then
such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for
every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice
to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or
permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any
published notice may be in an official language of the country of
publication.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee,
but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and
Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause. In
case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security, any Guarantee or coupon
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of
Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, the
Guarantees or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law. This
Indenture, the Securities, the coupons and, if issued, the Guarantees, shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Indenture is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays. In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking
fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision
of this Indenture or any Security or coupon other than a provision in the
Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall
apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but
may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with
the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or
Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment
Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may
be.
SECTION 113. Submission to
Jurisdiction. The Company and, if any Guarantees are issued and, the
Guarantor, each hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
any New York state or federal court sitting in The City of New York in any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, the Securities
of any series or, with respect to the Guarantor, the Guarantees, and the Company
and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York state or
federal court. The Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably
waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding.
SECURITIES
FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities. The
Registered Securities, if any, of each series, the Bearer Securities, if any, of
each series and related coupons, the temporary global Securities of each series,
if any, and the permanent global Securities of each series, if any, and the
Guarantees, if any, to be endorsed thereon shall be in substantially the forms
as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or
approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company
or, in the case of the Guarantees, the Guarantor, in accordance with Section
301, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture
supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may deem appropriate and as
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have
interest coupons attached.
The
definitive Securities and coupons, if any, including the Guarantees, if any,
shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of
these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, Guarantees or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities, Guarantees or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication. Subject to Section 612, the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is
one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global
Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global
form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause
(8) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Security shall
represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented
thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar in
such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject to the provisions of Section
303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee or the Security Registrar shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303
or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the
Company with respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security in
global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need
not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The
provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security
represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and
sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee or the Security
Registrar the Security in global form together with written instructions (which
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities
represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the
last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 201 and Section 307, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the
Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph,
the Company, the Guarantor (if Guarantees are issued), the Trustee and any agent
of the Company, the Guarantor (if Guarantees are issued), and the Trustee shall
treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities
represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a permanent global
Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in
registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global Security in bearer
form, Euroclear or Clearstream.
THE
SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The
Securities shall rank equally and pari passu and may be issued in one or more
series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions
or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject
to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior
to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as
applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2)
and (15) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the
Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series when issued from time
to time):
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series including CUSIP numbers (which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305,
306, 906, 1107 or 1405) and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section
303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the
date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or
extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(4) the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any,
or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates
from which any such interest shall accrue or the method by which any such date
or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any interest
payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method
by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which such
interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months;
(5) the
place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable (which in the case of Euro
Securities shall be outside the United States), any Registered Securities of the
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series
may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are
convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as
applicable, and, if different than the location specified in Section 105, the
place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company or, if
applicable, the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of the series and this
Indenture may be served;
(6) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency or
Currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities, of
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company,
if the Company is to have that option;
(7) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of
the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option
of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the date or dates
on which, the price or prices at which, the Currency or Currencies in which, and
other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(8) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denomination or denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of $5,000, the denomination
or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(9) if
other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent;
(10) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, upon redemption of the
Securities of the series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity, upon
surrender for repayment at the option of the Holder, or which the Trustee shall
be entitled to claim pursuant to Section 504 or the method by which such portion
shall be determined;
(11) if
other than Dollar, the Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series
shall be made or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and
the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to
or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;
(12) whether
the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any,
on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other
indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of
the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in one or more Currencies, other than that in which such Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which
(including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such
election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate
between the Currency or Currencies in which such Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable and the Currency or Currencies in which such Securities are
to be paid, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of
the provisions of Section 312;
(14) provisions,
if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon
the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(15) any
deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of or additions to any of
the provisions of Section 1009) of the Company or, if applicable, the
Guarantor with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events
of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants
set forth herein;
(16) whether
Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer
Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer
Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the
series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether
any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global
form with or without coupons and whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may
exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305,
whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged for Bearer
Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations),
whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the series, and the circumstances under which and the place or
places where such exchanges may be made and if Securities of the series are to
be issuable as a global Security, the identity of the depository for such
series;
(17) the
date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global
Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if
other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to
be issued;
(18) the
Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any
interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise
than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they
severally mature, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest
payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid
if other than in the manner provided in Section 304; and the extent
to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a permanent global
Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner
provided in Section 307;
(19) the
applicability, if any, of Sections 1502 and/or 1503 to the Securities of the
series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any
of the provisions of Article Fifteen;
(20) if
the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether
upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series)
only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of
other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or
conditions;
(21) whether,
under what circumstances and the Currency in which, the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1007 on the Securities of the
series to any Holder who is a non-United States Person (including any
modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment
or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to
redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of
any such option);
(22) the
designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(23) if
the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the
time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and
delivered;
(24) if
the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any
securities of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon
which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;
(25) if
Securities of or within the series are to be Guaranteed by the Guarantor and any
modification of the terms of the Guarantees as set forth in Article Thirteen
hereof; and
(26) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture or the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act) at
which the Securities will be issued and any modification of the definitions set
forth herein.
All
Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer
Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case
of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above (subject to
Section 303) and set forth in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in
any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one
series need be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series
may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
If any of
the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action(s) 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
Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such
series.
With
respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board
Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officer’s Certificate or
supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameter
for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or
that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other
procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the third paragraph
of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities
of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Registered Securities of such
series, other than Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of
any denomination) shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than Bearer
Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be
issuable in a denomination of $5,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating. The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or
its President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents or by
its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers, and attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities or coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures of
the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities
or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at
any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company and (if Securities of such series
were specified as contemplated by Section 301 to be Guaranteed by the Guarantor)
having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor, to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that,
in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with
such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee
of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized
agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be
specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to
the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series; provided
further, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Euro
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities pursuant to
Section
301, a Euro Security (other than a Security in temporary global form) may be
delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled
to physical delivery of such Euro Security (which, in case of a Euro Security to
be received in exchange for all or a portion of a Security in temporary global
form, shall be the account holder with Euroclear or Clearstream to whose account
all or such portion of such Security in temporary global form has been credited)
shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this
Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301),
dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date. If any
Security shall be represented by a permanent global Security, then, for purposes
of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest
therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of
a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be physical delivery in
connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in
such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306,
the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all
appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
cancelled. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued
at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing
such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures
acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining
the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate,
maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall
accrue. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315(a)
through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(a) that
the form or forms of such Securities and any such Guarantees to be endorsed
thereon and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;
(b) that
the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been, or in the case of
Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of
Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(c) that
such Securities, together with any Guarantees endorsed thereon and any coupons
appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with
this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with
this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general
equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall
conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities, such
Guarantees and any coupons.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 301 and the two preceding paragraphs, if all the
Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary to deliver an Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to
Section 301 or the Company Order, Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at the time of issuance
of each Security of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with
appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be delivered at
or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such
series.
If such
form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate and deliver such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties,
obligations or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee
will not be required to authenticate Securities denominated in a Foreign
Currency if the Trustee reasonably believes that it would be unable to perform
its duties with respect to such Securities.
With
respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee
may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities or as
to the authorization by the Guarantor of any Guarantee endorsed thereon, the
form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and
enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents
delivered pursuant to Section 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in
connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series.
Each
Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each
Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
No
Security, no Guarantee endorsed thereon or coupon shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless
there appears on such Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. The delivery of
any Security by the Trustee after the authentication thereof hereunder shall
constitute due delivery of any Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the
Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 310 together with a written statement (which
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the
Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never
to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary
Securities. (a) Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees
duly executed by the Guarantor substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Guarantees, in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or
more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities, Guarantees or coupons may determine, as conclusively evidenced by
their execution of such Securities, Guarantees or coupons, as the case may
be. In the case of Securities of any series issuable as Bearer
Securities, such temporary Securities shall be delivered only in compliance with
the conditions set forth in Section 303 and may be in global form.
Except in
the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with Section 304(b) or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of
such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied
by any non-matured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of
authorized denominations, having, if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees
duly executed by the Guarantor; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
provided further, however, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the
conditions set forth in Section 303. 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.
(b) Unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, this Section 304(b)
shall govern the exchange of temporary Securities issued in global
form. If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global
form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided
therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary
(the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for
credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities
(or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or
determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security (the
“Exchange Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
temporary global Security and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees
duly executed by the Guarantor, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date, such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, or to
the Security Registrar, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part,
for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an
equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary
global Security to be exchanged and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon
Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor. The definitive Securities
to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in
bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global
registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by
the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear
as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to
be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary global Security held
for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2
to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established pursuant to
Section 301; and provided further that definitive Bearer Securities shall be
delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in
compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of a
beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall
be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor and,
if applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the
Guarantor, following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
behalf and delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than
15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities
must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless
such Person takes delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the
offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer
form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security
shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until
exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the
applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such
Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee
or the applicable Paying Agent of a certificate or certificates in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be
established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest on or
after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are
the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment
Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may
be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment
Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth as Exhibit A-1
to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to
Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein
contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the
certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section
304(b) and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the
interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global
Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor and, if applicable,
having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor on the
Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the
Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial
owners. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, owing with respect to a
beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be made unless and until
such interest in such temporary global Security shall have been exchanged for an
interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so received by
Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to
the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent immediately prior to the expiration
of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the registers
maintained in such office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered
Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security
Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office, is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for
the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered
Securities on such Security Register as herein provided, and for facilitating
exchanges of temporary global Securities for permanent global Securities or
definitive Securities, or both, or of permanent global Securities for definitive
Securities, or both, as herein provided. In the event that the
Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine
the Security Register at all reasonable times.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series
at any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding
and containing identical terms and provisions, and having, if applicable,
endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor.
At the
option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination
or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Registered
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, having, if applicable,
endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by
Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities. If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board
Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officer’s
Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated
by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may
be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender
of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all
unmatured coupons (except as provided below) and with all matured coupons in
default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is
unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or
coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an
amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the
Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them, the Guarantor and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender
to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment
shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of
such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section
1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange
for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive, having, if applicable, endorsed
thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any
permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this
paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent
global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such
series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and
denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any
applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been
given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee or the Security Registrar definitive Securities of that
series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the
Company and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by
the Guarantor. On or after the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, in accordance with instructions given by the Company to the
Trustee or the Security Registrar and the Common Depositary or the U.S.
Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need
not comply with Section 102 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the Common
Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other depositary
as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee,
as the Company’s agent for such purpose, or to the Security Registrar to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities of
the same series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor and, if applicable, having endorsed
thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor as the portion of such
permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the
series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities,
in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the permanent global
Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are
issuable, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of
Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall
be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant
Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among
those selected for redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent
global Security shall be returned by the Trustee or the Security Registrar to
the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other
depositary referred to above in accordance with the Company’s
instructions. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any
portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office
or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business
at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case
may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to
the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global
Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every
Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Security Registrar or any
transfer agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar or any
transfer agent, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1405 not involving any
transfer.
The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Security if such Security may be among those selected for redemption during
a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before selection of the
Securities to be redeemed under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business
on (A) if such Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of
the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are
issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant
notice of redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered
Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Registered Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be
redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption
except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of
that series and like tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall be
simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at
the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be
so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities and Coupons. If any mutilated Security or a
Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the
Trustee or the Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them
or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of
the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions
having, if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the
Guarantor, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security.
If there
shall be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor (if related Guarantees are
issued) and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon, and (ii) such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall, subject to the following paragraph,
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not
destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions, having, if applicable,
endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security
to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security
or coupon, as the case may be; provided, however, that payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall, except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto.
Upon the
issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new
Security of any series, with any Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by
the Guarantor and with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to
which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company and, if applicable,
the Guarantor, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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, any Guarantees endorsed thereon and their coupons, if any, duly issued
hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset. (a) Except as
otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with
the provisions of Section 301, interest, if any, on any Registered Security that
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 at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each
installment of interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Company’s
option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the
address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer
to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.
Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities
of any series, payment of interest, if any, may be made, in the case of a Bearer
Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located
outside the United States.
Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent global
Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment
Date will be paid to each of any U.S. Depositary, and/or to each of Euroclear
and Clearstream with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security
held for its account by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting
such U.S. Depositary and/or each of Euroclear and Clearstream to credit the
interest, if any, received by it in respect of such permanent global Security to
the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
In case a
Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered
Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a
Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange
for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as
otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with
the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any
series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease
to be payable to the registered Holder thereof 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 (1) or
(2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in
the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be
less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except,
if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of Registered Securities of such series at his address as it appears in
the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities
of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such
series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of
business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without
the coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will
not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities
of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The
provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or
substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The
interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such
interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an
“Optional Reset Date”). The Company may exercise such option with
respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50
but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such
Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date,
the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the
Holder of any such Security a notice (the “Reset Notice”) indicating whether the
Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i)
such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable)
and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such
Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next
Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security (each such
period a “Subsequent Interest Period”), including the date or dates on which or
the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such
redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in
the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is higher
than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if applicable)
provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing
the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of
such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be
irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the
Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or
have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph,
will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier,
if applicable).
The
Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the
Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price
equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional
Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date,
the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Fourteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior
to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any
Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written
notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of
Maturity. The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable
to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications,
additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section
301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be
extended at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the
face of such Security (each an “Extension Period”) up to but not beyond the date
(the “Final Maturity”) set forth on the face of such Security. The
Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the
Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option
(the “Original Stated Maturity”). If the Company exercises such
option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106,
to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity a notice (the “Extension Notice”) indicating (i) the election of
the Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii)
the interest rate, if any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon
the Trustee’s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such
Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have
the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension
Notice.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate, if any,
provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for
the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such
Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities
with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher
interest rate.
If the
Company extends the Stated Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the
option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated
Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued
to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original Stated
Maturity once the Company has extended the Stated Maturity thereof, the Holder
must follow the procedures set forth in Article Fourteen for repayment at the
option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for
repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to
the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed
Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed
on such Registered Security), the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the
Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Registered Security), or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections
305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and
none of the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such
Registered Security), the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor
(if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Registered Security), or the Trustee shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to
any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by
delivery. The Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on
such Bearer Security), the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor
(if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer Security), or the Trustee may treat
the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute
owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or
on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security or coupon be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor (if a
Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer Security), the Trustee nor any agent of the
Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer Security), or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of
the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any global temporary or permanent Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, or any
agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Common
Depositary or a U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or impair, as between a
Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary and Holders of beneficial interests in
such temporary or permanent global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Common Depositary or the
U.S. Depositary as Holder of such temporary or permanent global
Security.
SECTION 310. Cancellation. All
Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the
option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against
any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons and
Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company or the
Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and
may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee)
for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the
Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company or the Guarantor
shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such
Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled Securities and
coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee
shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless by a
Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
SECTION 311. Computation of
Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest, if any, on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in
Respect of Securities. (a) Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, with respect to Registered
Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph
(b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in
paragraph (b) below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except
as provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series
will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this
Section 312 may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It
may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Registered Securities of
any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e)
below, to receive payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be
designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee for such series of
Registered Securities a written election with signature guarantees and in the
applicable form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of
business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment
date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such
Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee
of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice
to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities (but any such change
must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date
immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to
be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with
respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the
Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen or with respect
to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of
option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such
transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not
have delivered any such election to the Trustee of such series of Registered
Securities not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date
will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant
Currency as provided in Section 312(a). The Trustee for each such
series of Registered Securities shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as
practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written
election.
(c) Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301, then, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not later than the fourth Business
Day after the Election Date for each payment date for Registered Securities of
any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the Company a written notice
specifying the Currency in which Registered Securities of such series are
payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment
date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in respect of the
Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at
least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date
the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities
an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign
Currency or Currencies payments to be made on such payment
date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar
or Foreign Currency or Currencies amount receivable by Holders of Registered
Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b)
above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market
Exchange Rate in effect on the second Business Day (the “Valuation Date”)
immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If
a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the
Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election
provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for
the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any on the
applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring
after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the “Conversion
Date”), the Dollar shall be the currency of payment for use on each such payment
date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar
amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee of each such series of
Securities and by such Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such
Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign
Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the
manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Registered
Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with
respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the
Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election;
and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment
would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive
payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section
312.
(f) The
“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Exchange
Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting
the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the
Conversion Date.
(g) The
“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Exchange
Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below shall be the sum
of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on
the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For
purposes of this Section 312, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A
“Component Currency” shall mean any currency which, on the Conversion Date, was
a component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited
to, the ECU.
A
“Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of
such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the
relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the
Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of
any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in
the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective
Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of
such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency, and
such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single currency
shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion
Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such
two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the
Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar
Equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the
Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division, and such amounts shall
thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be
Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant
currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other
than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”)
occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such currency unit and is
continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such
Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of
the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in
effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
An
“Election Date” shall mean the Regular Record Date for the applicable series of
Registered Securities or at least 16 days prior to Maturity, as the case may be,
or such other prior date for any series of Registered Securities as specified
pursuant to clause 13 of Section 301 by which the written election
referred to in Section 312(b) may be made.
All
decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar
Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit,
the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above
shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the
Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities and all Holders of such
Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. The
Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Company and the
Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities of any such decision or
determination.
In the
event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has
occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company will immediately give
written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities
and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will promptly thereafter give
notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying
the Conversion Date. In the event the Company so determines that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the ECU or any other currency unit
in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company will immediately
give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate series of
Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will promptly
thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the affected
Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each
Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company
determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component Currency as
set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company
will similarly give written notice to the Trustee of the appropriate series of
Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent.
The
Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be fully justified and
protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company
and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation
to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the
Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of
Successor Exchange Rate Agent. (a) Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any
series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a
Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The
Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign
exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and,
if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Foreign Currency into
the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No
resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor
Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a
written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee of the appropriate
series of Securities accepting such appointment executed by the successor
Exchange Rate Agent.
(c) If
the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any
cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate
Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those
series (it being understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series)
and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, at any time there
shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any
particular series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and
that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency.
SECTION 314. CUSIP Numbers. The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “CINS” or “ISIN” numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall indicate the respective
“CUSIP”, “CINS” or “ISIN” numbers of the Securities in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee as
promptly as practicable in writing of any change in the CUSIP, CINS or ISIN
numbers.
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture. Except as set forth below, this Indenture shall upon
Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights
of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly
provided for herein or pursuant hereto, any surviving rights of tender for
repayment at the option of the Holders and any right to receive Additional
Amounts, as provided in Section 1007), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order, and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series when
(1) either
(A) all
Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and
maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived
as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such
series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called
for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender
has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and
coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and thereafter repaid to the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
or
(B) all
Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons
appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have
become due and payable, or
(ii) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if
redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
such purpose, solely for the benefit of the Holders, an amount in the Currency
in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the
Company has irrevocably paid or caused to be irrevocably paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been
complied with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of
the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive any termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust
Funds. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held
in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities,
the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as
the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has
been deposited with or received by the Trustee.
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of
Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body), unless it is either inapplicable to a
particular series or is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the
supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution establishing such series of
Securities or is in the form of Security for such series:
(1) default
in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series, or any related
coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance of
such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that
series when due and payable, at its Maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or
otherwise; or
(3) 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 a series
of Securities other than that series) and continuance of such default or breach
for a period of 60 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
(4) the
entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or
order adjudging the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor under any applicable federal
or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or, if Guarantees
are issued, the Guarantor 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 90 consecutive days; or
(5) the
commencement by the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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 it to
the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or, if
Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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 it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or
the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Company or, if Guarantees are issued,
the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or the taking of
corporate action by the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor in
furtherance of any such action; or
(6) any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(4) or (5)) occurs and is continuing, then in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may, and the Trustee at the request of
such Holders shall, declare immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing
to the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders) the unpaid principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of that series) of (and premium, if any) and accrued
interest in respect of each Security then Outstanding in that series (the
“Default Amount”). Upon any such declaration, the Default Amount
shall become immediately due and payable on all Outstanding Securities of that
series. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 502, if
an Event of Default specified in Section 501(4) or (5) occurs then, the Default
Amount on the Securities then Outstanding shall ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable 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 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, the Guarantor, if applicable, and
the Trustee may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if:
(1) the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay,
(A) all
overdue interest on all Securities of that series and any related
coupons,
(B) the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which has
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities,
(C) to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue interest
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all
Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on
Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that
if:
(1) default
is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any
series and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and payable and
such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default
is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
of any series at its Maturity, then the Company will, upon demand of the
Trustee, pay to the Trustee (such demand and payment in the case of Euro
Securities to occur only outside of the United States), for the benefit of the
Holders of Securities of such series and coupons, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities and coupons of that series for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest upon any overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest, if any, at the
rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the
Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial
proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against
the Company, the Guarantor (if any related Guarantees are issued) or any other
obligor upon Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company, the Guarantor (if any related Guarantees are issued) or any other
obligor upon Securities of such series, wherever situated.
If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its
rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company, the Guarantor (if any related
Guarantees are issued) or any other obligor upon the Securities of a series or
the property of the Company, the Guarantor (if any related Guarantees are
issued) or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company or, if applicable,
the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(i) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
provided in the terms thereof) (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same (which distribution, in the case of Euro
Securities, shall occur only outside the United States);
and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other
similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder of Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to the
Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606.
Subject
to Article Eight and Section 902 and unless otherwise provided as contemplated
by Section 301, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of
a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities or Coupons. All rights of action and claims
under this Indenture or any of the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or
coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and
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 and coupons in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money
Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by
the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of
principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the
Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be (such presentation, in the
case of Euro Securities or coupons, to occur only outside the United States),
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 606;
SECOND: To
the payment (such payment, in the case of Euro Securities, to occur only outside
the United States) of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and
coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, 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 aggregate amounts
due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: To
the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person or
Persons designated in writing by the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No
Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupon shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee an indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority 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 such
Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the
right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on
such Security or payment of such coupon on the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holders on the
Repayment Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture
and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every
such case the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities
and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or
coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such
Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may
be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of
Securities. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that
(1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction which, in the Opinion of Counsel to
the Trustee, is unduly prejudicial to other Holders of Securities of such series
not consenting or would subject the Trustee to personal liability.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past
Defaults. Subject to Section 502, 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 and any related
coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to Securities of such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in
the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series or any related coupons, or
(2) in
respect of a 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
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
THE
TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of
Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default
hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall
transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice
of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have
been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment
with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interest of the Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series; and
provided further that in the case of any Default or breach of the character
specified in Section 501(3) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of
Trustee. Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through
315(d):
(1) The
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or
facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties.
(2) Any
request or direction of the Company or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or Guarantor
Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be (other than delivery of any
Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company or the Guarantor may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution.
(3) Whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Board
Resolution, an Opinion of Counsel or an Officer’s Certificate.
(4) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection 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.
(5) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction.
(6) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee in good faith shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled upon reasonable
notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company or, if any Guarantees are issued, the
Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney.
(7) The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(8) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or
unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received
by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice
references the Securities and this Indenture.
(9) The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder.
The
Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the
Securities, including any Guarantees endorsed thereon, except the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons, except that
the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and
that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1
supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set
forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall
be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the
proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities. The
Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other
agent of the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity,
may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA
Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. Money Held in
Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be.
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement and
Indemnification of Trustee. The Company agrees:
(1) To
pay to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee from time to time such reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as has been agreed upon
from time to time in writing (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust).
(2) Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith.
(3) To
indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its own part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which
shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests. 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, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture.
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of
the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
610.
(b) Subject
to Section 609(a) hereof, 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, if applicable, the Guarantor.
(c) The
Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series
by (i) the Company, by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
provided that contemporaneously therewith (x) the Company immediately appoints a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series meeting the
requirements of Section 607 hereof and (y) the terms of Section 610 hereof are
complied with in respect of such appointment (the Trustee being removed hereby
agreeing to execute the instrument contemplated by Section 610(b) hereof, if
applicable, under such circumstances) and provided further that no Default with
respect to such Securities shall have occurred and then be continuing at such
time, or (ii) Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee, the
Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor.
(d) If
at any time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after
written request therefor by the Company or the Guarantor or by any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or by any Holder of
a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to an
Officer’s Certificate may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any
Holder of a Security 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.
(e) If
an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered
to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of a notice of resignation or the
delivery of an Act of removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(f) 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 or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or Officer’s Certificate, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee
or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall
be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that
extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have
been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Security who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to Securities of such series.
(g) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for
notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a
successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor 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 request of the Company, the Guarantor 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, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section
606.
(b) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, if
applicable, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
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, the Guarantor 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. Whenever there is a
successor Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of
securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms “Indenture” and
“Securities” shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective
definition of those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such
situation.
(c) Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the
Guarantor shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the
Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this 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 or coupons shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the
Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to
such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the
Securities or coupons so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case
any Securities or coupons shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor
Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities
or coupons, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the
full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate
Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
(which may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or
more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue or
upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or
pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such
appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly
furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent
shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as may otherwise be provided
pursuant to Section 301, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or
corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined
capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authorities. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of the aforesaid 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. In
case 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 further act on the part of the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign by
giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the
Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and
shall promptly give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve in the manner set forth in Section 106. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. 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 or in
lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of
authentication substantially in the following form:
This is
one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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If all of
the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and the
Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon
original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have
Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if
so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with
Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint
in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent (which, if so requested
by the Company, shall be an Affiliate of the Company) having an office in a
Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of
Securities, provided that the terms and conditions of such appointment are
acceptable to the Trustee.
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE,
COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses
of Holders. Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee that
neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar nor any agent of any of them
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to
the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with TIA
Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve,
in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of
Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided
in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in
its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) 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
duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Guarantor
nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by
reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders
made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by
Trustee. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the
first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in
TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May 15 which meets the
requirements of TIA Section 313(a).
A copy of
each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are
listed, with the Commission, with the Company and the Guarantor. The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of the listing of the Securities on any
stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company and
Guarantor. The Company and, so long as any Securities in respect of
which Guarantees have been issued are Outstanding, the Guarantor,
will:
(a) file
with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(b) file
with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information,
documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations.
The
Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
SECTION 705. Calculation of Original Issue
Discount. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall file with
the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year a written notice
specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of
such year.
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company and Guarantor May
Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Terms. Neither the
Company nor the Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into another
corporation, or sell or convey all or substantially all of their respective
property and assets to another Person unless: (i) immediately after
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance no Event of Default or Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; (ii) the surviving Person in such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be) or person to whom such property and assets are sold or conveyed (if
other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be) is a corporation
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and such
Person (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be) through
a supplemental indenture assumes payment of the principal of (premium, if any,
on) and interest on, the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series and the
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Indenture
with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, (iii) the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and such supplemental indenture
comply with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions
precedent therein provided for relating to such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance have been complied with. The Company and/or the Guarantor
may consolidate or merge with or into, or sell or convey all or substantially
all of its property and assets to any Subsidiary. For purposes of
this Section, “sell or convey all or substantially all of its property and
assets” shall mean property and assets contributing in the aggregate at least
80% of the Company’s total consolidated revenues as reported in the Company’s
last available periodic financial report (quarterly or annual, as the case may
be) filed with the Commission.
SECTION 802. Successor Person
Substituted. Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor
with or merger by the Company or the Guarantor into any other corporation or any
sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the
Company or the Guarantor to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the
Guarantor is merged or to which such sale or conveyance is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and in the event of any such sale or
conveyance, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (which term shall
for this purpose mean the Person named as the “Company” or the “Guarantor” in
the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall
theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801), shall be
discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, or the Guarantees, as the case
may be, and may be dissolved or liquidated.
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders. Unless otherwise specified in Section 902,
without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company and, if
applicable, the Guarantor, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(1) to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and in the Securities and the Guarantees
in accordance with Article Eight hereof; or
(2) to
add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit
of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company or the Guarantor; or
(3) to
add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of
Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such
supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after
default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or
may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit
the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or
those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to
waive such default; or
(4) to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer
Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any
restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; provided that any such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(5) to
change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any
such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security
Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to
secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 801 or 1006, or
otherwise; or
(7) to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, including the provisions and procedures
relating to Securities convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of
any Person (including the Company); or
(8) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee; or
(9) to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that
any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
or
(10) to
supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of
Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1502 and 1503; provided that any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any
material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each
series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company, and the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor,
when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
of each such series affected thereby:
(1) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security; or the terms of any
sinking fund with respect to any Security; or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or any premium payable upon the
redemption thereof, or repayment thereof at the option of the Holder, or change
any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by
Section 1007 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section
901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or upon the redemption
thereof or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or
adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any
Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption on or after the Redemption Date
or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the
Repayment Date), or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
mandatory redemption of Securities or repayment of the Securities at the option
of the Holder in a manner adverse to any Holder of any Securities or any coupons
appertaining thereto, or adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any
Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein,
(2) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such
series (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture,
(3) modify
any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1009, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall
not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security or coupon with
respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in
this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 610(b) and 901(8), or
(4) reduce
the terms and conditions of any obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the
due and punctual payment of the principal thereof and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, thereon. 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.
A
supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental
hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date,
or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained
prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be
cancelled and of no further effect.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created
by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound
thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any
series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Company
and, if applicable, the Guarantor, to any such supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Company having, if applicable, Guarantees endorsed
thereon and executed by the Guarantor, and authenticated and delivered (which
delivery, in the case of Euro Securities, shall occur only outside the United
States) by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such
series.
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if
Any, and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit
of the Holders of each series of Securities and any related coupons that it will
duly and punctually pay, in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities
of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series), the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) and any interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of such Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities
on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
the respective coupons for such interest installments.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series
an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may
be served, which agency initially shall be The Bank of New York Mellon, 101
Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286,
Attention: . If
Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will
maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and
where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or
surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following
paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the
United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any
Additional Amounts payable on Securities of that series pursuant to Section
1007); provided, however, that, if the Securities of that series are listed on
The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland, Limited, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange
located outside the
United
States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a
Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any
other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so
long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (C)
subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for
that series located outside the United States, an office or agency where any
Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of
that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee and give prompt notice to the Holders as
provided in Section 106 of the location, and any change in the location, of any
such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of
Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons
may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any
Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1007) at any Paying Agent for such series located outside the United
States, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive all
such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, no
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities shall be
made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check
mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to any account
maintained with a financial institution located in the United States; provided,
however, that, if the Securities of a series are denominated and payable in
Dollars, payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on
any Bearer Security (including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of
such series pursuant to Section 1007) shall be made at the office of the
Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal,
premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all
offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the
Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by
exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series
for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee and the Holders of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of
Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee
at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be
Held in Trust. If the Company or the Guarantor shall at any time act
as a Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any series and any related
coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) or any interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum (in the
Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series)) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or any
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities
and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) or any interest on any Securities of that series,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series)) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or any interest so becoming due, such sum of money to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium
or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to
act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than
the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold
all sums of money for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums of money shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give
the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee
all sums of money held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums
were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such money.
Except as
provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee
or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, in trust for
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any
Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid
to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the
Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security
or any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, look only to the Company and, if
applicable, the Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or such Paying Agent with respect to such money held in trust, and all liability
of the Company or the Guarantor as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, notice that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Corporate
Existence. Subject to Article Eight, the Company and, so long as any
Securities in respect of which Guarantees have been issued are Outstanding, the
Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory)
and franchises; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor
shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if its Board of
Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of its business.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Principal
Properties. The Company will cause all Principal Properties used or
useful in the conduct of its business or the business of the Guarantor or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company 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 from discontinuing the
maintenance of any of such properties or prevent or restrict the sale,
abandonment or other disposition of any of such properties if such action is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all material taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company or upon the income, profits or property of the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (b) all material lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the
property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however,
that the Company 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.
SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts. If
Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any
Holder who is a non-United States Person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge (“Additional Amounts”), the Company will pay to the Holder
of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such
Additional Amounts as may be so provided by Section 301. Whenever in
this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of a
series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale
or exchange of a Security of a series, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to
such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the Securities of a
series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to
the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if
the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the
first day on which a payment of principal (and premium, if any) is made), and at
least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (and premium, if any)
or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth
in the below-mentioned Officer’s Certificate, the Company will furnish the
Trustee and the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than
the Trustee, with an Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of (and premium,
if any, on) or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to
Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are non-United
States Persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge described in the Securities of that
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such
Officer’s Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to
be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that series or
related coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the
Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection
with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer’s
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in the event the Trustee shall
not withhold or deduct any sums as a result of the non-receipt of an Officer’s
Certificate pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 1008. Compliance
Certificate. (a) The Company and, so long as any
Securities in respect of which Guarantees have been issued are Outstanding, the
Guarantor, each shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, ending
after the date hereof so long as any Security is Outstanding hereunder, an
Officer’s Certificate, stating that in the course of the performance by the
signatory of his or her duties as such officer of the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, they would normally obtain knowledge of any Default by the
Company in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or
condition contained in this Indenture, and stating whether or not they have
obtained knowledge of any such Default existing on the date of such statement
and, if so, specifying each such Default of which the signatory has knowledge
and the nature thereof.
(b) The
Company will, so long as any of the Securities of any series are Outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, as promptly as practicable upon any officer listed in
(a) above becoming aware of any Default, Event of Default or default in the
performance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture,
an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default, default or
event of default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto and the status thereof.
SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain
Covenants. With respect to the Securities of any series, the Company
and the Guarantor may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition specified pursuant to Section 301 as being subject to this
Section 1009, if, before the time for such compliance, the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 1010. Limitations on
Liens. The Company shall not create, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien on any of its property or assets, without securing the Securities of any
applicable series equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured
Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing shall apply only to Liens
which in the aggregate exceed 15% of the Company’s total consolidated assets as
of the end of the Company’s most recent accounting period preceding the creation
or assumption of any such Lien (reduced by any Attributable Debt with respect to
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section 1011
below). This restriction will not apply to Capitalized Leases or to
Indebtedness secured by (a) Liens existing on the date the Securities are
issued, as applicable, and Liens on property of, or Indebtedness of, any Person
at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by acquisition or
otherwise, including through merger or consolidation), (b) Liens in favor of the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, (c) Liens existing at the time of
acquisition of the assets secured thereby (including acquisition through merger
or consolidation) and purchase money Liens, and (d) any extension, renewal or
refunding of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (c),
inclusive.
SECTION 1011. Limitations on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with
respect to any Principal Property unless (a) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
involves a lease for a term of not more than three years; (b) such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction is between the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company or
between Subsidiaries of the Company; (c) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled to incur indebtedness secured by a Lien on such
Principal Property involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction at least
equal in amount to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction pursuant to the first sentence of the “Limitations on Liens”
covenant in Section 1010 above without equally and ratably securing the
Securities of any applicable series pursuant to such covenant; (d) the proceeds
of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair market
value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company) and the Company applies an amount equal to the greater of the net
proceeds of such sale or the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction within 180 days of such sale to either (or a combination)
of (i) the retirement (other than the mandatory retirement, mandatory prepayment
or sinking fund payment or by payment at maturity) of debt for borrowed money of
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company that matures more than 12 months
after its creation (other than debt that is subordinated to the Securities or
debt to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) or (ii) the purchase,
construction or development of other comparable property; or (e) such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction is entered into within 180 days after the initial
acquisition by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, of
the Principal Property subject to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction.
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of
Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall
be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate. In case of any redemption
at the election of the Company the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if
applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed, and shall deliver to
the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select
the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case
of any redemption of Securities of any series (i) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which
is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any
series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are
to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate; provided that such method complies with the rules of any
national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Securities are
then listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or
any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such
series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption
shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to
less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other
than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of
any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of
Redemption. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106,
not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the
manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption
as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such
Security or portion thereof.
Any
notice that is mailed to the Holders of Registered Securities in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Holder receives the notice.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as
provided in Section 1106,
(3) if
less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of
the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in
case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to
such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender
of such Security, the Holder will receive, without a charge, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof
remaining unredeemed,
(5) that
on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106 will become due and
payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said
date,
(6) the
Place or Places of Payment (which in the case of Euro Securities shall be
outside the United States) where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer
Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the
Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest, if any,
(7) that
the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that,
unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if
any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing
subsequent to the Redemption Date or the amount of any such missing coupon or
coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor, if applicable, the Trustee for such
series and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if
Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities
of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be
exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption
Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the
Company, on which such exchanges may be made, and
(10) the
CUSIP number of such Security, if any.
A notice
of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify
particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption
Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under
Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003)) an
amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which
are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption
Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the
Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall cease to
bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer
Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be
void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in
accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for
such interest, and provided further that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest on Registered Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any
Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all
appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be
paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at
an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the Redemption Price shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate of interest set forth in such Security or, in the
case of an Original Issue Discount Security, at the Yield to Maturity of such
Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in
Part. Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part
(pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company, the Guarantor
or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge a new Registered
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered, with, if applicable, Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by
the Guarantor. If a temporary global Security or permanent global
Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new temporary
global Security or permanent global Security, respectively. However,
if less than all the Securities of any series with differing issue dates,
interest rates and stated maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its sole
discretion shall select the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall
notify the Trustee in writing thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant
redemption date.
SINKING
FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of
Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such
series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional
sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities
of any series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund
payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities. Subject to Section 1203, the Company may,
in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with
respect to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of
such series to the Trustee (other than any previously called for redemption or
presented for repayment at the option of the Holder) together in the case of any
Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto
and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series which have been previously
purchased or otherwise acquired or 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, as provided for by the terms of such Securities together in the case
of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required
to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms
of such series; provided that such Securities so delivered or applied as a
credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund
payment date for Securities of any series, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that
series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash
in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and
crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered
and credited. If such Officer’s Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein
specified. Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund
payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the
terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1105, 1106 and 1107.
GUARANTEES
SECTION 1301. Guarantees. If
Securities of or within a series are specified, as contemplated by Section 301,
to be guaranteed by the Guarantor, then the Guarantor hereby fully and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of any such Security which is
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to each Holder of any coupon
appertaining to any such Security, if any, and to the Trustee for itself and on
behalf of each such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest (including, in case of default, interest
on principal and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on overdue interest
and including any additional interest required to be paid according to the terms
of any such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto), if any, on each such
Security, and the due and punctual payment of any sinking fund payment (or
analogous obligation), if any, provided for with respect to any such Security,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity,
upon redemption, upon acceleration, upon tender for repayment at the option of
any Holder or otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of this Indenture,
including, without limitation, the payment of any Additional Amounts, if any,
provided for with respect to any such Security as described under Section 1007
hereof (the “Guarantor Obligations”). In case of the failure of the
Company or any successor thereto punctually to pay any such principal, premium,
interest or sinking fund payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such
payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon declaration of acceleration,
upon tender for repayment at the option of any Holder or otherwise, as if such
payment were made by the Company.
The
Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantor Obligations hereunder shall be as if
it were principal debtor and not merely surety and shall be absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of the identity of the Company, the validity,
regularity or enforceability of any such Security or coupon appertaining thereto
or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or
consent by the Holder of any such Security or coupon appertaining thereto with
respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand
of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its
Guarantees will not be discharged except by complete performance of its
obligations contained in any such Security or coupon appertaining thereto and in
this Guarantee.
If the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security or any coupon appertaining thereto is
required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or the Guarantor, or
any custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantor, any amount
paid to the Trustee or such Holder in respect of a Security or any coupons
appertaining thereto, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor further agrees,
to the fullest extent that it may lawfully do so, that, as between the
Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand,
the maturity of the obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided
in Article Five hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition extant under any applicable bankruptcy law
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed
hereby.
The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities of
a series (and of any coupons appertaining thereto) against the Company in
respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities or
any coupons appertaining thereto or this Indenture; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on all Securities of such series
shall have been indefeasibly paid in full.
SECTION 1302. Execution and Delivery of
Guarantees. To evidence its Guarantees with respect to Securities of
or within any series that are specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be
guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the
Guarantees, in a form established pursuant to Section 201, to be endorsed on
each Security of such series authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee. Each such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of the
Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Financial Officer, or its President, or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, or by its Treasurer or one of its
Assistant Treasurers and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantees
may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of the individuals who were the
proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of the Securities upon which such Guarantees are
endorsed or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
The
delivery of any Securities by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon on
behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its
Guarantees set forth in this Article Thirteen shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of
such Guarantee.
SECTION 1303. Limitation of Guarantor’s
Liability. The Guarantor, and by its acceptance of a Security each
Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that in no
event shall any Guarantor Obligations under the Guarantees constitute or result
in a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of, or result in a violation
of, any United States federal, or applicable United States state, fraudulent
transfer or conveyance or similar law. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, in the event that the Guarantor Obligations, if any, in respect of
the Securities of any series would, but for this sentence, constitute or result
in such a fraudulent transfer or conveyance or violation, then the liability of
the Guarantor under its Guarantees in respect of the Securities of such series
shall be reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate such fraudulent transfer
or conveyance or violation under the applicable fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or similar law.
REPAYMENT
AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1401. Applicability of
Article. Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated
Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the
terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 301) in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1402. Repayment of
Securities. Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or
in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in
the terms of such Securities, be repaid at the Repayment Price thereof, together
with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or
pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that
on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in
the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
sufficient to pay the Repayment Price of, and (except if the Repayment Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1403. Exercise of
Option. Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option
of the Holders thereof will contain an “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the
reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder,
any Security so providing for such repayment, with the “Option to Elect
Repayment” form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or
by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the
Company at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security
(or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time
notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than
30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire
Repayment Price of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of
such Security, the portion of the Repayment Price of such Security to be repaid,
in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the
denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the
Holder for the portion of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid,
must be specified. Any Security providing for repayment at the option
of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment,
the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum
authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be
repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of
any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof,
exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless
waived by the Company.
SECTION 1404. When Securities Presented for
Repayment Become Due and Payable. If Securities of any series
providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall have been
surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the
terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case
may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the
Company on the Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment
Date (unless the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor shall default in the
payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the
same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such
Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the
Repayment Price of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; provided,
however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons;
and provided further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any,
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but
without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the payment
thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any
Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all
appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid
after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1402 an
amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of
such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company, the Guarantor, if
applicable, and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender
to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any
Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender
thereof, the Repayment Price shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment
Date at the rate of interest set forth in such Security or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, at the Yield to Maturity of such
Security.
SECTION 1405. Securities Repaid in
Part. Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid
in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the
expense of the Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same
series, and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination specified by the
Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid, with, if applicable, Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by the
Guarantor. If a temporary global Security or permanent global
Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new temporary
global Security or a new permanent global Security, respectively.
DEFEASANCE
AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. Company’s Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 301
provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a
series under Section 1502 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a
series under Section 1503, then the provisions of such Section 1502 or Section
1503, as the case may be, together with Sections 1504, 1505 and 1506, shall be
applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may, at its option
by Officer’s Certificate, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such
series, elect to have either Section 1502 (if applicable) or Section 1503 (if
applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article
Fifteen.
SECTION 1502. Defeasance and
Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable
to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series and subject
to Sections 1505 and 1506, the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities
of such series and any related coupons on and after the date the conditions
precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the
conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter,
“defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the
Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and any
related coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for
the purposes of Section 1505 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred
to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under
such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities of such securities and any related coupons to receive,
solely from the trust fund described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth
in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) and interest on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments
are due, (B) the Company’s obligations and, to the extent applicable, the
Guarantor’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305,
306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if
any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1007, and such obligations as
shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities
and other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article
Fifteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fifteen, the Company
may exercise its option under this Section 1502 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 1503 with respect to such Securities and
any related coupons. Following a defeasance, payment of the
Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
SECTION 1503. Covenant
Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option
applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series,
the Company and the Guarantor shall each be released from its obligations under
any Section(s) of this Indenture applicable to such Securities that are
determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision with respect
to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any related coupons on and
after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but
subject to satisfaction of the conditions subsequent set forth below
(hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such Securities and any related
coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of
any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such Sections, but shall
continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that,
with respect to such Outstanding Securities of such series and any related
coupons, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
Section, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or by reason of reference in any such Section to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any
related coupons shall be unaffected thereby. Following a covenant
defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default solely by reference to such Sections specified
above in this Section 1503.
SECTION 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions precedent
or, as specifically noted below, subsequent, to application of either Section
1502 or Section 1503 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any
related coupons:
(1) The
Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607
who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fifteen applicable
to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for the benefit of, and dedicated solely to,
the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons, (A) Dollars
in an amount, or (B) 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, Dollars in
an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee), to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) each installment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date,
if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture, the Securities of such series and the coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the due
dates thereof. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election to
redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in
accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven
hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable
redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing.
(2) No
Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any related
coupons shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or
(B) insofar as paragraphs (4) and (5) of Section 501 are concerned, at any time
during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit or, if
longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference
period applicable to the Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood
that the condition in this clause (B) is a condition subsequent and shall not be
deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(3) Such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the
Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA
Section 310(b) or otherwise for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect
to any securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such
deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(5) Such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series
then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted.
(6) In
the case of an election under Section 1502, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(y) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in
the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding
Securities of such series and any related coupons will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not
occurred.
(7) In
the case of an election under Section 1503, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the
Outstanding Securities of such series and any related coupons will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(8) Such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(9) The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent and subsequent
provided for in this Indenture relating to either the defeasance under Section
1502 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1503 (as the case may be) have
been complied with.
SECTION 1505. Deposited Money and Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be
provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee--collectively for purposes of this
Section 1505, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of the
Outstanding Securities of any series and any related coupons shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor
acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities and any related coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the money or Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 1504 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof.
Anything
in this Article Fifteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money
or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by
it as provided in Section 1504 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which
would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or
covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION
1506. Reinstatement. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if and to the extent the deposited money or Government
Obligations (or the proceeds thereof) either (i) cannot be applied by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent in accordance with Section 1505 because of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application or (ii) are for any reason insufficient
in amount, then (x) the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations, if any, to
pay principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series
and any related coupons shall be reinstated to the extent necessary to cover the
deficiency on any due date for payment and (y) in the case of a covenant
defeasance under Section 1503, the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations, if
any, under any Sections applicable to such Securities that are determined
pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision shall be reinstated
unless and until all deficiencies on any due date for payment are
covered. In any case specified in clause (i), the Company’s interest
in the deposited money and Government Obligations (and proceeds thereof) shall
be reinstated to the extent the Company’s payment obligations are
reinstated.
MEETINGS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. Purposes for Which Meetings May
Be Called. A meeting of Holders of Securities of any and all series
may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to
make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or
taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1602. Call, Notice and Place of
Meetings. (a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section
1601, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York or in London as the Trustee shall determine. Notice
of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time
and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be
taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106,
not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
(b) In
case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of
at least 33 1/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of
Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1601, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication or
mailing of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in
the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in London for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1603. Persons Entitled to Vote at
Meetings. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The
only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel and any
representatives of the Guarantor and its counsel.
SECTION 1604. Quorum; Action. The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of
Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken
at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand, notice,
authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the
Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In
the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities
of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence
of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned
meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1602(a), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a
quorum.
Except as
limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the first paragraph
of the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which
this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of
not less than a specified percentage, in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative
vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any
resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the
Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not
present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 1604, if any action is to be taken at a
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action that
this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of
a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities
affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more additional
series:
(i) there
shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor
of such consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or
other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has
been made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1605. Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of
a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of
the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the
conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may
provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may
be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or
other proof.
(b) The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders
of Securities as provided in Section 1602(b), in which case the Company or the
Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of
the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At
any meeting of the Holders, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by such Holder;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or
proxy.
(d) Any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section
1602 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1606. Counting Votes and Recording
Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on
which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such
series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by
them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two
inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against
any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the
meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each
meeting of Holders of Securities of any Series shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 1602 and, if applicable, Section 1604. Each copy
shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and
secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and
another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so
signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
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This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same Indenture.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above
written.
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EXHIBIT
A
FORMS OF
CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT
A-1
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
TO
RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE
PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert
title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is
to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by
person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source
(“United States person(s)”), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”) purchasing
for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired
the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions
and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on
the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States
financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent,
that you may advise CBS Corporation or its agent that such financial institution
will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial
institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined
in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in
addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial institution
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution has not
acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a
United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used
herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the States
and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
We
undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on
which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned
Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your Operating
Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and
in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
This
certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$] of such interest in the
above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as
to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a Permanent Global
Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities (or, if
relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so
certify.
We
understand that this certificate may be required in connection with certain tax
legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such
proceedings.
Dated: _____________________,
20__
[To be
dated no earlier than the 15th day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as
applicable]
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EXHIBIT
A-2
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND
CLEARSTREAM
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
A PORTION
OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
OR TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE
EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert
title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is
to certify that, based solely on written certifications that we have received in
writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons
appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal
amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially in the form
attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$]________ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or
residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or
any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal
income taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) is
owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States
financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial
institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United
States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United
States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United
States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b),
each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its
agent, that we may advise CBS Corporation or its agent that such financial
institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or
(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial
institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined
in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to
the further effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii) above
(whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they
have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly
to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used
herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the States
and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
We
further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange (or,
if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary global
Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in the
above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date
hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and
cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We
understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax
legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such
proceedings.
Dated: _____________________,
20__
[To be
dated no earlier than the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
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ex4-2.htm
Exhibit
4.2
FORM
OF 2008 SENIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
CBS
CORPORATION,
Issuer
and
CBS
OPERATIONS INC.,
Guarantor
and
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
Trustee
_______________________
Indenture
Dated
as of
_______________________
Providing
for the Issuance
of
Senior
Subordinated Debt Securities
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Reconciliation
and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and
Indenture, dated as of [·].
Trust
Indenture
Act
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NOTE: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EXHIBIT A
- - FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
INDENTURE,
dated as of [●], between CBS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal office
at 51 W. 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019, CBS OPERATIONS INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at 51 W.
52nd Street, New York, New York 10019, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), having
its Corporate Trust Office at 101 Barclay Street, New York,
New York 10286.
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR
The Company deems it necessary to issue
from time to time senior subordinated debt securities (the “Securities”)
evidencing its unsecured and subordinated indebtedness, which may or may not be
convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the
Company) and which may or may not be guaranteed by the Guarantor, and has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of the Securities, to be issued in one or more
series, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to
mature at such times and to have such other provisions as provided in this
Indenture.
The Guarantor desires with respect to
Securities of certain series issued under this Indenture to make the Guarantees
provided for herein.
This Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities and coupons, or of a series thereof, as
follows:
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article
have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as
well as the singular and, pursuant to Section 301, any such item may, with
respect to any particular series of Securities, be amended, or modified or
specified as being inapplicable;
(2) all other terms used herein which
are defined in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms “cash transaction” and
“self-liquidating paper”, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the
TIA;
(3) except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of
America from time to time; and
(4) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in
Article Three, Article Five and Article Ten, are defined in those
Articles.
“Act”, when used with respect to any
Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“Additional Amounts” has the meaning
specified in Section 1007.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent” means any Security Registrar,
co-Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means, with regard
to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Principal Property, the
lesser of: (a) the fair market value of such property (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company); or (b) the present value of the
total net amount of rent required to be paid under such lease during the
remaining term thereof (including any period for which such lease has been
extended and excluding any unexercised renewal or other extension options
exercisable by the lessee, and excluding amounts on account of maintenance and
repairs, services, taxes and similar charges and contingent rents), discounted
at the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the terms of such lease (or, if
not practicable to determine such rate, the weighted average interest rate per
annum borne by the Securities of the applicable series then Outstanding)
compounded semi-annually. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall be the lesser of the
net amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be
terminated (in which case the net amount shall also include the amount of the
penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease
subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the net
amount determined assuming no such termination.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 612 to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
“Authorized Newspaper” means a
newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of
publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each
place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of
each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in
Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made on the same or on
different days of the week, in the same or in different newspapers, in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business
Day.
“Bearer Security” means any Security
except a Registered Security.
“Board of Directors” means the board of
directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any committee
of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with respect
to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this
Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment or other particular location are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
“Capitalized Lease” means any
obligation of a Person to pay rent or other amounts incurred with respect to
real property or equipment acquired or leased by such Person and used in its
business that is required to be recorded as a capital lease in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in effect from
time to time.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream
Banking, societe anonyme, or its successor.
“Commission” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act, or, if at any time after execution of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Common Depositary” has the meaning
specified in Section 304.
“Company” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order”
means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by one
Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
“Conversion Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 312(d).
“Conversion Event” means the cessation
of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which
issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or
other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii)
the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or
(iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the
purposes for which it was established.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the
office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of this
Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York,
New York 10286.
“corporation” includes corporations,
associations, companies and business trusts.
“coupon” means any interest coupon
appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Currency” means any currency or
currencies, composite currency or currency unit or currency units, including,
without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more countries
or by any reorganized confederation or association of such
governments.
“Default” means any event or condition
which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“Default Amount” has the meaning
specified in Section 502.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning
specified in Section 307.
“Depositary” means, as applicable,
either the U.S. Depositary or the Common Depositary.
“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other
equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as
at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
“ECU” means the European Currency Unit
as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European
Communities.
“Election Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 312(h).
“Euro Security” means any Bearer
Security, any Security initially represented by a Security in temporary global
form exchangeable for Bearer Securities and any Security in permanent global
form exchangeable for Bearer Securities.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V., a bank incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium as the
operator of the Euroclear System, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear
System.
“European Communities” means the
European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community.
“European Monetary System” means the
European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of
the Council of the European Communities.
“Event of Default” has the meaning
specified in Article Five.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 304.
“Exchange Rate Agent”, with respect to
Securities of or within any series, means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a New York Clearing
House bank designated pursuant to Section 301 or
Section 313.
“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate”
means a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate or the
applicable bid quotation and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and
on the basis of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount
determined in accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency),
payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such Market
Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation signed by the Treasurer, any Vice
President or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
“Foreign Currency” means any Currency,
including, without limitation, the ECU issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
“Government Obligations” means
securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America
or the government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of a
particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable, the timely payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except
as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from
the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
“Guarantee” means any Guarantee of the
Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture and shall include the Guarantees set forth in
Section 1301.
“Guarantor” means the Person named as
the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor
Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such successor
Person.
“Guarantor Obligations” shall have the
meaning provided in Section 1301.
“Guarantor Request” or “Guarantor
Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Guarantor by
one Officer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Holder” means, in the case of a
Registered Security, the Person in whose name the Security is registered in the
Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and,
when used with respect to any coupon, means the bearer thereof.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means,
without duplication, (i) any obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii)
any obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other
similar instruments, (iii) any reimbursement obligation of such Person in
respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments which support
financial obligations which would otherwise become Indebtedness, (iv) any
obligation of such Person under Capitalized Leases (other than in respect of (x)
telecommunications equipment, including, without limitation, satellite
transponders, and (y) theme park equipment and attractions) and (v) any
obligation of any third party to the extent secured by a Lien on the assets of
such Person; provided, however, that
“Indebtedness” of such Person shall not include any obligation of such Person
(i) to any Subsidiary of such Person or to any Person with respect to which such
Person is a Subsidiary or (ii) specifically with respect to the production,
distribution or acquisition of motion pictures or other programming rights,
talent or publishing rights. When used with respect to the Company, the term
“Indebtedness” also includes any obligation of the Guarantor specified in
clauses (i) through (v) above to the extent that said Indebtedness is Guaranteed
by the Company.
“Indenture” means this instrument as
originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended
by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series
of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at
any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument,
“Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for
which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities for
which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other
series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms
adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and
delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as
such Trustee, was not a party.
“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, and, when used with respect to
a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 1007, includes such Additional Amounts.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with
respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest
on such Security.
“Lien” means any pledge, mortgage,
lien, encumbrance or other security interest.
“Market Exchange Rate” means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301,
(i) for any conversion involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or
any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant
currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of the relevant
series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon
buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in
New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into
Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the
relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the
Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be
purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from
major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal
market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of
any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without
liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or
more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for
such currency or currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the
Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the
Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any
currency or currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or
otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such currency or currency unit
shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such
currency or currency unit would purchase such currency or currency unit in order
to make payments in respect of such securities.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to
any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an
installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of
redemption, notice of option to elect repayment, notice of exchange or
conversion, or otherwise.
“non-United States Person” means a
Person who is not a United States Person.
“Notice of Default” shall have the
meaning provided in Section 501.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or the Controller of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a
certificate signed by any Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, in his or her capacity as such Officer and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written
opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Company or
the Guarantor.
“Original Issue Discount Security”
means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount
thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect
to Securities or any series of any Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities or all Securities of such series, as the case may
be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by
the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof,
for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor (if the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent
provided in Sections 1502 and 1503, with respect to which the Company has
effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fifteen;
and
(iv) Securities which have been paid
pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of
the Company;
provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for
quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA
Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be)
due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the
principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be
counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined
as of the date of original issuance of such Security in accordance with
Section 301 hereof, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original
Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original
issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such
Security and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
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.
“Participant” means a Person who has an
account with a Depositary.
“Paying Agent” means any Person
(including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Securities or coupons on behalf of the Company.
“Periodic Offering” means an offering
of a Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which
Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or
formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the
Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any,
with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of
such Securities.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
“Place of Payment”, when used with
respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places
(which, in the case of Euro Securities, shall be outside the United States)
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such
Securities are payable as specified and as contemplated by Sections 301 and
1002.
“Predecessor Security” of any
particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the
purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be.
“Principal Property” means any parcel
of real property and related fixtures or improvements (other than
telecommunications equipment, including, without limitation, satellite
transponders) owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and located in
the United States, the aggregate book value of which on the date of
determination exceeds $1.0 billion, other than any such real property and
related fixtures or improvements, which, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Redemption Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registered Security” means any
Security registered in the Security Register.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within
any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by
Section 301.
“Repayment Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, means the date
fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Repayment Price”, when used with
respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, means the
price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with
respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department
of the trustee, including any Vice President, any assistant secretary, any
assistant treasurer, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means a
corporation all of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, which is incorporated under the
laws of a State of the United States, and which owns a Principal
Property.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means
any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property which has been or is to be sold
or transferred by the Company or such Person; provided, however, that “Sale
and Leaseback Transaction” shall not include such arrangements that were
existing on the date set forth in a prospectus supplement, or at the time any
Person owning a Principal Property becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by
acquisition or otherwise, including through merger or
consolidation).
“Security” or “Securities” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly,
means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture; provided, however, that, if at
any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
“Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee
shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall
more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
“Senior Indebtedness” of the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, means, without duplication, (i) any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantor for money borrowed, (ii) any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantor evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, or other similar instruments, other than the Securities or any other
indebtedness which is subordinate to the Securities, (iii) any reimbursement
obligation of the Company or the Guarantor in respect of letters of credit or
other similar instruments which support financial obligations which would
otherwise become Indebtedness, (iv) any obligation of the Company or the
Guarantor under Capitalized Leases (other than telecommunications equipment,
including satellite transponders), (v) any guarantee of the Company or the
Guarantor for indebtedness of other persons, other than any subordinated
Guarantee and (vi) any obligation of any third party to the extent secured by a
Lien on the assets of the Company or the Guarantor; provided, however, that “Senior
Indebtedness” of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall not
include any obligation of the Company or the Guarantor (i) to any Subsidiary of
the Company or the Guarantor or to any Person with respect to which the Company
or the Guarantor is a Subsidiary or (ii) specifically with respect to the
production, distribution or acquisition of motion pictures or other programming
rights, talent or publishing rights.
“Special Record Date” for the payment
of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with
respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest
thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such
installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable, as
such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of
Section 308.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means (i) a
corporation a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is at the time,
directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (ii) any
other Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, a
partnership or joint venture, in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries
thereof, or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof, directly or
indirectly, at the date of the determination thereof, has at least majority
ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof (or other Persons performing similar functions).
“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this
Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture 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; provided, however, that if at
any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“United States” means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301,
the United States of America (including the states and the District of
Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its
jurisdiction.
“United States Person” means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any individual who is a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a
United States Person under any applicable Treasury regulations), any estate
the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source, or any trust if a court within the United States
is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more United States Persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to
the extent provided in the Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on
August 20, 1996, and treated as United States Persons prior to such date
that elect to continue to be treated as United States Persons, will also be
United States Persons.
“U.S. Depositary” means, with
respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more permanent global Securities, the Person designated as
U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301, which must be
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and if any time there is
more than one such Person, “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the
Securities of such series.
“Valuation Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 312(c).
“Vice President”, when used with
respect to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “Vice President”.
“Voting Stock” means stock of the class
or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at
least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a
corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class
or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency).
“Yield to Maturity” means the yield to
maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at
the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth
in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond
yield computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to
the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture (other than
in connection with the delivery of any Security offered in a Periodic Offering
to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to Section 303), the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1008) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual
signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant 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
such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the
opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
SECTION 103. Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any
specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or
covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or
covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion
as 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 or the Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations
by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the opinion, certificate or representations with respect to
the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.
Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or representations 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 or the Guarantor, as
the case may be, stating that the information as to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations as 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.
SECTION 104. Acts of
Holders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of
a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and
held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of
such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company or the Guarantor or to all of them. Such instrument or
instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or
of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1606.
(b) The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the
affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public
or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or
her 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 that the Trustee
deems reasonably sufficient.
(c) The ownership of
Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership of Bearer
Securities may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a
certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other
depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer
Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company
and the Guarantor may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued
in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security
is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved
in any other manner that the Trustee deems reasonably sufficient.
(e) If the Company or the
Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may, at its option, in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c),
such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later
than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of
such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be
deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) 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, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent,
any Authenticating Agent, the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices,
etc., to Trustee, Company or Guarantor. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the
Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
made, given, furnished, filed or mailed, first class postage prepaid, in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company or the Guarantor by the
Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed
to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of
this Indenture, to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be.
SECTION 106. Notice
to Holders; Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to
Holders of Registered Securities by the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee,
such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any
notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively
deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of or
irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall
be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Registered Securities by
mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities as shall be
made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders
of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer
Securities given as provided herein.
Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer
Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if published in
an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or
cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day, such
publication to be not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published
more than once, on the date of the first such publication.
If by reason of the suspension of
publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of
Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer
Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the
failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or
the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as
provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture
shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an
official language of the country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause. In case any
provision in this Indenture or in any Security, any Guarantee or coupon shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits
of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, the Guarantees or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent,
any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law. This Indenture, the
Securities, the coupons and, if issued, the Guarantees, shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal
Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of
principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment
date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund
payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company
and, if any Guarantees are issued and, the Guarantor, each hereby irrevocably
submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or federal
court sitting in The City of New York in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to the Indenture, the Securities of any series or, with
respect to the Guarantor, the Guarantees, and the Company and the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in such New York state or federal court. The
Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent they
may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance
of such action or proceeding.
SECURITIES
FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of
Securities. The Registered Securities, if any, of each
series, the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons, the
temporary global Securities of each series, if any, and the permanent global
Securities of each series, if any, and the Guarantees, if any, to be endorsed
thereon shall be in substantially the forms as shall be established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution of the Company or, in the case of the Guarantees, the
Guarantor, in accordance with Section 301, shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to
usage.
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons
attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons,
if any, including the Guarantees, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, Guarantees or coupons, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Guarantees or
coupons.
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as
Trustee
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form. If
Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as
contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of
Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Security shall
represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented
thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges.
Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar in such manner
and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 303 or 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if
applicable, Section 304, the Trustee or the Security Registrar shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304
has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of
Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global
form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company
delivers to the Trustee or the Security Registrar the Security in global form
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the
reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together
with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of
Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 201 and Section 307, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to
the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company,
the Guarantor (if Guarantees are issued), the Trustee and any agent of the
Company, the Guarantor (if Guarantees are issued), and the Trustee shall treat
as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by
a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a permanent global Security in
registered form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in registered
form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global Security in bearer form,
Euroclear or Clearstream.
THE
SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited. The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment
to Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Seventeen.
The Securities shall rank equally and
pari passu and may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established
in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more
Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in
the manner provided, in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for
the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (15) below), if so provided, may
be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued
Securities of the series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the
series including CUSIP numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of such
series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107
or 1405) and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder;
(3) the date or dates, or the method by
which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal
of the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which
such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue or the method by which any such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be
payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any interest payable on any
Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such
date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which such interest shall
be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other
than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities
of the series shall be payable (which in the case of Euro Securities shall be
outside the United States), any Registered Securities of the series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be
surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible
or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable,
and, if different than the location specified in Section 105, the place or
places where notices or demands to or upon the Company or, if applicable, the
Guarantor in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be
served;
(6) the period or periods within which,
the price or prices at which, the Currency or Currencies in which, and other
terms and conditions upon which Securities, of the series may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that
option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and
the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or
prices at which, the Currency or Currencies in which, and other terms and
conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in
which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if other
than denominations of $5,000, the denomination or denominations in which any
Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the Trustee, the
identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(10) if other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, upon redemption of the Securities of the series
which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity, upon surrender for repayment
at the option of the Holder, or which the Trustee shall be entitled to claim
pursuant to Section 504 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(11) if other than Dollar, the Currency
or Currencies in which payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be made or in which the
Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the
provisions of Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
(which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more
Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more
Currencies, other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated
to be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date),
and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time
and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency or Currencies
in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the
Currency or Currencies in which such Securities are to be paid, in each case in
accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of
Section 312;
(14) provisions, if any, granting
special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of
such events as may be specified;
(15) any deletions from, modifications
of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants (including any deletions
from, modifications of or additions to any of the provisions of
Section 1009) of the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor with respect
to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants
are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth
herein;
(16) whether Securities of the series
are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without
coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may
be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series and vice versa (if
permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form with or without
coupons and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of
interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 305, whether Registered
Securities of the series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series
(if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether Bearer Securities of
the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, and the
circumstances under which and the place or places where such exchanges may be
made and if Securities of the series are to be issuable as a global Security,
the identity of the depository for such series;
(17) the date as of which any Bearer
Securities of the series and any temporary global Security representing
Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of
original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(18) the Person to whom any interest on
any Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person
in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer
Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and
surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the
manner provided in Section 304; and the extent to which, or the manner in
which, any interest payable on a permanent global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 307;
(19) the applicability, if any, of
Sections 1502 and/or 1503 to the Securities of the series and any
provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the
provisions of Article Fifteen;
(20) if the Securities of such series
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the
form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(21) whether, under what circumstances
and the Currency in which, the Company will pay Additional Amounts as
contemplated by Section 1007 on the Securities of the series to any Holder
who is a non-United States Person (including any modification to the
definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such
option);
(22) the designation of the initial
Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(23) if the Securities of the series
are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for
such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(24) if the Securities of the series
are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person
(including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities
will be so convertible or exchangeable;
(25) if Securities of or within the
series are to be Guaranteed by the Guarantor and any modification of the terms
of the Guarantees as set forth in Article 13 hereof; and
(26) any other terms of the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or
the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act) at which the Securities will be
issued and any modification of the definitions set forth herein.
All Securities of any one series and
the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be
substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above (subject to Section 303) and set forth in the
Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of
the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities
of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) 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 Officer’s
Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such
series.
With respect to Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant
thereto), Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture referred to above may
provide general terms or parameter for Securities of such series and provide
either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be
specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the
Company in accordance with other procedures specified in a Company Order as
contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each
series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of any series
denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to
the Securities of any series, the Registered Securities of such series, other
than Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination) shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than Bearer
Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be
issuable in a denomination of $5,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating. The Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial
Officer, or its President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Vice
Presidents or by its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers, and attested
by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities or coupons may be manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities
of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the
Company and (if Securities of such series were specified as contemplated by
Section 301 to be Guaranteed by the Guarantor) having endorsed thereon
Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor, to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in the
case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with
such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee
of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized
agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be
specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to
the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series; provided further,
however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Euro Security shall
be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and
provided
further that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Euro Security (other than a Security
in temporary global form) may be delivered in connection with its original
issuance only if the Person entitled to physical delivery of such Euro Security
(which, in case of a Euro Security to be received in exchange for all or a
portion of a Security in temporary global form, shall be the account holder with
Euroclear or Clearstream to whose account all or such portion of such Security
in temporary global form has been credited) shall have furnished a certificate
in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as
may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days
prior to the Exchange Date. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent
global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304,
the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of
such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall
be deemed to be physical delivery in connection with its original issuance of
such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security. Except as
permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver
any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured
have been detached and cancelled. If not all the Securities of any series are to
be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture
establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth
procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and
determining the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest
rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d))
shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(a) that the form or forms of such
Securities and any such Guarantees to be endorsed thereon and any coupons have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such
Securities and any coupons have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel; and
(c) that such Securities, together
with any Guarantees endorsed thereon and any coupons appertaining thereto, when
completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and
the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such
counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such
Securities, such Guarantees and any coupons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 301 and the two preceding paragraphs, if all the Securities of any
series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an
Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the
Company Order, Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate otherwise required
pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at the time of issuance of each Security
of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate
modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be delivered at or before
the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
If such form or terms have been so
established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the
Trustee will not be required to authenticate Securities denominated in a Foreign
Currency if the Trustee reasonably believes that it would be unable to perform
its duties with respect to such Securities.
With respect to Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by
the Company of any of such Securities or as to the authorization by the
Guarantor of any Guarantee endorsed thereon, the form and terms thereof and the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion
of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Section 201 and
301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication
of Securities of such series.
Each Registered Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the
date specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security, no Guarantee endorsed
thereon or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security or
Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by
manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee after
the authentication thereof hereunder shall constitute due delivery of any
Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310
together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security
has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this
Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. (a) Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and, if
applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Guarantees, in registered form, or,
if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities, Guarantees or coupons may determine,
as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Guarantees or
coupons, as the case may be. In the case of Securities of any series issuable as
Bearer Securities, such temporary Securities shall be delivered only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303 and may be in
global form.
Except in the case of temporary
Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with
Section 304(b) or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any non-matured
coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of authorized
denominations, having, if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed
by the Guarantor; provided, however, that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Registered Security; and provided further,
however, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in
Section 303. 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.
(b) Unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, this Section 304(b) shall
govern the exchange of temporary Securities issued in global form. If temporary
Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global
Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London
office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the
benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of
the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may
direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any
event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms
of, any such temporary global Security (the “Exchange Date”), the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security and, if
applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor,
executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such temporary global
Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the
Company’s agent for such purpose, or to the Security Registrar, to be exchanged,
in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of
such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like
tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged and, if
applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor.
The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary
global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent global
bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof
is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by
the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear
as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to
be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary global Security held
for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2
to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established pursuant to
Section 301; and provided further that
definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a
temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of
Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such
temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a
series in a temporary global Security shall be exchanged for definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor and, if applicable, having
endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor, following the
Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit
A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to
Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date,
copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and
Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of
Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary
global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the
beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person
receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive
Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive
Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a
temporary global Security shall be delivered only outside the
United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove
provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except
that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest
payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date for
Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall
be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon
delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee or the applicable Paying
Agent of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to
this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to
Section 301), for credit without further interest on or after such Interest
Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners
of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have
each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate
dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior
to such Exchange Date in the form set forth as Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or
in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications
made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of
the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 304(b) and of the third
paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests of the Persons
who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global Security with respect to
which such certification was made will be exchanged for definitive Securities of
the same series and of like tenor and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon
Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor on the Exchange Date or the date of
certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act
or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph, no payments of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any,
owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will
be made unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall
have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent immediately prior to the
expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the registers
maintained in such office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered
Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register
shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust
Office, is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities on such
Security Register as herein provided, and for facilitating exchanges of
temporary global Securities for permanent global Securities or definitive
Securities, or both, or of permanent global Securities for definitive
Securities, or both, as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall
cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security
Register at all reasonable times.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing
identical terms and provisions, and having, if applicable, endorsed thereon
Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered
Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denomination or denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive, having, if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the
Guarantor. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in
exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted by the
applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the
applicable Officer’s Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto,
delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder,
Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of
the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons (except as
provided below) and with all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If
the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon
or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange
may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing
coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be
waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them, the Guarantor
and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall
surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a
payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an
office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such
office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same
series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on
(i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or
agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date
and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive, having, if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly
executed by the Guarantor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global
Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any
beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to
exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and
principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as
contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any
applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been
given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee or the Security Registrar definitive Securities of that
series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the
Company and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by
the Guarantor. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, in accordance with instructions given by the Company to the Trustee
or the Security Registrar and the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary,
as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply
with Section 102 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the Common
Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other
depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to
the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, or to the Security
Registrar to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive
Securities of the same series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an
equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor and, if applicable, having endorsed
thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor as the portion of such
permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the
series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities,
in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the permanent global
Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are
issuable, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form
of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as
shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant
Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among
those selected for redemption; and provided further that
no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the
United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent
global Security shall be returned by the Trustee or the Security Registrar to
the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such
other depositary referred to above in accordance with the Company’s
instructions. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of
a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency
where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening
of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global
Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required
by the Company, the Security Registrar or any transfer agent) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar or any transfer agent, duly executed by
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1405
not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i)
to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may
be among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under
Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities
are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the
relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and
there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or
(ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected
for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or
(iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that
such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series
and like tenor, provided that such
Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv)
to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been
surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if
any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and
Coupons. If any mutilated Security or a Security with a
mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them or any agent of
either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series
and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions having, if
applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor, and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding
to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the
Company, the Guarantor (if related Guarantees are issued) and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence
of notice to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall, subject to
the following paragraph, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the
Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same
series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions, having,
if applicable, endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding
to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the
previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon, as the case may
be; provided,
however, that
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Bearer
Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security
under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with
any Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by the Guarantor and with its
coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed,
lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor, whether
or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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, any Guarantees
endorsed thereon and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest
Reset. (a) Except as otherwise specified with
respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301, interest, if any, on any Registered Security that 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 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each
installment of interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Company’s
option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to
the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii)
transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the
United States.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series,
payment of interest, if any, may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the
United States.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301, every permanent global Security will provide
that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to each
of any U.S. Depositary, and/or to each of Euroclear and Clearstream with
respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its account
by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting such
U.S. Depositary and/or each of Euroclear and Clearstream to credit the
interest, if any, received by it in respect of such permanent global Security to
the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the
close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series)
on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or
agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall
be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be
payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with
respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any series that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder thereof 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 (1) or (2)
below:
(1) The Company may elect to make
payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount
of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such
series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than 20
days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency
in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of
such series after the close of business at such office or agency on any Special
Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of
payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of
payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer
Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any
Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The provisions of this
Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may
be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable)
on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company on the date or dates
specified on the face of such Security (each an “Optional Reset Date”). The
Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an
Optional Reset Date for such Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each
Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the “Reset
Notice”) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable), and if so (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption
during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date
or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of
such Security (each such period a “Subsequent Interest Period”), including the
date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or
prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest
Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not
later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its
option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice
and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is higher than the interest
rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the
Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher
interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the
Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with
respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date,
and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such
Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to
the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will
have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of such
Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain
repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set
forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders except that the
period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not
more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the
Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset
Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of
this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Optional
Extension of Maturity. The provisions of this
Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to
Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be
specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any
Security of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the
period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an “Extension
Period”) up to but not beyond the date (the “Final Maturity”) set forth on the
face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any
Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than
60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the
exercise of such option (the “Original Stated Maturity”). If the Company
exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to
the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the “Extension Notice”) indicating (i)
the election of the Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii) the new Stated
Maturity, (iii) the interest rate, if any, applicable to the Extension Period
and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period.
Upon the Trustee’s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of
such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have
the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension
Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not
later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate, if any, provided for in
the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension
Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such
Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which
the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest
rate.
If the Company extends the Stated
Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect repayment of
such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to
the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to
obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended
the Stated Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in
Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that the period
for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more
than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the
Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice,
the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated
Maturity.
SECTION 309. Persons
Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Registered
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor (if a
Guarantee is endorsed on such Registered Security), the Trustee and any agent of
the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Registered
Security), or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered
Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Registered Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject
to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be
overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on
such Registered Security), the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the
Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Registered Security), or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Guarantor
(if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer Security), the Trustee and any agent
of the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer
Security), or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the
bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the
purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and none
of the Company, the Guarantor (if a Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer
Security), the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor (if a
Guarantee is endorsed on such Bearer Security), or the Trustee shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with
respect to any global temporary or permanent Security, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company,
the Guarantor or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by a Common Depositary or a
U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or impair, as between a Common
Depositary or a U.S. Depositary and Holders of beneficial interests in such
temporary or permanent global Security, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of the Common Depositary or the
U.S. Depositary as Holder of such temporary or permanent global
Security.
SECTION 310. Cancellation. All Securities and coupons
surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons
surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to
any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If
the Company or the Guarantor shall so acquire any of the Securities, however,
such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled
Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and
the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company,
unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest. Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
Securities of any series, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
SECTION 312. Currency
and Manner of Payments in Respect of
Securities. (a) Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, with respect to
Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in
paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election
provided for in paragraph (b) below, and with respect to Bearer Securities
of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Registered or
Bearer Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such
Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may be, is payable. The
provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or superseded with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided
pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Registered Securities of any series
that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to
receive payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for
such election by delivering to the Trustee for such series of Registered
Securities a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable
form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of
business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date.
If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such
election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder
until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee
for such series of Registered Securities (but any such change must be made not
later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the
next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment
date and no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be
made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds
pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen or with respect to which a notice of
redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of option to elect
repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder of any
such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the
Trustee of such series of Registered Securities not later than the close of
business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in
Section 312(a). The Trustee for each such series of Registered Securities
shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election
Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which
Holders have made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301,
then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not later than
the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for
Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the
Company a written notice specifying the Currency in which Registered Securities
of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be
paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in
respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered
Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and
if at least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment
date the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered
Securities an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or
Foreign Currency or Currencies payments to be made on such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency
or Currencies amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have
elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be
determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in
effect on the second Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding
each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event
occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the Securities are
denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant
to paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any on the applicable
Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring after the
last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the “Conversion Date”), the
Dollar shall be the currency of payment for use on each such payment date.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be
paid by the Company to the Trustee of each such series of Securities and by such
Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to
such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a
currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of
a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in
paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Registered Security
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect
to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in
which payment would have been made in the absence of such election; and if a
Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have
been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in
Dollars as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 312.
(f) The “Dollar Equivalent
of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and
shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified
Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion
Date.
(g) The “Dollar Equivalent
of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject
to the provisions of paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of each amount
obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation
Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this
Section 312, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A “Component Currency” shall mean any
currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant
currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.
A “Specified Amount” of a Component
Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions
thereof which were represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the
official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or
subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective
Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of
such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency, and
such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single currency
shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified
Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or
more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market
Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent of
the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange
Rate immediately before such division, and such amounts shall thereafter be
Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies.
If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above
in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of
calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such
Component Currency.
An “Election Date” shall mean the
Regular Record Date for the applicable series of Registered Securities or at
least 16 days prior to Maturity, as the case may be, or such other
prior date for any series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to
clause 13 of Section 301 by which the written election referred to in
Section 312(b) may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the
Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in
the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee for the appropriate series of
Securities and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the
relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to
the Company and the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities of any such
decision or determination.
In the event that the Company
determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a
Foreign Currency, the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to
the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate
Agent (and such Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion
Date. In the event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has
occurred with respect to the ECU or any other currency unit in which Securities
are denominated or payable, the Company will immediately give written notice
thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the
Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in
the manner provided in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the
Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the
Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith that any
subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of
Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company will similarly give written
notice to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the
Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee of the appropriate series
of Securities shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon
information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and
shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or
validity of such information independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate
Agent.
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate
Agent. (a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are
denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency,
or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then
the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as
so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the
Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the
time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose
of converting the issued Foreign Currency into the applicable payment Currency
for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the
Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent
pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written
instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee of the appropriate series of
Securities accepting such appointment executed by the successor Exchange Rate
Agent.
(c) If the Exchange Rate
Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange
Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with
respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series) and that, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only
be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular
series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are
initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency.
SECTION 314. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use
“CUSIP”, “CINS” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the
Trustee shall indicate the respective “CUSIP”, “CINS” or “ISIN” numbers of the
Securities in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall
advise the Trustee as promptly as practicable in writing of any change in CUSIP,
CINS or ISIN numbers.
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture. Except as set forth below, this Indenture shall
upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights
of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly
provided for herein or pursuant hereto, any surviving rights of tender for
repayment at the option of the Holders and any right to receive Additional
Amounts, as provided in Section 1007), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order, and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered
for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose
surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305,
(ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306,
(iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing
after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived asprovided
in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the Guarantor, as
the case may be, and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and,
in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
or
(ii) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of
the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the
case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, solely for
the benefit of the Holders, an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may
be;
(2) the Company has irrevocably paid or
caused to be irrevocably paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
and
(3) the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of the Company
to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612 and, if money shall have been
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this
Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive any termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds. Subject to
the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied
by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited
with or received by the Trustee.
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events
of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with
respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
occasioned by the provisions of Article 16 or be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body), unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or is
specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or
a Board Resolution establishing such series of Securities or is in the form of
Security for such series:
(1) default in the payment of any
interest on any Security of that series, or any related coupon, when such
interest or coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when due and
payable, at its Maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
or
(3) 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 a series of Securities
other than that series) and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 60 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
(4) the entry by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of
the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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, if Guarantees are
issued, the Guarantor under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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
90 consecutive days; or
(5) the commencement by the Company or,
if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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 it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor 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 it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company
or, if Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its
property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due or the taking of corporate action by the Company or, if
Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor in furtherance of any such action;
or
(6) any other Event of Default provided
with respect to Securities of that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(4) or (5)) occurs and is continuing, then in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series may, and the Trustee at the request of
such Holders shall, declare immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing
to the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders) the unpaid principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of that series) of (and premium, if any) and accrued
interest in respect of each Security then Outstanding in that series (the
“Default Amount”). Upon any such declaration, the Default Amount shall become
immediately due and payable on all Outstanding Securities of that series.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 502, if an Event of
Default specified in Section 501(4) or (5) occurs then, the Default Amount
on the Securities then Outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable 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 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, the Guarantor, if applicable, and the Trustee may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay,
(A) all overdue interest on
all Securities of that series and any related coupons,
(B) the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest thereon at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that
payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue interest at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or
advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect
to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities of that series which have become
due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(1) default is made in the payment of
any installment of interest on any Security of any series and any related coupon
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at its
Maturity, then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee
(such demand and payment in the case of Euro Securities to occur only outside of
the United States), for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such
series and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and
coupons of that series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
with interest upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any
overdue installments of interest, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or
provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount
as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such
amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company, the Guarantor (if
any related Guarantees are issued) or any other obligor upon Securities of such
series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor (if any
related Guarantees are issued) or any other obligor upon Securities of such
series, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons by such appropriate
judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company,
the Guarantor (if any related Guarantees are issued) or any other obligor upon
the Securities of a series or the property of the Company, the Guarantor (if any
related Guarantees are issued) or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue
principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a
claim for the whole amount of principal (or in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be provided in the
terms thereof) (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive
any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same (which distribution, in the case of Euro Securities, shall
occur only outside the United States);
and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other
similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder of Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to the
Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606.
Subject to Article Eight and
Section 902 and unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of
a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or
Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this
Indenture or any of the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by
the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and 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 and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the
distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as
the case may be (such presentation, in the case of Euro Securities or coupons,
to occur only outside the United States), 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 606;
SECOND: Subject to Article 16, to the
payment (such payment, in the case of Euro Securities, to occur only outside the
United States) of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and
coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, 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 aggregate amounts
due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder,
if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons designated in writing by
the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any
Security of any series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in 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;
(2) such Holder or Holders have offered
to the Trustee an indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(3) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute
any such proceeding; and
(4) 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 such
Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right which is
absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such
Security or payment of such coupon on the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holders on the
Repayment Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If
the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding
to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject
to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively
to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment
of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or
Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee
or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.
SECTION 512. Control
by Holders of Securities. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that
(1) such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction, and
(3) the Trustee may refuse to follow
any direction which, in the Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee, is unduly
prejudicial to other Holders of Securities of such series not consenting or
would subject the Trustee to personal liability.
SECTION 513. Waiver
of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 502, 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 and
any related coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to Securities
of such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or any
related coupons, or
(2) in respect of a 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 Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or
plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
THE
TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice
of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any
Default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA
Section 313(c), notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except
in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons of such series; and provided further that
in the case of any Default or breach of the character specified in
Section 501(3) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series,
no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof.
(1) The Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties.
(2) Any request or direction of the
Company or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Company Request or Company Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the
case may be (other than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to
Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein), and
any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(3) Whenever in the administration of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Board Resolution, an Opinion of
Counsel or an Officer’s Certificate.
(4) The Trustee may consult with
counsel of its own selection 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.
(5) The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any
series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction.
(6) The Trustee shall not be bound to
make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee in good faith shall determine to make such further inquiry
or investigation, it shall be entitled upon reasonable notice and at reasonable
times during normal business hours to examine the books, records and premises of
the Company or, if any Guarantees are issued, the Guarantor, personally or by
agent or attorney.
(7) The Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by
or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder.
(8) The Trustee shall not be deemed to
have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event
which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture.
(9) The rights, privileges,
protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without
limiation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacties hereunder.
The Trustee shall not be required to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, including any Guarantees
endorsed thereon, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, and in any
coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons,
except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and
deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations
hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the
qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold
Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company or the
Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and
311, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. Money
Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be.
(1) To pay to the Trustee or any
predecessor Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder as has been agreed upon from time to time in
writing (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust).
(2) Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee in accordance with
any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith.
(3) To indemnify each of the Trustee or
any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its own part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim
prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities or any
coupons.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA
Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of Federal, State, Territorial
or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests. 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, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture.
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the
Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 610.
(b) Subject to
Section 609(a) hereof, 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, if applicable, the Guarantor.
(c) The Trustee may be
removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by (i) the
Company, by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, provided that
contemporaneously therewith (x) the Company immediately appoints a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series meeting the requirements
of Section 607 hereof and (y) the terms of Section 610 hereof are
complied with in respect of such appointment (the Trustee being removed hereby
agreeing to execute the instrument contemplated by Section 610(b) hereof,
if applicable, under such circumstances) and provided further that
no Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and then be
continuing at such time, or (ii) Act of the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to
the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor.
(d) If at any
time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply
with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by
the Company or the Guarantor or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or by any Holder of a Security who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable
of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in
any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate may
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security
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.
(e) If an instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of a notice of resignation or the delivery of an
Act of removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Officer’s
Certificate, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after
such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities
and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to Securities of such series.
(g) The Company shall give
notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for notices to
the Holders of Securities in Section 106. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and
the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor. (a) In case of the appointment
hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such
successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the
Guarantor 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 request of the Company, the Guarantor 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, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any,
provided for in Section 606.
(b) In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, if applicable, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees 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, the Guarantor 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. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with
respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant
to this Indenture, the terms “Indenture” and “Securities” shall have the
meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definition of those terms
in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) Upon request of any such
successor Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee
shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
SECTION 611. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this 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 or coupons shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been
authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may
authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name or
that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this
Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the
right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an Affiliate
or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon original issue or upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as
if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery
of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 301, shall at all times be a bank
or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good
standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or the requirements of the aforesaid 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. In case 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 further act on the part of the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series
of Securities may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to
the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of
Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination,
or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall promptly give written notice of such appointment to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 106. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. 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 or in lieu of the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication
substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE,
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If all of the Securities of a series
may not be originally issued at one time, and the Trustee does not have an
office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a
Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series
authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the
Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need
not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint in accordance with
this Section an Authenticating Agent (which, if so requested by the
Company, shall be an Affiliate of the Company) having an office in a Place of
Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities;
provided that
the terms and conditions of such appointment are acceptable to the
Trustee.
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE,
COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of
Holders. Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by
receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trustee that neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar nor any
agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of
any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA
Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee
in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) 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 duties of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of
Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports
by Trustee. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year
commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant
to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of
such May 15 which meets the requirements of TIA
Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at
the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each
stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are listed, with the
Commission, with the Company and the Guarantor. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of the listing of the Securities on any stock exchange.
(a) file with the Trustee, within
15 days after the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(b) file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, with
the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to
time by such rules and regulations.
The Trustee shall transmit by mail to
the Holders of Securities, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c),
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section.
SECTION 705. Calculation of Original Issue
Discount. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall
file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year a written notice
specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of
such year.
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company and Guarantor May
Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Terms.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into
another corporation, or sell or convey all or substantially all of their
respective property and assets to another Person unless: (i) immediately after
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance no Event of Default or Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; (ii) the surviving Person in such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be) or person to whom such property and assets are sold or conveyed (if
other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be) is a corporation
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and
such Person (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be)
through a supplemental indenture assumes payment of the principal of (premium,
if any, on) and interest on, the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series
and the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the
Indenture with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
(iii) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and such supplemental
indenture comply with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all
conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance have been complied with. The Company and/or the
Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into, or sell or convey all or
substantially all of its property and assets to any Subsidiary. For purposes of
this Section, “sell or convey all or substantially all of its property and
assets” shall mean property and assets contributing in the aggregate at least
80% of the Company’s total consolidated revenues as reported in the Company’s
last available periodic financial report (quarterly or annual, as the case may
be) filed with the Commission.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted. Upon any
consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger by the Company or
the Guarantor into any other corporation or any sale or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or the Guarantor to
any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by
such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or to
which such sale or conveyance is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
herein, and in the event of any such sale or conveyance, the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person
named as the “Company” or the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the
manner described in Section 801), shall be discharged of all obligations
and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, or the Guarantees, as the case may be, and may be
dissolved or liquidated.
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders. Unless otherwise specified in Section 902,
without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company and, if
applicable, the Guarantor, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of
another Person to the Company or the Guarantor and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
herein and in the Securities and the Guarantees in accordance with Article Eight
hereof; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the
Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Securities and any related coupons (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
or
(3) to add any additional Events of
Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and
if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in
respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may
provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be
shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may
provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such
default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be
registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other
authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
in uncertificated form; provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the
provisions of this Indenture; provided that any
such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security
Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant
to the requirements of Section 801 or 1006, or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of
Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, including the provisions and procedures relating to
Securities convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person
(including the Company); or
(8) to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct
or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
or
(10) to supplement any of the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Sections 401, 1502 and 1503; provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of
Securities in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each
series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company, and the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor,
when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of each such series affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or
interest on, any Security; or the terms of any sinking fund with respect to any
Security; or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest
thereon, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or repayment
thereof at the option of the Holder, or change any obligation of the Company to
pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1007 (except as
contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, or upon the redemption thereof or the
amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely
affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case
of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Repayment Date), or
modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the mandatory redemption
of Securities or repayment of the Securities at the option of the Holder in a
manner adverse to any Holder of any Securities or any coupons appertaining
thereto, or adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any Security as
may be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein,
(2) reduce the percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders
is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders
is required for any waiver with respect to such series (of compliance with
certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture,
(3) modify any of the provisions of
this Section, Section 513 or Section 1009, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this
clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security or
coupon with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and
concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 610(b) and
901(8),
(4) modify any of the provisions of
this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Securities in a manner
adverse to the Holders, or
(5) reduce the terms and conditions of
any obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the due and punctual payment of
the principal thereof and premium, if any, and interest, if any,
thereon.
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.
A supplemental indenture which changes
or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has
expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other
series.
The Company may, but shall not be
obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons
entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is
fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and
only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent
shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been
obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such
consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any
Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect
of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in
accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining
thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Company and, if
applicable, the Guarantor, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
and executed by the Company having, if applicable, Guarantees endorsed thereon
and executed by the Guarantor, and authenticated and delivered (which delivery,
in the case of Euro Securities, shall occur only outside the United States)
by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such
series.
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment
of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities
and any related coupons that it will duly and punctually pay, in the Currency or
Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such
series), the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities, any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the respective coupons for such interest
installments.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If
Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company
will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served, which agency
initially shall be The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street,
New York, New York 10286,
Attention:
.. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will
maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office
or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and
where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or
surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following
paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located
outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that
series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 1007); provided, however, that, if the
Securities of that series are listed on The International Stock Exchange of the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, Limited, the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and
such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent
for the Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required
city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the
Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (C) subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series
located outside the United States, an office or agency where any Registered
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee and give prompt notice to the Holders as provided in Section 106 of
the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If
at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency in respect of any series of Securities or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders of
Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer
Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and
surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on
Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1007) at any Paying
Agent for such series located outside the United States, and the Company
hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive all such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or
agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any
address in the United States or by transfer to any account maintained with
a financial institution located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the
Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on any Bearer Security
(including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series pursuant
to Section 1007) shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the office or agency
of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but
only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, if
any, interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the
Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by
exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time
designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or
more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may
from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements
set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, the
Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities
the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office
as Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
SECTION 1003. Money
for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company
or the Guarantor shall at any time act as a Paying Agent with respect to the
Securities of any series and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or any interest on any of the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum (in the Currency or Currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series)) sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or any interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or
more Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it
will, prior to or on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
or any interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a
sum (in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series)) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if
any) or any interest so becoming due, such sum of money to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying
Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
(1) hold all sums of money for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities
of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such sums of money shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any
default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance
of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to
the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the
purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any
other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the
Trustee all sums of money held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent,
such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which
such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment
by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such money.
Except as provided in the Securities of
any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company or the Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of any series, or any
coupon appertaining thereto, and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall,
unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Company on Company Request,
or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, unless otherwise required by
mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law, look only to the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor for payment
thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such money held in trust, and all liability of the Company or the Guarantor as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper in each Place of Payment, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article
Eight, the Company and, so long as any Securities in respect of which Guarantees
have been issued are Outstanding, the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that neither
the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if its Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Principal Properties. The
Company will cause all Principal Properties used or useful in the conduct of its
business or the business of the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company 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 from discontinuing the
maintenance of any of such properties or prevent or restrict the sale,
abandonment or other disposition of any of such properties if such action is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.
SECTION 1006. Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (a) all material taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, and (b) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, that the
Company 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.
SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts. If Securities of a
series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any Holder who is a
non-United States Person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge (“Additional Amounts”), the Company will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such Additional
Amounts as may be so provided by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture
there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of a series or
payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or
exchange of a Security of a series, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts
(if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, if the Securities of a series provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest
Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of
that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal (and premium, if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior
to each date of payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there
has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned
Officer’s Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company’s
principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an
Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying
Agents whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or
interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities
of that series or any related coupons who are non-United States Persons
without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such
withholding shall be required, then such Officer’s Certificate shall specify by
country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such
Holders of Securities of that series or related coupons and the Company will pay
to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms
of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any
Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in
reliance on any Officer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or
in the event the Trustee shall not withhold or deduct any sums as a result of
the non-receipt of an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to this
Section.
SECTION 1008. Compliance
Certificate. (a) The Company and, so long as
any Securities in respect of which Guarantees have been issued are Outstanding,
the Guarantor, each shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, ending
after the date hereof so long as any Security is Outstanding hereunder, an
Officer’s Certificate, stating that in the course of the performance by the
signatory of his or her duties as such officer of the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, they would normally obtain knowledge of any Default by the
Company in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or
condition contained in this Indenture, and stating whether or not they have
obtained knowledge of any such Default existing on the date of such statement
and, if so, specifying each such Default of which the signatory has knowledge
and the nature thereof.
(b) The Company will, so
long as any of the Securities of any series are Outstanding, deliver to the
Trustee, as promptly as practicable upon any officer listed in (a) above
becoming aware of any Default, Event of Default or default in the performance of
any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture, an Officer’s
Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default, default or event of
default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto and the status thereof.
SECTION 1009. Waiver
of Certain Covenants. With respect to the Securities of
any series, the Company and the Guarantor may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any covenant or condition specified pursuant to Section 301 as
being subject to this Section 1009, if, before the time for such
compliance, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor
and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1010. Limitations on Liens. The Company shall
not create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its property or assets,
without securing the Securities of any applicable series equally and ratably
with (or prior to) such secured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall apply only to Liens which in the aggregate exceed 15% of the
Company’s total consolidated assets as of the end of the Company’s most recent
accounting period preceding the creation or assumption of any such Lien (reduced
by any Attributable Debt with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction
permitted under Section 1011 below). This restriction will not apply to
Capitalized Leases or to Indebtedness secured by (a) Liens existing on the date
hereof and Liens on property of, or Indebtedness of, any Person at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by acquisition or otherwise, including
through merger or consolidation), (b) Liens in favor of the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company, (c) Liens existing at the time of acquisition of the
assets secured thereby (including acquisition through merger or consolidation)
and purchase money Liens, and (d) any extension, renewal or refunding of any
Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (c),
inclusive.
SECTION 1011. Limitations on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with
respect to any Principal Property unless (a) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
involves a lease for a term of not more than three years; (b) such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction is between the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company or
between Subsidiaries of the Company; (c) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled to incur indebtedness secured by a Lien on such
Principal Property involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction at least
equal in amount to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction pursuant to the first sentence of the “Limitations on Liens”
covenant in Section 1010 above without equally and ratably securing the
Securities of any applicable series pursuant to such covenant; (d) the proceeds
of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair market
value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company) and the Company applies an amount equal to the greater of the net
proceeds of such sale or the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction within 180 days of such sale to either (or a combination)
of (i) the retirement (other than the mandatory retirement, mandatory prepayment
or sinking fund payment or by payment at maturity) of debt for borrowed money of
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company that matures more than 12 months
after its creation (other than debt that is subordinated to the Securities or
debt to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) or (ii) the purchase,
construction or development of other comparable property; or (e) such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction is entered into within 180 days after the initial
acquisition by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, of
the Principal Property subject to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction.
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. Securities of
any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance
with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any
Securities shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company the Company shall, at least 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if
applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed, and shall deliver to
the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select
the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of any
redemption of Securities of any series (i) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which
is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series
are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously
called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate; provided that such
method complies with the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation
system on which the Securities are then listed, and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided, however, that no such
partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a
Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture,
unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption
of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security
which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice
of Redemption. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but
failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any
Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the
notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for
the redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the
Holders of Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall
state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in
Section 1106,
(3) if less than all Outstanding
Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or
Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state
that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the
Holder will receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of
authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining
unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date, the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as
provided in Section 1106 will become due and payable upon each such
Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that
interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the Place or Places of Payment
(which in the case of Euro Securities shall be outside the United States)
where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all
coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if
any,
(7) that the redemption is for a
sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in
such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption
must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or
the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the
Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the
Guarantor, if applicable, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is
furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series
are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be
redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered
Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to
Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on
which such exchanges may be made, and
(10) the CUSIP number of such Security,
if any.
A notice of redemption published as
contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered
Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to
be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at
the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit
of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date,
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a
sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003)) an amount of money in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay on the
Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption
Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid,
the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless
the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor shall default in the payment of
the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall cease
to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer
Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be
void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after
the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date; provided,
however, that
installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such
interest, and provided
further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and
the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for
redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after
the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the
Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons,
or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that
interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security called for redemption
shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the Redemption Price
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of
interest set forth in such Security or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, at the Yield to Maturity of such Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any
Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the
provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place
of Payment therefor (with, if the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge a new Registered Security or
Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination
as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered, with, if applicable, Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by
the Guarantor. If a temporary global Security or permanent global Security is so
surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new temporary global
Security or permanent global Security, respectively. However, if less than all
the Securities of any series with differing issue dates, interest rates and
stated maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its sole discretion shall
select the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the Trustee in
writing thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant redemption
date.
SINKING
FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions
of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional
sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities. Subject to Section 1203, the Company may,
in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with
respect to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of
such series to the Trustee (other than any previously called for redemption or
presented for repayment at the option of the Holder) together in the case of any
Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto
and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series which have been previously
purchased or otherwise acquired or 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, as provided for by the terms of such Securities together in the case
of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required
to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms
of such series; provided that such
Securities so delivered or applied as a credit have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the
Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund
payment date for Securities of any series, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that
series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash
in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such
series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d)
and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the
next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the
Trustee any Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officer’s
Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next
ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated
to pay the amount therein specified. Not more than 60 days before each such
sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103
and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the
terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1105, 1106 and
1107.
GUARANTEES
SECTION 1301. Guarantees. If Securities of or within a
series are specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be guaranteed by
the Guarantor, then the Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to
each Holder of any such Security which is authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and to each Holder of any coupon appertaining to any such Security, if
any, and to the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest (including,
in case of default, interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on overdue interest and including any additional interest
required to be paid according to the terms of any such Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto), if any, on each such Security, and the due and punctual
payment of any sinking fund payment (or analogous obligation), if any, provided
for with respect to any such Security, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon acceleration, upon
tender for repayment at the option of any Holder or otherwise, according to the
terms thereof and of this Indenture, including, without limitation, the payment
of any Additional Amounts, if any, provided for with respect to any such
Security as described under Section 1007 hereof (the “Guarantor
Obligations”). In case of the failure of the Company or any successor thereto
punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest or sinking fund payment,
the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when
and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, upon
redemption, upon declaration of acceleration, upon tender for repayment at the
option of any Holder or otherwise, as if such payment were made by the
Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its
Guarantor Obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not
merely surety and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the
identity of the Company, the validity, regularity or enforceability of any such
Security or coupon appertaining thereto or this Indenture, the absence of any
action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of any such
Security or coupon appertaining thereto with respect to any provisions thereof,
the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the
same, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that its Guarantees will not be discharged except by complete
performance of its obligations contained in any such Security or coupon
appertaining thereto and in this Guarantee.
If the Trustee or the Holder of any
Security or any coupon appertaining thereto is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company or the Guarantor, or any custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official acting in
relation to the Company or the Guarantor, any amount paid to the Trustee or such
Holder in respect of a Security or any coupons appertaining thereto, the
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect. The Guarantor further agrees, to the fullest extent that it
may lawfully do so, that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, the maturity of the obligations
Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the
purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition extant under any applicable bankruptcy law preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to
all rights of the Holders of the Securities of a series (and of any coupons
appertaining thereto) against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the
Guarantor on account of such Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto or
this Indenture; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on all Securities of such series
shall have been indefeasibly paid in full.
SECTION 1302. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees. To
evidence its Guarantees with respect to Securities of or within any series that
are specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be guaranteed by the
Guarantor, the Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantees, in a form
established pursuant to Section 201, to be endorsed on each Security of
such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each such Guarantee
shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Financial Officer, or
its President, or one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, or by
its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers and attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on
the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of the individuals
who were the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of the Securities upon which
such Guarantees are endorsed or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
The delivery of any Securities by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon on
behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantees set
forth in this Article Thirteen shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such
Guarantee.
SECTION 1303. Subordination of Guarantees. Any
Guarantee issued by the Guarantor will be the unsecured senior subordinated
obligation of the Guarantor, ranking pari passu with all other existing and
future senior subordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor, if any. The
Indebtedness evidenced by such Guarantee will be subordinated on the same basis
to Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor as the Securities are subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness of the Company under Article Seventeen.
SECTION 1304. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability. The
Guarantor, and by its acceptance of a Security each Holder, hereby confirms that
it is the intention of all such parties that in no event shall any Guarantor
Obligations under the Guarantees constitute or result in a fraudulent transfer
or conveyance for purposes of, or result in a violation of, any
United States federal, or applicable United States state, fraudulent
transfer or conveyance or similar law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, in
the event that the Guarantor Obligations, if any, in respect of the Securities
of any series would, but for this sentence, constitute or result in such a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance or violation, then the liability of the
Guarantor under its Guarantees in respect of the Securities of such series shall
be reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate such fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or violation under the applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance
or similar law.
REPAYMENT
AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article. Repayment of
Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
(except as otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant
to Section 301) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1402. Repayment of Securities. Securities of
any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be
repaid at the Repayment Price thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon
accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such
Securities. The Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the
Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the
Repayment Price of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as
the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1403. Exercise of Option. Securities of any
series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an
“Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid
at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with
the “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse of such Security duly
completed by the Holder (or by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment therefor
specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of
which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities)
not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If
less than the entire Repayment Price of such Security is to be repaid in
accordance with the terms of such Security, the portion of the Repayment Price
of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for
Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security
or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of such Security
surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. Any Security providing
for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if,
following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be
less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of
which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided
by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder
thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable
unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1404. When
Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable. If Securities of any series providing for
repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as
provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be
repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the
Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless
the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantor shall default in the payment of
such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were
interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment
in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the Repayment Price of
such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company, together with
accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of such
coupons; and provided
further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of
interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date
shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default
in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for
repayment shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the
Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the amount
payable therefor as provided in Section 1402 an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company, the Guarantor, if applicable, and the
Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the
Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made as
provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount so deducted; provided, however, that
interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security surrendered for
repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, the Repayment Price
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest
set forth in such Security or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, at the Yield to Maturity of such Security.
SECTION 1405. Securities Repaid in Part. Upon
surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the
Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, and of like
tenor, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of
such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid, with, if applicable,
Guarantees endorsed thereon duly executed by the Guarantor. If a temporary
global Security or permanent global Security is so surrendered, such new
Security so issued shall be a new temporary global Security or a new permanent
global Security, respectively.
DEFEASANCE
AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 301 provision is
made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under
Section 1502 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under
Section 1503, then the provisions of such Section 1502 or
Section 1503, as the case may be, together with Sections 1504, 1505
and 1506, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company
may, at its option by Officer’s Certificate, at any time, with respect to the
Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 1502 (if
applicable) or Section 1503 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding
Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in
this Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1502. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the
Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with
respect to any Securities of or within a series and subject to
Sections 1505 and 1506, the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of such series and any related coupons on and after the date the
conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction
of the conditions subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For
this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantor shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the
Outstanding Securities of such series and any related coupons, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of
Section 1505 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in
(A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such
Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for
the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such
securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth in such Section,
payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest
on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (B) the
Company’s obligations and, to the extent applicable, the Guarantor’s obligations
with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003
and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such
Securities as contemplated by Section 1007, and such obligations as shall
be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities and
other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article
Fifteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fifteen, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 1502 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 1503 with respect to such Securities
and any related coupons. Following a defeasance, payment of the Securities of
such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. Money and
securities held in trust pursuant to this Section 1502 shall not be subject
to Article Sixteen.
SECTION 1503. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company and the Guarantor shall each be
released from its obligations under any Section(s) of this Indenture applicable
to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be
subject to this provision with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such
series and any related coupons on and after the date the conditions precedent
set forth below are satisfied but subject to satisfaction of the conditions
subsequent set forth below (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such
Securities and any related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
Sections, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect
to such Outstanding Securities of such series and any related coupons, the
Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or by reason of reference in any such Section to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any
related coupons shall be unaffected thereby. Following a covenant defeasance,
payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default solely by reference to such Sections specified above in
this Section 1503.
(1) The Company shall have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or another
trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Fifteen applicable to it) as trust
funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically
pledged as security for the benefit of, and dedicated solely to, the Holders of
such Securities and any related coupons, (A) Dollars in an amount, or (B)
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, Dollars in an amount, or
(C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) each installment of principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest on such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the day on which such payments
are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the
Securities of such series and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, and
(ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to
such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the due dates thereof.
Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with
Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion
of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of
the Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be
irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect
in applying the foregoing.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with
respect to such Securities or any related coupons shall have occurred and be
continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as paragraphs (4) and
of Section 501 are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day
following the expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the
Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in
this clause (B) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied
until the expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to
have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA Section 310(b) or otherwise
for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the
Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute,
unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(5) Such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series then listed on any
registered national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, to be delisted.
(6) In the case of an election under
Section 1502, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of
execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such
series and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject
to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not
occurred.
(7) In the case of an election under
Section 1503, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred.
(8) Such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions
or limitations which may be imposed in connection therewith pursuant to
Section 301.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent and subsequent provided for in this Indenture
relating to either the defeasance under Section 1502 or the covenant
defeasance under Section 1503 (as the case may be) have been complied
with.
SECTION 1505. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government
Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301)
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee--collectively for purposes of this Section 1505, the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of any
series and any related coupons shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related
coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as
the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any related
coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the money or Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 1504 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof.
Anything
in this Article Fifteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money
or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by
it as provided in Section 1504 which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1506. Reinstatement. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, if and to the extent the deposited money or Government
Obligations (or the proceeds thereof) either (i) cannot be applied by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent in accordance with Section 1505 because of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application or (ii) are for any reason
insufficient in amount, then (x) the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations,
if any, to pay principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of
such series and any related coupons shall be reinstated to the extent necessary
to cover the deficiency on any due date for payment and (y) in the case of a
covenant defeasance under Section 1503, the Company’s and the Guarantor’s
obligations, if any, under any Sections applicable to such Securities that
are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision
shall be reinstated unless and until all deficiencies on any due date for
payment are covered. In any case specified in clause (i), the Company’s interest
in the deposited money and Government Obligations (and proceeds thereof) shall
be reinstated to the extent the Company’s payment obligations are
reinstated.
MEETINGS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be
Called. A meeting of Holders of Securities of any and all
series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article
to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or
taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1602. Call,
Notice and Place of Meetings. (a) The Trustee
may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any
purpose specified in Section 1601, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in London as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days
prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the
Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 331/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of
such series for any purpose specified in Section 1601, by written request
setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the
meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication or mailing of
the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall
not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in London for such meeting
and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided
in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1603. Persons
Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to vote at
any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a
Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or
more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only
Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel and any
representatives of the Guarantor and its counsel.
SECTION 1604. Quorum;
Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a
quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any
action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver,
request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not
less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time
appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the
meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be
further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting.
Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in
Section 1602(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less
than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a
quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 902, any
resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except
as limited by the first paragraph of the proviso to Section 902, any
resolution with respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice,
authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified
percentage, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be
adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a
quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities
of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on
all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or
not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1604, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization,
direction or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of
all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series
and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum
requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor of such consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action shall
be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made,
given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1605. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations
as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in
regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the
appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors
of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other
evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of
the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or
required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in
the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall
be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature
of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company,
bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of
Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments
appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine
without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an
instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the
meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as
provided in Section 1602(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of
Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like
manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to
vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting of the
Holders, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to
one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series held or represented by such Holder; provided, however, that no vote
shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as
not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding.
The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a
Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders
of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1602 at which a
quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
further notice.
SECTION 1606. Counting Votes and Recording Action of
Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on
which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such
series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by
them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of
votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any
resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their
verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A
record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any Series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and
there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of
votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons
having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting
and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1602 and, if
applicable, Section 1604. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
SUBORDINATION
OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1701. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company,
for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of
Securities by his or her acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent
and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1702. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization;
Subrogation of Securities. Upon any distribution of assets
of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization
of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise
(subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other
equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the
Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Securities and
the holders thereof by a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable
bankruptcy law):
(a) the holders of all
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of the
principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due thereon before the
Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities; and
(b) any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Seventeen shall be
paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or
distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee
or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining
unpaid on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect
to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall
be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over,
upon written notice to the Trustee, to the holder of such Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture under which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall
have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to
Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, on the Securities shall be paid in full and no such payments or
distributions to the Holders of the Securities of cash, property or securities
otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between
the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and
the Holders of the Securities be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on
account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article
Seventeen are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative
rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article
Seventeen or elsewhere in this indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the
Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor
shall anything herein or in the Securities prevent the Trustee or the Holder of
any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default under this indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article Seventeen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash,
property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article Seventeen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the
Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
Seventeen.
The Trustee, however, shall not be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness. The
Trustee shall not be liable to any such holder if it shall pay over or
distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Securities or the Company moneys or
assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of
this Article Seventeen.
If the Trustee or any Holder of
Securities does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in
any proceeding referred to above prior to 30 days before the expiration of the
time to file such claim in such proceeding, then the holder of any Senior
Indebtedness is hereby authorized, and has the right, to file an appropriate
claim or claims for or on behalf of such Holder of Securities.
With respect to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its
covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no
implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 1703. No
Payment on Securities in Event of Default on Senior
Indebtedness. No payment by the Company on account of
principal (or premium, if any), sinking funds or interest, if any, on the
Securities shall be made unless full payment of amounts then due for principal
(premium, if any), sinking funds and interest on Senior Indebtedness has been
made or duly provided for in money or money’s worth.
SECTION 1704. Payments on Securities
Permitted. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any
of the Securities shall (a) affect the obligation of the Company to make, or
prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in
Sections 1702 and 1703, payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities or (b) prevent the application by the
Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on
account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office
written notice of any event prohibiting the making of such payment more than two
Business Days prior to the date fixed for such payment.
SECTION 1705. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect
Subordination. Each Holder of Securities by his acceptance
thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in
this Article Seventeen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes.
SECTION 1706. Notices
to Trustee. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article
or any other provisions of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying
Agent (other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any Senior Indebtedness or of any event which would prohibit the making of
any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and
until the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of the
Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office) written notice thereof from the Company
or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such
holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of
Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such trustee; provided, however, that if at
least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
such moneys may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation,
the payment of either the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys
the notice provided for in this Section 1706, then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary,
which may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date. The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a
Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee
on behalf of such holder) to establish that such a notice has been given by a
holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the
event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article Seventeen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior
Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article Seventeen and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment.
SECTION 1707. Trustee
as Holder of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its
individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article Seventeen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness and nothing in
this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen shall
apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 606.
SECTION 1708. Modifications of Terms of Senior
Indebtedness. Any renewal or extension of the time of
payment of any Senior Indebtedness or the exercise by the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing
Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default
thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders
of the Securities or the Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment,
modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other
action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of
any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument
under which any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding or of such Senior
Indebtedness, whether or not such release is in accordance with the provisions
of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the
provisions of this Article Seventeen or of the Securities relating to the
subordination thereof.
SECTION 1709. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company referred to in this Article Seventeen, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar
case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the
persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
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This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day
and year first above written.
CBS
CORPORATION, AS
ISSUER,
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CBS
OPERATIONS INC.,
AS
GUARANTOR,
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
AS
TRUSTEE,
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EXHIBIT
A-1
FORMS OF
CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT
A-1
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
TO
RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE
PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert
title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that, as of the date
hereof, and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by
you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not citizens or
residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic
corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source
(“United States person(s)”), (ii) are owned by United States person(s)
that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial
institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b)
United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign
branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date
hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial
institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may
advise CBS Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply
with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign
financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a
United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii)
above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further
certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for
purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a
person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District
of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by
tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your
certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our
account in accordance with your Operating Procedures if any applicable statement
herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification
it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not
relate to [U.S.$] of such interest in the above-captioned Securities
in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we understand an
exchange for an interest in a Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and
delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest)
cannot be made until we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may
be required in connection with certain tax legislation in the
United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or
threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we
irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any
interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
_______________________, 20__
[To be
dated no earlier than the 15th day
prior to
(i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant
Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to
the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[Name
of Person Making Certification]
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND
CLEARSTREAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
A PORTION
OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
OR TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE
EXCHANGE DATE CERTIFICATE
[Insert
title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that, based solely
on written certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or
by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing in our records as
persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our
“Member Organizations”) substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the
date hereof, [U.S.$] principal amount of the above-captioned
Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the
United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate
or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income
taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) is
owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of
United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein
referred to as “financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for
resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date
hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has
agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise CBS
Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by
United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale
during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury
Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect,
that financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also
described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the
Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States
person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District
of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not
making available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any
interest) any portion of the temporary global Security representing the
above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of
Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the
statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the
part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any
interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date
hereof.
We understand that this certification
is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the
United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or
threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we
irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any
interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
_______________________, 20__
[To be
dated no earlier than the Exchange
Date or
the relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as
applicable]
[Euroclear
Bank S.A./N.V.,
as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[Clearstream
Banking, societe anonyme]
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ex4-3.htm
Exhibit
4.3
CBS
CORPORATION
AND
_____________________________________________,
Warrant
Agent
_________________________
DEBT
WARRANT AGREEMENT
____________________________
PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
%
[NOTES/DEBENTURES]
DUE PURCHASE
WARRANTS
DATED AS
OF ____________, 20__
WARRANT
AGREEMENT
THIS DEBT
WARRANT AGREEMENT is entered into as of, 20__ between CBS Corporation, a
corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”) and
_____________________, a ________ incorporated under the laws of ____________
(the “Agent”).
W I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to issue ____ Warrants, each Warrant entitling the
registered owner thereof to purchase ___% [Notes/Debentures] Due ______ of the
Company at the price and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth;
and
WHEREAS,
the Company is duly authorized to issue the Warrants as provided in this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary have been done and performed to make the Warrants when duly
authenticated by the Agent and issued as provided for in this Agreement legally
valid and binding obligations of the Company with the benefits and subject to
the terms of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration mutually given and received, the
receipt and sufficiency thereof is hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed and
declared as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.1. Definitions. Except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
defined in this Section 1.1 shall for all purposes of this Agreement, have the
meanings herein specified, the following definitions to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein
defined:
The term
“Agent” shall mean _____________, a _________ incorporated under the laws of
____________ or its lawful successors from time to time appointed in accordance
with this Agreement.
The term
“Agreement” shall mean this Debt Warrant Agreement between the Company and the
Agent, as such agreement is originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented, modified or amended as provided herein.
The term
“Business Day” shall mean any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or which in
the City of New York or ____________ is neither a legal holiday nor a day on
which banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation to
close.
The term
“Company” shall mean CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation, until a successor
entity shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement and thereafter the term “Company” shall mean such successor
entity.
The term
“Event of Default” shall mean any event specified as such in Section 6.1 hereof.
An Event of Default shall “exist” if an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing.
The term
“Exercise Date” shall mean each date during the Exercise Period on which
[Notes/Debentures] are purchased by a Registered Owner through the exercise of
all or a portion of its Warrants.
The term
“Exercise Form” shall mean the form designated Exercise Form attached as Annex
II to each Warrant.
The term
“Exercise Period” shall mean the period commencing at 9:00 A.M. (_____ time) on
_____________, 20__ and ending at 4:00 P.M. (_________ time) on _____________,
_____.
The term
“Exercise Price” shall have the meaning accorded such term in Section 2.1 of
this Agreement.
The term
“Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture dated as of ___________ between
the Company and ___________, as trustee, as such Indenture was originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified or amended in
accordance with the terms thereof.
The term
“[Notes/Debentures]” means any or all, as the case may be, of the Company’s ___%
[Notes/Debentures] Due ___________, authenticated and delivered as provided in
the Indenture.
The term
“Notice of Intent to Exercise” shall have the meaning accorded thereto in
Section 4.1 of this Agreement. The form of Notice of Intent to Exercise is
attached as Annex I to each Warrant.
The term
“Outstanding” when used with reference to the Warrants shall mean, as of the
date of determination, all Warrants theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Agreement, except:
(a) Warrants
theretofore canceled by the Agent or delivered to the Agent for cancelation
and
(b) Warrants
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Warrants shall have been authenticated
and delivered under this Agreement.
The term
“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a joint
venture, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, or a government or any agency, authority or political subdivision
thereof.
The term
“Register” shall mean the books for the registration and transfer of Warrants
which books are kept by the Agent pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof.
The term
“Time of Expiry” means 4:00 p.m., _________ time, on ____________,
20__.
The term
“Warrantholders” or “Registered Owners” means the persons from time to time who
are registered owners of the Warrants.
The term
“Warrantholders’ Request” means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts
by the Warrantholders entitled to purchase in the aggregate not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] which could be
purchased pursuant to all Warrants then Outstanding requesting the Agent to take
some action or proceeding specified therein.
The term
“Warrants” means the ___% [Notes/Debentures] Due 20__ Purchase Warrants issued
hereunder pursuant to which Warrantholders have the right to purchase
[Notes/Debentures] on the terms and conditions herein set forth.
The term
“Written Order of the Company” and “Written Consent of the Company” mean,
respectively, a written order or consent signed in the name of the Company by
any one of its officers and may consist of one or more instruments so
executed.
ARTICLE
II
ISSUANCE
OF WARRANTS
SECTION
2.1. Issuance And Terms Of
Warrants. The issuance of Warrants entitling the Registered Owners
thereof to purchase up to an aggregate of not more than [U.S. $/Specified
Currency]_______ in principal amount of the [Notes/Debentures] is hereby
authorized. The Warrants are hereby designated as the “[Notes/Debentures] Due
Purchase Warrants.” The Warrants shall be delivered by the Company to the Agent
to be authenticated by the Agent and delivered in accordance with the Written
Order of the Company. The Warrants shall be dated ________, 20__ and shall be
issuable in fully registered form and in denominations that permit the purchase
upon exercise of [U.S. $/Specified Currency]_______ principal amount of
[Notes/Debentures] and any integral multiples thereof.
The
Warrants shall be exercisable on any Business Day during the Exercise Period.
Each Warrant in the denomination of [U.S. $/Specified Currency] shall entitle
the Registered Owner thereof to exercise such Warrant in accordance with and
pursuant to the terms thereof for the purchase of a [Note/Debenture] in the
principal amount of [U.S. $/Specified Currency] at par plus interest accrued
thereon from _______________, _______, _____ to but not including, the Exercise
Date (the “Exercise Price”).
SECTION
2.2. Form
of Warrants. The Warrants shall be in substantially the form set
out in this Section 2.2, with such additional provisions, omissions, variations
or substitutions as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
The Warrants may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistent herewith, be
determined by the officer executing such Warrants as evidenced by such officer’s
execution thereof.
FORM OF
WARRANT
Number
R-W-___ _____ Warrant(s) Representing Right to Purchase Up to [U.S. $/Specified
Currency] ________ in Aggregate Principal Amount of ___% [Notes/Debentures] Due
_________.
This
Warrant expires at 4:00 p.m. (_______ time) on [________, _________] and
thereafter will be void and of no value. Notice of the holder’s intent to
exercise this Warrant must be given to ________________, as Agent not later than
4:00 P.M. (________ time) [____________, _____].
CBS
CORPORATION
[NOTE/DEBENTURE]
PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS
CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, ____________, the Registered Owner hereof
(herein sometimes called the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Debt Warrant Agreement (the
“Warrant Agreement”) dated as of ___________, ____, ____ between CBS Corporation
(the “Company”) and ______________, as Agent, (the “Agent”), to purchase at par
plus interest accrued thereon, if any, at any time from 9:00 A.M. (___________
time) [____________, _____] to 4:00 P.M. (________ time) [________________,
_____], inclusive (each such date being referred to as an “Exercise Date”) up to
[U.S. $/Specified Currency] ___________ in aggregate principal amount of ___%
[Notes/Debentures] Due 0000 (the “[Notes/Debentures]”) of CBS Corporation (the
“Company”), by providing written notice to the Agent of the Warrantholder’s
intention to exercise its right to purchase provided for herein specifying the
number of Warrants which the Warrantholder wishes to exercise, such notice to be
provided in the notice form annexed hereto as Annex II not earlier than 9:00
A.M. (________ time) on [_________________, ____] and not later than 4:00 P.M.
(___________ time) [____________, ___], and by surrendering to the Agent at its
principal office in _____________, ___________ on any Exercise Date, this
Warrant, with the Exercise Form on which this Warrant is exercised, the
[Notes/Debentures] will be delivered as described below against payment therefor
in [U.S. Federal Reserve or other United States/Specified Currency] funds
current and immediately available to the Agent at the amount designated in the
Warrant Agreement, in each case in an amount equal to the purchase price of the
[Notes/Debentures] so purchased pursuant to the exercise of this
Warrant.
This
Warrant is one of a duly authorized issue of warrants issued under the
provisions of the Warrant Agreement. Reference is hereby made for particulars of
the rights of the Warrantholders and of the Company in respect thereof and the
terms and conditions upon which the Warrants are issued and held, all to the
sole effect as if the provisions of the Warrant Agreement were herein set forth,
to all of which the Warrantholder by acceptance hereof assents. The Company will
furnish to the Warrantholder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of
the Warrant Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein, shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
The
[Notes/Debentures] purchased pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant will be
mailed by certified mail return receipt requested to the person specified in the
Exercise Form annexed hereto at its address specified therein or, if so
specified in the Exercise Form, delivered to such person or its agent at the
principal office of the Agent in ______________ on the Exercise
Date.
If
[Notes/Debentures] are purchased in an aggregate principal amount which is less
than the total principal amount of the [Note/Debentures] that can be purchased
pursuant to this Warrant, the Warrantholder hereof will be entitled to receive
without charge a new Warrant in respect of the balance of the principal amounts
of [Notes/Debentures] which the Registered Owner hereof was entitled to purchase
under the surrendered Warrant and which were not then purchased.
On
presentation at the principal office of the Agent in ______________ subject to
the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, one or more Warrants may be exchanged
for one or more Warrants entitling the Warrantholder to purchase an equal
aggregate principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] as may be purchased under the
Warrant or Warrants so exchanged. Nothing contained in this Warrant, the Warrant
Agreement or elsewhere shall be construed as conferring upon the Warrantholder
hereof any right or interest whatsoever as an owner of [Notes/Debentures] or any
other right or interest in respect thereof except as herein and in the Warrant
Agreement expressly provided.
This
Warrant is registered on the books of the Company and is transferable only in
accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement by surrender thereof at
the principal office of the Agent duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed by the Registered Owner of this Warrant or
its attorney duly authorized in writing all in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Warrant Agreement.
This
Warrant and the Warrant Agreement are governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of
law.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of
_________________, ___.
Certificate
of Authentication
This is
one of the Warrants described in the within-mentioned Debt Warrant Agreement
______________________, as Agent
By______________________________________
Authorized
Officer
ANNEX I -
NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
TO:
The
undersigned Warrantholder of _____ Warrants evidenced by Warrant Number______
(the “Warrant”) hereby notifies you pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Debt Warrant
Agreement dated as of _______, __ (the “Warrant Agreement”) between CBS
Corporation (the “Company”) and [__________, the undersigned], of the
undersigned’s intention to exercise _______ of such Warrants on ____________,
____) (the “Exercise Date”) to purchase [U.S. $/Specified Currency]
________________ in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s ___%
[Notes/Debentures] Due __________________ (the “[Notes/Debentures]”) at par plus
interest accrued, if any, from and after [___________, _____]. The purchase
price shall be a total of [U.S. $/Specified Currency] __________ representing
[U.S. $/Specified Currency] _______ in principal and [U.S. $/Specified Currency]
in accrued interest.
The
Warrant with the Exercise Form duly completed shall be delivered to the Agent at
its principal office in ________________, ________. Payment of the purchase
price of the [Notes/Debentures] shall be made in [U.S. Federal Reserve or other
United States/Specified Currency funds] immediately available at the principal
office of the Agent on the Exercise Date. The undersigned shall direct such
[Notes/Debentures] be registered and delivered in the name(s) and the amount(s)
set forth opposite the undersigned’s name on Annex II to the
Warrant.
DATED
this _____ day of ____________, ____.
[NAME
OF WARRANTHOLDER]
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ANNEX II
- - EXERCISE FORM
TO:
The
undersigned Warrantholder of ______ Warrants evidenced by the Warrant attached
hereto hereby exercises on _____________, ____ (the “Exercise Date”) Warrants to
purchase [U.S. $/Specified Currency] _______ in aggregate principal amount of
CBS Corporation’s ___% [Notes/Debentures] Due ____________ (the
“[Notes/Debentures]”) at par plus $______ in accrued interest on the
[Notes/Debentures] from [_________________, ___], and agrees to transfer on the
Exercise Date in [U.S. $/Specified Currency] funds immediately available to the
Agent (at [account]) such purchase price of the [Notes/Debentures] all in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Debt Warrant Agreement dated as
of ____________, ____ (the “Warrant Agreement”) between CBS Corporation and
[____________________], as Agent. The undersigned hereby irrevocably directs
that such [Notes/Debentures] be registered and delivered in accordance with the
directions set forth herein.
The
undersigned acknowledges that all taxes or other governmental charges payable
upon the registration and delivery of such [Notes/Debentures] (other than in
connection with each original issue and sale of the [Notes/Debentures]),
including any transfer taxes payable if the [Notes/Debentures] are to be
registered in the name of a person or persons other than the undersigned
Warrantholder, must be paid by the undersigned.
DATED
this _________ day of _____________, ___.
[NAME
OF WARRANTHOLDER]
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check box if [Notes/Debentures] are to be delivered at the offices of _________
on the Exercise Date, failing which the [Notes/Debentures] will be mailed by
certified mail return receipt requested.
Unless
the foregoing box is checked, the [Notes/Debentures] shall be delivered to the
Warrantholder at its address set forth in the Register.
SECTION
2.3. Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed
or Stolen Warrants. If (i) any mutilated Warrant is surrendered to
the Agent, or the Company and the Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Warrant and (ii) there is delivered to
the Company and the Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or
the Agent that such Warrant has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its request the Agent shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Warrant, a new Warrant of the same principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding.
Upon the
issuance of any new Warrant under this Section 2.3, the Company 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 connected
therewith.
Every new
Warrant issued pursuant to this Section 2.3 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Warrant shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the security and
benefits of this Agreement equally and ratably with all other Outstanding
Warrants.
The
provisions of this Section 2.3 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 Warrants.
SECTION
2.4. Warrantholder Not a
Registered Owner of the [Notes/Debentures]. The ownership of a
Warrant shall not constitute the Registered Owner thereof an owner of any of the
[Notes/Debentures] nor entitle the Registered Owner to any right or interest in
respect thereof except upon the exercise and surrender of its Warrants and the
payment of the purchase price of the [Notes/Debentures] in accordance with and
pursuant to the terms herein provided.
SECTION
2.5. Warrants to Rank Pari
Passu. All Warrants shall rank pari passu with each
other.
SECTION
2.6. Execution of
Warrants. The Warrants shall be signed in the name and on behalf of
the Company by one of its officers. The signature of the officer executing the
Warrants may be manual or facsimile. In case any officer of the Company who
shall have signed any of the Warrants (manually or in facsimile) shall cease to
be such officer before the Warrants so signed shall have been authenticated and
delivered by the Agent, such Warrants nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered as though the Person who signed such Warrants had not ceased to be
such officer of the Company. Also, any Warrant may be signed on behalf of the
Company by such Persons as on the actual date of execution of such Warrant shall
be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of
this Agreement any such Person was not such officer.
Only such
of the Warrants as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication in
substantially the form set forth in Section 2.2 hereof, executed by the Agent,
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.
SECTION
2.7. Purchase of Warrants by the
Company. The Company may purchase in the market, by private
contracts or otherwise, all or any portion of the Warrants on such terms as the
Company may determine.
ARTICLE
III
EXCHANGE
OF WARRANTS; REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER
OF WARRANTS; NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS
SECTION
3.1. Register. The
Agent, as agent of the Company, shall maintain, at its principal office in
____________, ____, the Register in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it and the Company may prescribe, it shall provide for the
registration of the Warrants and the transfer of Warrants as in this Agreement
provided. The Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Registered
Owners of the Warrants shall present directly to the Agent all requests for (a)
registration of transfer of Warrants, (b) exchange of Warrants for new Warrants
in authorized denominations and (c) replacement of Warrants in the case of
mutilation, destruction, loss or theft.
Upon the
Company’s request, the Agent shall furnish the Company with a list of names and
addresses of the Registered Owners showing the number of such Warrants held by
each Registered Owner.
SECTION
3.2. Exchange of
Warrants. Warrants entitling the Registered Owner to purchase any
specified principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] may, upon compliance with the
reasonable requirements of the Agent, be exchanged for Warrants entitling the
Registered Owner thereof to purchase an equal aggregate principal amount of
[Notes/Debentures].
Warrants
may be exchanged only at the principal office of the Agent in _______________,
___ or at any other place that is designated by the Company. Any Warrants
tendered for exchange shall be surrendered to the Agent and canceled. The
Company shall execute all Warrants necessary to carry out exchanges as aforesaid
and such Warrants shall be authenticated by the Agent.
SECTION
3.3. Charges for
Exchange. For each Warrant exchanged or transferred, the Agent,
except as otherwise herein provided, shall, if required by the Company, charge a
reasonable sum for each new Warrant issued; and payment of such charges and
reimbursement of the Agent or the Company for any taxes or governmental or other
charges required to be paid shall be made by the party requesting such exchange,
as a condition precedent thereto.
SECTION
3.4. Registration of Transfer;
Restrictions on Transfers. No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid
unless made at the principal offices of the Agent in ____________,
__________ or at any other place that is designated by the Company as an office
for registration of transfer by the Registered Owner or such Registered Owner’s
executors, administrators or other legal representatives or attorney duly
appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the
Agent and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Agent and the
Company may prescribe. Any Warrants tendered for registration of transfer shall
be surrendered to the Agent.
SECTION
3.5. Notice
to Warrantholders. Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any
notice to be given hereunder to Warrantholders shall be deemed to be validly
given if such notice is mailed to the last addresses of the Warrantholders
appearing on the Register. Any notice so given shall be deemed to have been
given on the day on which it has been mailed. In determining under any provision
hereof the date when notice of any meeting or other event must be given, the
date of giving notice shall be included and the date of the meeting or other
event shall be excluded.
ARTICLE
IV
EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS
SECTION
4.1. Method
of Exercise of Warrants. The Registered Owner of any Warrant may
exercise the right thereby to purchase [Notes/Debentures] by surrendering to the
Agent on any Business Day during the Exercise Period at the principal office of
the Agent in ___________, ___________, or at any other place or places that may
be designated by the Company:
(a) at
least 3 Business Days prior to the exercise of its Warrants, a completed and
executed Notice of Intent to Exercise in the form thereof set forth in Annex I
to each Warrant (a “Notice of Intent to Exercise”);
(b) on
the Exercise Date, a duly completed and executed Exercise Form in the form
thereof set forth in Annex II to each Warrant;
(c) on
the Exercise Date, its Warrant or Warrants which it is exercising;
and
(d) on
the Exercise Date, the Exercise Price in funds immediately available to the
Company.
The items
described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be deemed received when an
actual copy or a facsimile thereof is received by the Agent. Each Warrant shall
be deemed to be surrendered only upon personal delivery thereof to or, if sent
by mail or other means of transmission, upon receipt thereof by, the Agent at
the office specified in this Section 4.1. Each Warrant shall be deemed exercised
as of the first Business Day on which all of the foregoing conditions are
satisfied with respect to such Warrant. The first day on which the Warrants may
be exercised is ________________, ____________, ___. The Company acknowledges
that the Registered Owners of the Warrants are not required under any
circumstances to take any other actions in order to exercise their
Warrants.
SECTION
4.2. Effect
of Exercise of Warrants. Upon surrender and payment of the Exercise
Price by the Registered Owner of any Warrant in accordance with Section 4.1, the
[Notes/Debentures] so purchased shall be deemed to have been issued and the
person or persons to whom such [Notes/Debentures] are to be issued shall be
deemed to have become the Registered Owner or owners of such [Notes/Debentures]
on the [Exercise Date].
After the
due exercise of a Warrant as aforesaid, the Company shall forthwith cause to be
delivered to the person to whom the [Notes/Debentures] so purchased are to be
issued at the address specified in such form or, if so specified in such
purchase form, cause to be delivered to such person at the office where such
Warrant was surrendered, a [Note/Debenture] or [Notes/Debentures] in the form or
forms and in the denominations requested and for the appropriate principal
amount of [Notes/Debentures] not exceeding the principal amount which the
Warrantholder is entitled to purchase pursuant to the Warrant
surrendered.
SECTION
4.3. Partial Exercise of
Warrants. Subject to the issuance of [Notes/Debentures] in
authorized denominations only, the Registered Owner of any Warrant may purchase
(Notes/Debentures] in a principal amount less than that which such Registered
Owner is entitled to purchase pursuant to the surrendered Warrant. In the event
of any purchase of a principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] less than the
principal amount which can be purchased pursuant to a Warrant, the Registered
Owner thereof upon exercise thereof prior to the Time of Expiry shall, in
addition, be entitled to receive forthwith a new Warrant in respect of the
balance of the principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] which such Registered
Owner was entitled to purchase pursuant to the surrendered Warrant and which
were not then exercised. The Company shall not be responsible for any taxes
which may be payable in connection with the issuance of such new
Warrant.
SECTION
4.4. Expiration of
Warrants. After the Time of Expiry, all rights under any Warrant in
respect of which the right of purchase herein and therein provided for shall not
theretofore have been exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 shall cease and
terminate and such Warrant shall become void and of no effect and all rights of
the Registered Owner thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall cease and
terminate as of such termination; provided that such Registered Owner’s
rights under this Warrant Agreement with respect to actions occurring prior to
such termination shall remain in full force. After the Time of Expiry, each
Registered Owner of any Warrants shall return any unexercised Warrants to the
Agent for cancelation in accordance with Section 4.5 of this
Agreement.
SECTION
4.5. Cancelation of Surrendered
Warrants. All Warrants surrendered to the Agent pursuant to
Sections 2.3, 3.2, 3.4 or 4.1 shall forthwith be canceled by the Agent. All
Warrants canceled or required to be canceled under this or any other provision
of this Agreement may be destroyed by or under the direction of the Agent and
the Agent shall furnish the Company with a destruction certificate identifying
the Warrants so destroyed and the principal amount of [Notes/Debentures] which
could have been purchased pursuant to each.
SECTION
4.6. Accounting and
Recording. The Agent shall forthwith account and remit to the
Company with respect to Warrants exercised and immediately forward to the
Company (or into an account or accounts of the Company with the bank or trust
company designated by the Company for that purpose) all monies received by the
Agent on the purchase of [Notes/Debentures] through the exercise of Warrants.
All such monies, and any [Notes/Debentures] or other instruments, from time to
time received by the Agent shall be received in trust for, and shall be
segregated and kept apart by the Agent in trust for, the Company.
The Agent
shall record the particulars of the Warrants exercised which shall include the
names and addresses of the persons who become Registered Owners of
[Notes/Debentures] on exercise, the Exercise Date, the Exercise Price and the
number of [Notes/Debentures] reserved for that purpose by the Company. The Agent
shall provide such particulars in writing to the Company.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
SECTION
5.1. Issuance of
[Notes/Debentures]. The Company covenants that so long as any
Warrants remain Outstanding it will cause the [Notes/Debentures] from time to
time paid for pursuant to the Warrants in the manner herein provided to be duly
issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrants and the terms
hereof.
SECTION
5.2. Corporate Existence of the
Company; Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Transfer. The Company
covenants that so long as any of the Warrants are Outstanding, it will maintain
its existence, will not dissolve, sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets and will not consolidate with or merge into
another entity or permit one or more other entities to consolidate with or merge
into it; provided that the Company may, without violating the covenants in this
Section 5.2 contained, consolidate with or merge into another entity or permit
one or more other entities to consolidate with or merge into it, or sell or
otherwise transfer to another entity all or substantially all of its assets as
an entirety and thereafter dissolve, if the surviving , resulting or transferee
entity, as the case may be, (i) shall be formed and existing under the laws of
one of the States of the United States of America, (ii) assumes, if such entity
is not the Company, all of the obligations of the Company hereunder and (iii) is
not, after such transaction, otherwise in default under any provisions
hereof.
SECTION
5.3. Maintenance of Offices or
Agencies for Transfer, Registration, Exchange of Warrants. So long
as any of the Warrants shall remain Outstanding, the Company covenants that it
will maintain an office or agency in _________, where the Warrants may be
presented for registration, exchange and transfer as in this Agreement provided,
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Warrants
or of this Agreement may be served, and where the Warrants may be presented for
exchange for [Notes/Debentures] as provided herein.
SECTION
5.4. Appointment to Fill a
Vacancy in the Office of Agent. The Company, whenever necessary to
void or fill a vacancy in the office of Agent, covenants that it will appoint,
in the manner provided in Section 9.4 hereof, an Agent, so that there shall at
all times be an Agent with respect to the Outstanding Warrants.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION
6.1. Events
of Default. The term “Event of Default” whenever used herein with
respect to any Warrant shall mean any one of the following events:
(a) Failure
by the Company to deliver the [Notes/Debentures] in exchange for the Warrants in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or
(b) failure
on the part of the Company to observe or perform in any material respect any of
the covenants or agreements on its part in the Warrants or in this Agreement
specifically contained for the benefit of the Warrantholders, for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Agent, or to the Company and the Agent by the Registered Owners of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Warrants at the time Outstanding under
this Agreement, a written notice specifying such failure and stating that such
is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.
SECTION
6.2. Suits
by Warrantholders. All or any of the rights conferred upon the
Registered Owner of any Warrant by the terms of such Warrant and/or this
Agreement may be enforced by the Registered Owner of such Warrants by
appropriate legal proceedings but without prejudice to the right which is hereby
conferred upon the Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and all of
the provisions herein contained for the benefit of the Registered Owners of the
Warrants from time to time Outstanding.
SECTION
6.3. Remedies Not Waived;
Enforcement Expense. No delay or failure on the part of the
Registered Owners of Warrants or the Agent to exercise any right shall operate
as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice such Registered Owner’s or
Agent’s, as the case may be, rights, powers and remedies. The Company agrees to
pay all costs, expenses and fees, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees,
which may be incurred by a Registered Owner in enforcing or attempting to
enforce its rights thereunder and hereunder following the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default hereunder, whether the same shall be
enforced by suit or otherwise.
SECTION
6.4. Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company are Exempt from Individual
Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of this Agreement, or of any Warrant, or for any claim based thereon
or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Agreement and the
Warrants issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement
or in any of the Warrants or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such,
because of the creation of the obligations hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement
or in any of the Warrants or implied therefrom are hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Agreement and the issuance of such Warrants.
ARTICLE
VII
AMENDMENTS;
MEETING OF WARRANTHOLDERS
SECTION
7.1. Amendments Without Consent
of Registered Owners of Warrants. This Agreement and the terms and
conditions of the Warrants may be amended by the Company and the Agent, without
the consent of any Registered Owner of Warrants for any of the following
purposes:
(a) to
add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Registered Owners of
Warrants,
(b) to
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company,
(c) to
cure any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any provision contained herein
or in the Warrants which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein or in the Warrants,
(d) if
deemed appropriate by the Company or required by law, to evidence the permitted
succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by such
successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company herein and in the
Warrants or
(e) to
make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this
Agreement or the Warrants which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Registered Owners of the Warrants in any material respect.
SECTION
7.2. Amendments with Consent of Registered Owners
of Warrants. This Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Warrants and the
covenants contained in either may also be modified or amended by the Company and
the Agent and past defaults thereunder or future compliance therewith by the
Company may be waived either with the written consent of the Registered Owners
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
[Notes/Debentures] at the time outstanding, or by the adoption, at a meeting
duly convened and held in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.04 at
which the Registered Owners of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of
the [Notes/Debentures] at the time outstanding are present or represented, of a
resolution by the Registered Owners of not less than 75% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Warrants present or represented at the meeting;
provided that no such modification, amendment or waiver may, without the consent
or affirmative vote of the Registered Owner of each Warrant affected
thereby:
(a) Waive
a default in the failure to deliver [Notes/Debentures] in exchange for Warrants
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof or change the Exercise Dates or the Expiry Date
with respect to any Warrant, or change the coin or currency in which any Warrant
is 15exercisable for [Notes/Debentures] or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any rights of any Registered Owner of a Warrant
or
(b) Reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants, the consent of
whose Registered Owners is required for any modification or amendment to this
Agreement or to the terms and conditions of or covenants contained in this
Agreement or in the Warrants or for any waiver of compliance therewith
or
(c) modify
any of the provisions of this Section 7.2 except to provide that certain other
provisions of this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Warrants cannot
be modified, amended or waived without the consent of the Registered Owner of
each Outstanding Warrant affected thereby.
It shall
not be necessary for the Registered Owners of Warrants to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if they approve the
substance thereof.
SECTION
7.3. Binding Nature of
Amendments; Notice. Any modifications, amendments or waivers to
this Agreement or to the terms and conditions of the Warrants in accordance with
the provisions hereof will be conclusive and binding on all Registered Owners of
Warrants, whether or not they have given such consent, whether or not notation
of such modifications, amendments or waivers is made upon the Warrants, and on
all future Registered Owners of Warrants.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the implementation of
any modification or amendment of the terms and conditions of the Warrants,
notice of such amendment or modification shall be given by the Company or by the
Agent, on behalf of and at the instruction of the Company, to the Registered
Owners by mail at such owner’s address as it appears on the Register. The
failure to give such notice on a timely basis shall not invalidate such
amendment or modification, but such notice shall be given as soon as practicable
upon discovering such failure or upon any impediment to the giving of such
notice being overcome.
ARTICLE
VIII
MEETINGS
SECTION
8.1. Meetings of Registered
Owners of Warrants. A meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants may
be called at any time and from time to time to make, give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Agreement or the Warrants to be made, given or taken by
Registered Owners of Warrants.
The Agent
may at any time call a meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants for any purpose
specified herein to be held at such time and at such place in ______ or
__________ as the Agent shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Registered
Owners of Warrants, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given,
by mail to each Registered Owner at its address as it appears on the Register,
not less than 21 nor more than [45] days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting. In case at any time the Company or the Registered Owners of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants shall have
requested the Agent to call a meeting of the Registered Owners of Warrants for
any purpose, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Agent shall not have mailed notice
of such meeting within 14 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Company or the Registered Owners of Warrants in the amount previously specified,
as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in _______ or for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided herein.
To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants, a Person shall
be a Registered Owner of Outstanding Warrants. The Persons entitled to vote a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants shall
constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time
appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
the Registered Owners of Warrants, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting
may be adjourned for a period of not less than 5 days as determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence
of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 5 days as determined by the chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the
reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in this Section
8.1 with respect to an original meeting, except that such notice need be given
only once not less than 3 days prior to the date on which the meeting is
scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting
shall state expressly the percentage of the principal amount of the Outstanding
Warrants which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject
to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for a lack of a
quorum the persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Warrants shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set
forth in the notice of the original meeting. Any meeting of Registered Owners of
Warrants at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by a
vote as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1, and the meeting may be held as
so adjourned without further notice. At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all
matters shall be effectively passed or decided if passed or decided by persons
entitled to vote the lesser of (a) a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Warrants or (b) 75% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Warrants represented and voting at such meeting.
The Agent
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Registered Owners of Warrants in regard to proof of the holding of Warrants and
such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. The Agent shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or Registered Owners of Warrants as provided herein, in which case the
Company or the Registered Owners calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall
in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants
represented at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to
vote, except as a Holder of Warrants.
SECTION
8.2. Record
of Meetings. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings
of each meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants shall be prepared, and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company and the Agent. The copy delivered to the
Agent shall be preserved by the Agent and, upon reasonable notice, made
available to any Registered Owners of Outstanding Warrants.
ARTICLE
IX
CONCERNING
THE AGENT
SECTION
9.1. Appointment of
Agent. The Company hereby appoints at present having its principal
office in [__________ at _____________, ________, __________] as the Agent in
respect of the Warrants, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement.
SECTION
9.2. Acceptance of Appointment By
Agent; Limitations of Duties of Agent. The Agent accepts its
obligations set forth herein and in the Warrants upon the terms and conditions
hereof and thereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees
and to all of which the rights hereunder of the Registered Owners from time to
time of the Warrants shall be subject:
(a) The
Agent shall be entitled to the compensation agreed upon with the Company for all
services rendered by it, and the Company agrees promptly to pay such
compensation and to reimburse the Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable compensation of its
counsel) incurred by it in connection with the services rendered by it
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Agent for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with its acting as such
Agent hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim
of liability.
(b) In
acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Warrants, the Agent is
acting solely as the agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Registered Owners of the
Warrants.
(c) The
Agent may consult with one or more counsel (who may also be counsel to the
Company), and, in the absence of bad faith, the written opinion of such counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in the good faith reliance
thereon.
(d) The
Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it in the good faith reliance upon any
Warrant, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other
paper or document signed by the Company reasonably believed by the Agent to be
genuine and to have been signed by the proper persons.
(e) The
Agent and its officers, directors and employees may become the owner of, or
acquire any interest in, any Warrants, with the same rights that it or they
would have if it were not the Agent hereunder, may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as
depository, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of Registered Owners of
the Warrants or holders of other obligations of the Company as freely as if it
were not the Agent hereunder.
(f) The
recitals contained herein and in the Warrants (except in the Agent’s
certificates of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Agent makes
no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or the
Warrants, provided that the Agent shall not be relieved of its duty to
authenticate Warrants as authorized by this Agreement. The Agent shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the proceeds of the
Warrants.
(g) The
Agent shall be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties as are
herein and in the Warrants specifically set forth and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrants against the
Agent.
(h) No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Agent from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its
own willful misconduct or that of its officers or employees.
(i) The
Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION
9.3. Agent
Required. The Company agrees that, until all Warrants
(i) shall have been delivered to the Agent for cancellation or (ii) have
become null and void because of the passage of the Expiry Date, there shall at
all times be an Agent hereunder which shall be a corporation doing business in
the United States and which alone or with its affiliates has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $[___,000,000].
SECTION
9.4. Resignation and Removal of
Agent; Appointment of Successor. The Agent may at any time resign
by giving written notice (in accordance with Section 10.1 hereof) to the Company
of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired
resignation shall become effective; provided, however, that such date shall never be
less than [90] days after the receipt of such notice by the Company unless the
Company agrees to accept less notice. Upon receipt of such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly act to appoint a successor Agent. The
Agent may be removed at any time by the Company by delivering written notice
thereof specifying such removal and the date when it is intended to become
effective. Any resignation or removal of the Agent shall take effect upon the
date of the appointment by the Company as hereinafter provided of a successor
and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor.
In case
at any time the Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become
incapable of acting or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or if a
receiver of it or of its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer
shall take charge or control of its or of its property or affairs, for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor agent,
eligible as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company.
Upon the
appointment as aforesaid of a successor agent and acceptance by it of such
appointment, the Agent so superseded shall cease to be the Agent hereunder. If
no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company and shall have
accepted appointment as hereinafter provided, then the Registered Owners of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants, on such
Holders’ behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Agent.
Any
successor Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon such successor Agent, without any further act deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers,
immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if
originally named as such Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of
its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall simultaneously therewith become
obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Agent shall be
entitled to receive, all moneys, [Notes/Debentures] or other property on deposit
with or held by such predecessor, as such Agent hereunder. The Company or, at
the discretion of the Company, the successor Agent, will give prompt written
notice by U.S. Mail to each Registered Owner of the Warrants at such owner’s
address as it appears on the Register of the appointment of a successor Agent.
Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
appointment of a successor Agent.
SECTION
9.5. Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business of Agent. Any corporation
into which the 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 the Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding
to all or substantially all the assets and business of the Agent, shall be the
successor to the Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Article IX, without the execution or filing of any document
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
In case
any Warrants shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Agent then
in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Agent may adopt such authentication and deliver the Warrants so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Agent had itself
authenticated such Warrants.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.1. Notices. All
notices or demands hereunder upon the Company or the Agent may be electronically
communicated or hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, addressed to any
party hereto as provided in this Section 10.1.
All
communications intended for the Company shall be sent to:
CBS
Corporation
51 W.
52nd
Street
New York,
NY 10019
Attention:
General Counsel
Fax
Number:(212) ___________
All
communications intended for the Agent shall be sent to:
Agent-Name
Attention:
Fax
Number:
or at any
other address of which either of the foregoing shall have notified the other in
any manner prescribed in this Section 10.01.
For all
purposes of this Agreement, a notice or communication will be deemed
effective:
(a) if
delivered by hand or sent by overnight courier, on the day it is delivered
unless (i) that day is not a day on which commercial banks are open for business
(a “Local Business Day”) in the city specified in the address for notice
provided by the recipient or (ii) if delivered after the close of business on a
Local Business Day, then on the next succeeding Local Business Day
or
(b) if
sent by facsimile transmission, on the date transmitted, provided that oral or
written confirmation of receipt is obtained by the sender unless the date of
transmission and confirmation is not a Local Business Day, in which case, on the
next succeeding Local Business Day.
Any
notice, direction, request, demand, consent or waiver by the Company or any
Registered Owner to or upon the Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given, made or filed, for all purposes, if given, made or filed in writing with
the Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1.
SECTION
10.2. Day
Not a Business Day. If any date on which a payment is to be made,
notice given or other action taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such
payments, notice or other action shall be made, given or taken on the next
succeeding business day in such place, and in the case of any payment, no
interest shall accrue for the delay.
SECTION
10.3. Currency. All
amounts herein are expressed in [United States Dollars/Specified
Currency].
SECTION
10.4. Governing Law.
This Agreement and the Warrants shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
SECTION
10.5. Limitation of Rights to
Parties and Registered Owners of Warrants. Nothing in this
Agreement or in the Warrants expressed or implied is intended or shall be
construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Agent and the
Registered Owners of the Warrants any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or provision
herein or in the Warrants. All such covenants, conditions and provisions are and
shall be held to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Agent
and the Registered Owners of the Warrants.
SECTION
10.6. Separability of Invalid
Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in
this Agreement or in the Warrants shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but
this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained herein.
SECTION
10.7. No
Waiver of Rights. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power
or privilege in respect of this Warrant Agreement will not be presumed to
operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise of
that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.
SECTION
10.8. Execution in Several
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original;
but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION
10.9. Article and Section
Headings. The headings or titles of the several Articles and
Sections hereof and any table of contents appended to copies hereof shall be
solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning,
construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION
10.10. Successors and
Assigns. All the covenants and agreements in this Agreement
contained by or on behalf of the Company or the Agent shall bind their
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
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STANDARD
STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT
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From time
to time, CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), may enter into
one or more warrant agreements that provide for the issuance and sale of
warrants (“Warrants”) to
purchase shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (“Shares”). The
standard provisions set forth herein may be included or incorporated by
reference in any such warrant agreement (a “Warrant
Agreement”). The Warrant Agreement, including the provisions
incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as this “Agreement.” The
person named as the “Warrant Agent” in the first paragraph of the Warrant
Agreement is herein referred to as the “Warrant
Agent.” Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the
Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, terms defined in the Warrant Agreement
are used herein as therein defined and terms defined herein are used in the
Warrant Agreement as herein defined.
ISSUANCE,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1.01. Issuance of Warrant
Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one
or more Warrants. Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the
right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase such
numbers of Shares as are set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The
number of Warrants which may be issued and delivered under this Agreement is
unlimited.
There
shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof or established in one or
more warrant agreements supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of any
Warrants: the designation of such Warrants; if the Warrants are issued together
as a unit with any other securities of the Company, the date after which the
Warrants shall be freely tradable separately from such other
securities (the “Distribution Date”);
if the Company may at its option or under circumstances described therein
provide for an earlier Distribution Date; the expiration date, pursuant to
Section 2.2; the exercise price and any form of consideration other than
lawful money of the United States of America by which the exercise price may be
paid pursuant to Section 2.1; the Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms
pursuant to Section 3.4; the limitations, if any, upon the Reduced Warrant
Price and the Reduced Warrant Price Period, pursuant to Section 3.5; the
circumstances, if any, under which the Exercise Price and the number of Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the number of Warrants
outstanding are subject to adjustment and the manner of making any such
adjustment.
SECTION 1.02. Execution and Delivery of
Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever
issued, shall be in registered form substantially in such form or forms as shall
be established by the Company from time to time pursuant to one or more
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or in one or more warrant
agreements supplemental hereto, and in each case shall be dated as of the date
of issuance thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed,
lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the
Warrant Certificate may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of
such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement, or as may be required to comply with (i) any law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or (ii) any rule or regulation of
any stock exchange on which the Warrant Certificates may be listed, or to
conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on behalf
of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Operating
Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President or its
Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary. Such
signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and
may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates.
No
Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced
thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been
countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such
signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so
countersigned has been duly delivered hereunder.
If any
officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates
either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before
the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered
to the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates nevertheless may be
countersigned and delivered as though the person who signed such Warrant
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company. Any
Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the
proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this
Agreement any such persons was not an officer.
SECTION 1.03. Registration and
Countersignature. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of
Warrant Certificates, duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign the
Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants to purchase the number of Shares set
forth in the Warrant Agreement and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to
the appropriate person or entity upon the order of the Company. After
the original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall
countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate is issued in
exchange or substitution for, or in connection with the registration of transfer
of, one or more previously countersigned Warrant Certificates, as hereinafter
provided. The Warrant Certificates shall not be valid for any purpose
unless so countersigned.
The
Warrant Agent’s countersignature on all Warrants shall be in substantially the
following form:
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WARRANT
PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Warrant
Price. The exercise price of each Warrant and any other form
of consideration other than lawful money of the United States of America by
which the exercise price may be paid shall be as set forth in the Warrant
Agreement. The purchase price (including moneys and such other
consideration) of the Shares upon exercise of the Warrants is referred to in
this Agreement as the “Warrant Price” and is payable in full at the time of
exercise.
SECTION
2.02. Duration of
Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates may be
exercised in whole at any time, and in part from time to time, during the period
set forth in the Warrant Agent (the “Expiration
Date”). Each Warrant Certificate not exercised on or before
the close of business on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights
of the holder thereunder and under this Agreement shall cease.
SECTION
2.03. Exercise of
Warrant Certificates.
(a) Prior
to the Expiration Date, a Warrant Certificate, if countersigned by the Warrant
Agent, may be exercised in whole or in part by providing certain information set
forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and, unless otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 2.1, by paying in full (in cash or by
certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds or by bank
wire transfer in immediately available funds), in United States dollars, the
Warrant Price for the Shares as to which the Warrant Certificate is exercised,
to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office at the address set forth in
the Warrant Agreement. The payment must specify the name of the
holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such holder. Warrants will be
deemed to have been exercised upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant
Price and the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed by the
registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly appointed legal
representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be
guaranteed (under the Medallion Program) by a bank or trust company, by a broker
or dealer which is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (“NASD”)
or by a member of a national securities exchange. If the Warrant
Agent receives moneys in payment of the Warrant Price, the Warrant Agent shall
deposit all funds received by it in the account of the Company maintained with
it for such purpose. If the Warrant Agent receives consideration
other than moneys for Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall deliver such
consideration directly to the Company. In either case, the Warrant
Agent shall advise the Company by telex or telecopy at the end of each day as to
the Warrant Certificates that have been exercised and the amount of moneys
deposited to its account or the type and amount of other consideration to be
delivered to it.
(b) The
Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the
Company of (i) the number of Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions
of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect
to delivery of the Shares to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise,
(iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of
the Warrants remaining after such exercise and (iv) such other information
as the Company shall reasonably require.
(c) As
soon as practicable after receipt of payment of the Warrant Price and the
Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent, the Company shall issue or deliver, upon the order
of the holder of such Warrant Certificate, the Shares in authorized
denominations to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form in such
name or names as maybe directed by such holder, and if such Warrant Certificate
was not exercised in full, upon request of the holder a new Warrant Certificate
evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised shall be issued if
sufficient time remains prior to the Expiration Date.
(d) The
Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial
issuance of Warrants and of Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issue of any Warrant Certificates or any
certificates for Shares in a name other than the registered holder of a Warrant
Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall
not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person
or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company
that such tax has been paid.
OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.01. No Rights as Securityholders
Conferred by Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificate
shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including the right to receive the payment of dividends on or vote the
Shares.
SECTION 3.02. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or
Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company
and the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the
ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Warrant
Certificate, and of such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender
thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer
of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of the lost, stolen or destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new
Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for a like number of
Warrants. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this
Section, the Company 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 expense (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in
connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and
delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed
Warrant Certificate shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of
this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant
Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all
other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 3.03. Holder of Warrant
Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Agreement, any holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the
consent of the Warrant Agent, the holder of any Shares or the holder of any
other Warrant Certificate, may, in his or her own behalf and for his or her own
benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any action or proceeding
against the Company to enforce or otherwise in respect of, his or her right to
exercise his or her Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in his or her
Warrant Certificate and in his or her Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Call of Warrants by the
Company. If so provided in the Warrant Agreement, the Company
shall have the right to call and repurchase any or all Warrants at the price
(the “Call
Price”) and on or after the date (the “Call Date”) and upon
the terms (the “Call
Terms”) as shall be established from time to time in or pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement before the issuance of such Warrants, or to resolutions of the
Board of Directors of the Company. Notice of such Call Price, Call Date and Call
Terms shall be given to registered holders of Warrants in writing by the Company
or the Warrant Agent.
SECTION 3.05. Optional Reduction of
Warrant Price. Subject to the limits, if any, established from
time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company or in the Warrant
Agreement, the Company shall have the right, at any time or from time to time,
voluntarily to reduce the then current Warrant Price to such amount (the “Reduced Warrant
Price”) and for such period or periods of time, which may be through the
close of business on the Expiration Date (the “Reduced Warrant Price
Period”), as may be deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the
Company. Notice of any such Reduced Warrant Price and Reduced Warrant
Price Period shall be given to registered holders of Warrants in writing by the
Company or the Warrant Agent. After the termination of the Reduced
Warrant Price Period, the Warrant Price shall be such Warrant Price that would
have been in effect had there been no reduction in the Warrant Price pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 3.5.
SECTION 3.06. Reservation of
Shares. For the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any
obligation to issue Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the Company will at all
times through the close of business on the Expiration Date, reserve
and keep available, free from preemptive rights and
out of its aggregate authorized but unissued or
treasury shares of Preferred Stock, the number
of Shares deliverable upon
the exercise of
all outstanding Warrants, and the transfer
agent for the shares is hereby irrevocably authorized and
directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized and
unissued or treasury shares of Preferred Stock as shall be required
for such purpose. The Company will keep a copy of
this Agreement on
file with such transfer agent and
with every transfer agent for any shares of the
Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of
Warrants. The Warrant Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized to
requisition from time to
time from such transfer agent stock certificates
issuable upon exercise of outstanding Warrants, and the Company will supply such
transfer agent with duly executed stock certificates for such
purpose.
Before
taking any action that would cause an adjustment pursuant to Section 3.7
reducing the Exercise Price below the then par value (if any) of the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will take any corporate
action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Shares at the
Exercise Price as so adjusted.
The
Company covenants that all Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants will,
upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests
created by or imposed upon the Company with respect to the issuance and holding
thereof.
SECTION 3.07. Obtaining of Governmental
Approvals and Stock Exchange Listings. So long as any Warrants
remain outstanding, the Company will take all necessary steps (a) to obtain
and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental
agencies and authorities and to make filings under federal and state securities
acts and laws, which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance,
sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the
Warrants and the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Shares issued upon
exercise of Warrants, and (b) to have the shares of Stock immediately upon
their issuance upon exercise of Warrants, (i) listed on each national
securities exchange on which the Preferred Stock is then listed or (ii) if
the Preferred Stock is not then listed on any national securities exchange,
listed for quotation on the NASD Automated Quotations System (“Nasdaq”) National
Market (“Nasdaq
National Market”) or such other over-the-counter quotation system on
which the Stock may then be listed.
SECTION 3.08. Adjustment of Exercise Price
and Number of Shares Purchasable or Number of Warrants. The
Exercise Price, the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each
Warrant and the number of Warrants outstanding are subject to adjustment from
time to time upon the occurrence of the events enumerated in this Section
3.8.
(a) If
the Company shall (i) pay a dividend on its capital stock (including
Preferred Stock in shares of Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares
of Preferred Stock (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Preferred Stock
into smaller number of shares of Preferred Stock or (iv) issue any shares
of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any
such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation), the number of Shares purchasable upon
exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the
holder of each Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of
Shares or other securities of the Company which such holder would have owned or
have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described
above, had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of
such event or any record date with respect thereto. An adjustment
made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective immediately
after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any,
for such event.
(b) In
the event of any capital reorganization or any reclassification of the Preferred
Stock (except as provided in paragraph (a) above or paragraph (h)
below), any holder of Warrants upon exercise thereof shall be entitled to
receive, in lieu of the Preferred Stock to which he or she would have become
entitled upon exercise immediately prior to such reorganization or
reclassification, the shares (of any class or classes) or other securities or
property of the Company that he or she would have been entitled to receive at
the same aggregate Exercise Price upon such reorganization or reclassification
if his or her Warrants had been exercised immediately prior thereto; and in any
such case, appropriate provision (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be
evidenced by a resolution filed with the Warrant Agent) shall be made for the
application of this Section 3.8 with respect to the rights and interests
thereafter of the holders of Warrants (including the allocation of the adjusted
Warrant Price between or among shares of classes of capital stock), to the end
that this Section 3.8 (including the adjustments of the number of shares of
Preferred Stock or other securities purchasable and the Warrant Price thereof)
shall thereafter be reflected, as nearly as reasonably practicable, in all
subsequent exercises of the Warrants for any shares or securities or other
property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants.
(c) Except
for adjustments required by paragraph (h) hereof, no adjustment in the
number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be required unless such adjustment
would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%)in the number
of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant; provided, however, that any
adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (c) are not required to be
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations shall be made to the nearest cent and to
the nearest one- hundredth of a Share, as the case may be.
(d) Whenever
the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted
as herein provided (whether or not the Company then or thereafter elects to
issue additional Warrants in substitution for an adjustment in the number of
Shares as provided in paragraph (f), the Exercise Price payable upon
exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall
be the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator shall be the
number of Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
(e) For
the purpose of this Section 3.8, the term “shares of Stock” shall mean
(i) the class of stock designated as the Preferred Stock of the Company at
the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from
successive changes or reclassification of such shares consisting solely of
changes in par value, of from par value to no par value, or from no par value to
par value. If at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to paragraph (a) or (b) above, the holders of Warrants shall become
entitled to purchase any shares of the Company other than shares of Stock,
thereafter the number of such other shares so purchasable upon exercise of each
Warrant and the Exercise Price of such shares shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable
to the provisions with respect to the Shares contained in paragraphs (a)
through (d), inclusive, above, and the provisions of Section 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.6,
3.7(a) and 3.10, with respect to the Shares, shall apply on like terms to any
such other shares.
(f) The
Company may elect, on or after the date of any adjustment required by
paragraphs (a) through (b) of this Section 3.8, to adjust the number of
Warrants in substitution for an adjustment in the number of Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of a Warrant. Each of the Warrants outstanding
after such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall be exercisable for the
same number of shares as immediately prior to such adjustment. Each
Warrant held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall
become that number of Warrants (calculated to the nearest hundredth) obtained by
dividing the Warrant Price in effect prior to adjustment of the Warrant Price by
the Warrant Price in effect after adjustment of the Warrant
Price. The Company shall notify the holders of Warrants in the same
manner as provided in the first paragraph of Section 3.10, of its election
to adjust the number of Warrants, indicating the record date for the adjustment,
and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be
made. This record date may be the date on which the Exercise Price is
adjusted or any day thereafter. Upon each adjustment of the number of
Warrants pursuant to this paragraph (f) the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Warrants on such
record date Warrant Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 3.9, the
additional Warrants to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such
adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to
such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Warrant
Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon
surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Warrant Certificates
evidencing all the Warrants to be issued, executed and registered in the manner
specified in Section 1.3 and Article 4 (and which may bear, at the
option of the Company, the adjusted Exercise Price) and shall be registered in
the names of the holders of record of Warrant Certificates on the record date
specified in the notice.
(g) Except
as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 3.8, no adjustment in respect
of any dividends shall be made during the term of a Warrant or upon the exercise
of a Warrant.
(h) In
case of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company into
another corporation or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation
of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety,
the Company or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be,
shall execute with the Warrant Agent an agreement that each holder of a Warrant
shall have the right thereafter upon payment of the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to such action to purchase upon exercise of each Warrant the
kind and amount of shares and other securities and property which he or she
would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such action. The Company shall mail by first
class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of a Warrant, notice of the
execution of any such agreement. Such agreement shall provide for adjustments,
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this Section 3.8. The provisions of this
paragraph (h) shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances. The Warrant Agent shall be under no duty or
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such agreement relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other
securities or property receivable upon exercise of Warrants or with respect to
the method employed and provided therein for any adjustments and shall be
entitled to rely upon the provisions contained in any such
agreement.
(i) Irrespective
of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or the number or kind of shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants, Warrants theretofore or
thereafter issued may continue to express the same price and number and kind of
shares as are stated in the Warrants initially issuable pursuant to this
Agreement.
(a) The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrants on any distribution
of Warrants to holders of Warrant Certificates or to distribute Warrant
Certificates that evidence fractional Warrants. In lieu of such fractional
Warrants, there shall be paid to the registered holder of the Warrant
Certificates with regard to which such fractional Warrants would otherwise be
issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market
value of a full Warrant. For purposes of this Section 3.9, the current
market value of a Warrant shall be the closing price of one Warrant (as
determined pursuant to paragraph (c) below) for the trading day immediately
prior to the date on which such fractional Warrant would have been otherwise
issuable.
(b) Notwithstanding
any adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.9 in the number of Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall not be required to
issue fractions of Shares upon exercise of the Warrants or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional Shares. In lieu of fractional
Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of Warrant Certificates at
the time such Warrant Certificates are exercised as herein provided an amount in
cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a share of
Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 3.9, the current market value
of a share of Preferred Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Preferred
Stock (as determined pursuant to paragraph (c) below) for the trading day
immediately prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) The
closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, if no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices, regular way, for such day, in either case as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Warrants or Stock,
as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading on such exchange, as
reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect
to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Warrants or Preferred Stock, respectively, is listed or admitted to trading, or
if the Warrants or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, is not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, as reported on Nasdaq
National Market or, if the Warrants or Stock, as the case may be, is not listed
or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market, as reported on
Nasdaq.
SECTION 3.10. Notices to
Warrantholders. Upon any adjustment of the number of Shares
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant, the Warrant Price or the number of
Warrants outstanding, the Company within 20 calendar days thereafter shall
(i) cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent a certificate of a firm of
independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Company
(who may be the regular auditors of the Company) setting forth the Warrant Price
and either the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant or the
additional number of Warrants to be issued for each previously outstanding
Warrant, as the case may be, after such adjustment and setting forth in
reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such
adjustment was made, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of the matters set forth therein, and (ii) cause to be given to
each of the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates at such holder’s
address appearing on the Warrant Register written notice of such adjustments by
first class mail, postage prepaid. Where appropriate, such notice may be given
in advance and included as part of the notice required to be mailed under the
other provisions of this Section 3.10.
The
Company shall cause written notice of any later Distribution Date, any later
Expiration Date, any Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms and any Reduced
Exercise Price and Reduced Exercise Price Period, as the case may be, to be
given as soon as practicable to the Warrant Agent and to each of the registered
holders of the Warrant Certificates by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
such holder’s address appearing on the Warrant Register. In addition to the
written notice referred to in the preceding sentence, the Company shall make a
public announcement in a daily morning newspaper of general circulation in New
York City of such earlier Distribution Date, such later Expiration Date, such
Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms and such Reduced Exercise Price and Reduced
Exercise Price Period, as the case may be, at least once prior to the
implementation of such terms.
(a) the
Company shall declare any dividend payable in any securities upon its shares of
Preferred Stock or make any distribution (other than a cash dividend) to the
holders of is shares of Preferred Stock, or
(b) the
Company shall offer to the holders of its shares of Preferred Stock any
additional shares of Preferred Stock or securities convertible into shares of
Preferred Stock or any right to subscribe thereto, or
(c) there
shall be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of
its property, assets and business as an entirety),the Company shall cause
written notice of such event to be filed with the Warrant Agent and shall cause
written notice of such event to be given to each of the registered holders of
the Warrant Certificates as such holder’s address appearing on the Warrant
Register, by first class mail, postage prepaid, and make a public announcement
in a daily newspaper of general circulation in New York City of such event, such
giving of notice and publication to be completed at least 10 calendar days
(or 20 calendar days in any case specified in clause (c) above) prior to
the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for
the determination of the stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution or
subscription rights, or for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote
on such proposed dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case
may be. The failure to give the notice required by this Section 3.10
or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any
distribution, right, warrant, dissolution, liquidation or winding up or the vote
upon or any other action taken in connection therewith.
EXCHANGE
AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 4.01. Exchange and
Transfer. Upon surrender at the corporate trust office of the
Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for
Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants and the
transfer of Warrants may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such
other Warrant Certificates shall evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants
as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust
office, books in which it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and
transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant
Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office for exchange or
registration of transfer, properly completed and duly endorsed and duly signed
by the registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly appointed legal
representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be
guaranteed (under the Medallion Program) by (a) a bank or trust company,
(b) a broker or dealer that is a member of the Nasdaq or (c) a member
of a national securities exchange and accompanied by appropriate instruments of
registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge
shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant
Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any such exchange or registration of
transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are surrendered for
exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent
shall mutually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto
a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificate duly authorized and executed by the
Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to
effect any exchange or registration of transfer that will result in the issuance
of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full
Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued
upon any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations and
entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificates
surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
SECTION 4.02. Treatment of Holders of
Warrant Certificates. Every holder of a Warrant Certificate,
by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent
and with every subsequent holder of such Warrant Certificate that, until the
transfer of the Warrant Certificate is registered on the books of the Warrant
Agent, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered holder as the
absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise
the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the
contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 4.03. Cancellation of Warrant
Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for
exercise, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to the
Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant Certificates
surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by
the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in lieu
thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to
time, or otherwise dispose of, canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner
satisfactory to the Company.
CONCERNING
THE WARRANT AGENT
SECTION 5.01. Warrant
Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent as the
Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrant Certificates upon the
terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and the Warrant Agent
hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the
powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant
Certificates and by this Agreement, and such further powers and authority to act
on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon
it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority
contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms
and provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions of Warrant
Agent’s Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations
herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following
(to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of
the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall be
subject):
(a) Performance by the
Company. The Company agrees that it will take any corporate
action that may be reasonably necessary in order to fulfill its obligations
under this Agreement, and the Warrant Certificates, and that it will not take
any action that would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the Warrant Certificates.
(b) Compensation and
Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the
Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent in
connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant
Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in
connection with its acting as the Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the
premises.
(c) Agent for the
Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in
connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as
an agent of the Company, and the Warrant Agent does not assume any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners or holders of the
Warrant Certificates.
(d) Counsel. The
Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the opinion of
such 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
accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(e) Documents. The
Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect
of any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant
Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or
other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been
presented or signed by the proper parties.
(f) Certain
Transactions. The Warrant Agent and its officers, directors
and employees may buy, sell or deal in any of the Shares or other securities of
the Company and may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Warrant
Certificates, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the
Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, they
may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or
body of holders of the Shares or other obligations of the Company as freely as
if it were not the Warrant Agent.
(g) No Liability for
Interest. Except as set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the
Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any moneys or
other consideration at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(h) No Liability for
Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability
with respect to the validity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant
Certificates.
(i) No Responsibility for
Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible
for any of the recitals or representations contained herein or in the Warrant
Certificates (except the Warrant Agent shall be responsible for any
representations of the Warrant Agent herein and for its countersignature on the
Warrant Certificates), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(j) No
Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to
perform such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates
specifically set forth, but no implied duties or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to
take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or
liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its
reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be
accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company
of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and
delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or for the
application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant
Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility
in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants
or agreements contained in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the
receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with
respect to such default, including any duty or responsibility to initiate
or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any
demands upon the Company.
(k) Instructions. The
Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with
respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, and to apply
to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and
shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer or in good faith
reliance upon any statement signed by any one of such officers of the Company
with respect to any fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed) which may be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by such signed statement.
SECTION 5.03. Registration and Appointment
of Successor Warrant Agent.
(a) The
Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that at all times there shall be a Warrant Agent hereunder until
all the Warrant Certificates are no longer exercisable.
(b) The
Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving written notice to
the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its
desired resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be
less than 60 days after the date on which such notice is given unless the
Company agrees to accept less notice. The Warrant Agent may be removed at
any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on
behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall
become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the
appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant
Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or of any State, in good standing, and
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers) and the
acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. Upon
its resignation or removal, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to the payment
by the Company of the compensation agreed to under Section 5.2(b) hereof for,
and to the reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with, the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant
Agent.
(c) If
at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or shall file a
petition seeking relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy law
or similar law or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consent
to the appointment of a receiver or custodian of all or any substantial part of
its property, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts
as they mature, or if a receiver or custodian of it or of all or any substantial
part of its property shall be appointed, or if an order of any court shall be
entered for relief against it under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or under any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law or if any public officer shall have taken charge or
control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent,
qualified in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be appointed by
the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent.
Upon the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the latter
of such appointment, the Warrant Agent so superseded shall cease to be the
Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any
successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority,
rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor
with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such
predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall
thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor
Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all moneys, securities and other
property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent
hereunder.
(e) Any
corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or
any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant agent
shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets and
business of the Warrant Agent, provided that is shall be qualified as aforesaid,
shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties
hereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01. Supplements and
Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or supplemented from
time to time by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any
Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or in
regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and
the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable, provided such action shall
not adversely affect the interest of the holders of the Warrant
Certificates.
SECTION 6.02. Notices and Demands to the
Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive
any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant
Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant
Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.
SECTION 6.03. Addresses. Any
communication to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be
addressed to the address set forth in the Warrant Agreement, and any such
communication to the Company shall be addressed to the Company at the following
address:
CBS
Corporation
51 W.
52nd Street
New York,
New York 10019
Attention:
General Counsel
or such
other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the
Company.
SECTION 6.04. Delivery of
Prospectus. If the Company is required under applicable
federal or state securities laws to deliver a prospectus upon exercise of
Warrants, the Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a
prospectus, and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant
Certificate by the holder thereof, the Warrant Agent will deliver to such
holder, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Shares issued upon
such exercise, a copy of the prospectus.
SECTION 6.05. Obtaining of Governmental
Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action
that may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents
and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities acts
filings under federal and state laws, which may be or become requisite in
connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrant
Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, and the issuance, sale, transfer and
delivery of the Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants or upon the
expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.
SECTION 6.06. Persons Having Rights under
Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement is intended, or
shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other
than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates,
any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any
covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All
covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this
Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the
Warrant Agent and their successors and of the holders of the Warrant
Certificates.
SECTION 6.07. Headings. The
descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or
construction of any of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.08. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 6.09. Inspection of
Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all
reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent
for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant
Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection
by it.
SECTION 6.10. Governing
Law. This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued
hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of
New York and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
such State.
SECTION 6.11. Successors. All
the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the
Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 6.12. Termination. This
Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the Expiration Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate on any earlier date
when the Warrants have been exercised.
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ex5-1.htm
Exhibit
5.1
November 3,
2008
CBS
Corporation
Registration Statement on
Form S-3
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We have
acted as counsel to CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
CBS Operations Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company (“CBS Operations”), in connection with the preparation and filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of
1933 (the “Securities Act”) relating to the registration under the Securities
Act and the proposed issuance and sale from time to time pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of senior debt securities of the Company
to be issued under an Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of
November 3, 2008 (the “Senior Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank
of New York Mellon (the “Senior Trustee”), subordinated debt securities of the
Company (together with the senior debt securities, the “Debt Securities”) to be
issued under an Indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture”), the form of which is
included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Company, Class B common stock,
par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company as may from time
to time be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock,
warrants to purchase Debt Securities or Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”) of the
Company and guarantees by CBS Operations, as may be issued in connection with
Debt Securities or Preferred Stock (the “Guarantees”) (the Debt Securities,
Preferred Stock, Common Stock, Warrants and Guarantees are collectively referred
to herein as the “Securities”).
In
connection with this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records,
certificates of corporate officers and government officials and such other
documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion, including: (a) the amended and restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company; (b) the amended and restated Bylaws of the
Company; (c) resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company
on October 30, 2008; (d) the Certificate of Incorporation of CBS
Operations; (e) the Bylaws of CBS Operations; (f) resolutions adopted
by the board of directors of CBS Operations on October 30, 2008; (g) the
Registration Statement; (h) the Senior Indenture to be filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement and (i) the form of Subordinated Indenture to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. As to various
questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon representations
of officers or directors of the Company and CBS Operations, as applicable, and
documents furnished to us by the Company and CBS Operations, as applicable,
without independent verification of their accuracy. We have also
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents
of all documents submitted to us as copies.
Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, and assuming that (i) the Registration
Statement and any supplements and amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments) will have become effective and will comply with all applicable laws;
(ii) the Registration Statement will be effective and will comply with all
applicable laws at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated
by the Registration Statement; (iii) a prospectus supplement will have been
prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Securities offered thereby
and will comply with all applicable laws; (iv) all Securities will be
issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities
laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate
prospectus supplement; (v) none of the terms of any Security to be
established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such
Security, nor the compliance by the Company and CBS Operations, if applicable,
with the terms of such Security will violate any applicable law or will result
in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon
the Company and CBS Operations, if applicable, or any restriction imposed by any
court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and CBS
Operations, if applicable; (vi) a definitive purchase, underwriting or
similar agreement and any other necessary agreement with respect to any
Securities offered or issued will have been duly authorized and validly executed
and delivered by the Company and CBS Operations, if applicable, and the other
parties thereto; and (vii) any Securities issuable upon conversion,
exchange, or exercise of any Security being offered or issued will be duly
authorized, created, and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such
conversion, exchange, or exercise, we are of opinion that:
(1) with
respect to Debt Securities to be issued under either the Senior Indenture or
Subordinated Indenture, when (A) the Senior Trustee or Subordinated
Trustee, as applicable, is qualified to act as Senior Trustee or Subordinated
Trustee, as applicable, under the Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as
applicable, (B) the Senior Trustee or Subordinated Trustee, as applicable,
has duly executed and delivered the Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture,
as applicable, (C) with respect to the subordinated debt securities only,
the Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and CBS Operations to the Subordinated Trustee
(D) the Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (E) the
board of directors of the Company, a duly constituted and acting committee
thereof or any officers of the Company delegated such authority (such board of
directors, committee or officers being hereinafter referred to as the “Board”)
has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of a
particular series of Debt Securities, the terms of the offering thereof, and
related matters, and (F) such Debt Securities have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued, and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the
Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, and the applicable
definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by the Board
upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, such Debt
Securities will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally from time to time in effect and subject to general principles
of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and
fair dealing, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(2) with
respect to Guarantees to be issued under the Senior Indenture or the Senior
Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, when (A) the Senior Trustee or
Subordinated Trustee, as applicable, is qualified to act as Senior Trustee or
Subordinated Trustee, as applicable, under the Senior Indenture or Subordinated
Indenture, as applicable, (B) the Senior Trustee or Subordinated Trustee,
as applicable, has duly executed and delivered the Senior Indenture or
Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, (C) with respect to the subordinated
debt securities only, the Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized and
validly executed and delivered by the Company and CBS Operations to the
Subordinated Trustee, (D) the Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as
applicable, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, (E) the Board of Directors of CBS Operations, a duly constituted
and acting committee thereof or any officers of CBS Operations delegated such
authority has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and
terms of such Guarantees, the terms of the offering thereof, and related
matters, and (F) the Debt Securities supported by the Guarantees have been
duly executed, authenticated, issued, and delivered in accordance with the
provisions of the Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, and
the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement upon
payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, such Guarantees will
be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of CBS
Operations, enforceable against CBS Operations in accordance with their terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally from time to time in effect and subject to general principles of
equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); and
(3) with
respect to shares of Preferred Stock, when (A) the Board has taken all
necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of a particular
series of Preferred Stock, the terms of the offering thereof, and related
matters, including the adoption of a Certificate of Designation relating to such
Preferred Stock (a “Certificate”) and the filing of such Certificate with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (B) such Certificate has been
properly filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and (C) certificates
representing such shares of Preferred Stock have been duly executed,
countersigned, registered and delivered either (i) in accordance with the
applicable definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by
the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor (which consideration is not
less than the par value of the Preferred Stock) provided for therein or
(ii) upon conversion or exercise of any other Security, in accordance with
the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing
for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration
approved by the Board (which consideration is not less than the par value of the
Preferred Stock), then such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable;
(4) with
respect to shares of Common Stock, when both (A) the Board has taken all
necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and the terms of the
offering of (i) the Debt Securities or Preferred Stock, as the case may be,
convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock and (ii) the shares of Common
Stock, and related matters and (B) certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered
either (i) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting,
or similar agreement approved by the Board or such officers upon payment of the
consideration therefor (which consideration is not less than the par value of
the Common Stock) provided for therein or (ii) upon conversion or exercise of
such Debt Security or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, in accordance with
the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing
for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration
approved by the Board (which consideration is not less than the par value of the
Common Stock), then the shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable; and
(5) with
respect to the Warrants, when (A) the Board has taken all necessary
corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and terms of the
Warrants, the terms of the offering thereof, and related matters, (B) a
warrant agreement or agreements relating to the Warrants have been duly
authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and CBS Operations,
if applicable, the warrant agent appointed by the Company and each other party
thereto, and (C) the Warrants or certificates representing the Warrants have
been duly executed, countersigned, registered, and delivered in accordance with
the appropriate warrant agreement or agreements and the applicable definitive
purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by the Board or such
officers upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, the
Warrants will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, and of CBS Operations, if applicable, enforceable
against the Company, and CBS Operations, if applicable, in accordance with their
terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally from time to time in effect and subject to general principles of
equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law).
We
express no opinion herein as to any provision of the Senior Indenture, the
Subordinated Indenture or the Debt Securities that (a) relates to the
subject matter jurisdiction of any Federal court of the United States of
America, or any Federal appellate court, to adjudicate any controversy related
thereto, (b) contains a waiver of an inconvenient forum, (c) relates
to the waiver of rights to jury trial or (d) provides for indemnification,
contribution or limitations on liability. We also express no opinion
as to (i) the enforceability of the provisions of the Senior Indenture, the
Subordinated Indenture or the Debt Securities to the extent that such provisions
constitute a waiver of illegality as a defense to performance of contract
obligations or any other defense to performance which cannot, as a matter of
law, be effectively waived, (ii) whether a state court outside the State of
New York or a Federal court of the United States would give effect to the choice
of New York law provided for therein or (iii) the effect of any provision
in the amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company of the
type permitted by Section 102(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
Courts in
the United States have not customarily rendered judgments for money damages
denominated in any currency other than United States dollars. Section
27(b) of the Judiciary Law of the State of New York provides, however, that a
judgment or decree in an action based upon an obligation denominated in a
currency other than United States dollars shall be rendered in the foreign
currency of the underlying obligation and converted into United States dollars
at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of the entry of the judgment or
decree. We express no opinion as to whether a Federal court would
render a judgment other than in United States dollars.
We are
admitted to practice only in the State of New York and express no opinion as to
matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the
Delaware General Corporation Law and the Federal laws of the United States of
America.
We
understand that we may be referred to as counsel who has passed upon the
validity of the Debt Securities, the issuance of the Preferred Stock, Common
Stock or Warrants on behalf of the Company and CBS Operations, if applicable,
and the Guarantees in the prospectus and in a supplement to the prospectus
forming a part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities filed
with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and we hereby consent to
such use of our name in said Registration Statement and to the use of this
opinion for filing with said Registration Statement as Exhibit 5.1
thereto. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are
within the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act
or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
Very
truly yours,
/s/ CRAVATH, SWAINE
& MOORE LLP
Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP
CBS
Corporation
51 West
52nd Street
New York,
New York 10019
Attention
of Louis J. Briskman
ex23-1.htm
Exhibit
23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of our report dated February 28, 2008
relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting, which appears in CBS Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007. We also consent to the reference to us under the headings
“Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
New York,
New York
November
3, 2008
ex24-1.htm
Exhibit
24.1
CBS
CORPORATION
Power of
Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the
undersigned director and/or officer of CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Louis J. Briskman and
Angeline C. Straka, severally and
not jointly, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign (1) a registration
statement or statements of the Company on Form S-3, or such other form as may be
recommended by counsel, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”), and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and any and all instruments and documents filed as a part
of or in connection with the said registration statement or statements or
amendments thereto, registering, in each case, the offering, sale and issuance
of the securities of the Company specified in such registration statement or
statements and (2) any and all registration statements, reports, applications,
instruments and other documents relating to such securities to be filed by the
Company with the Commission and/or any national securities exchanges under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any and all amendments or
supplements thereto; granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said
attorney-in-fact and agent, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this 30th day of October,
2008.
/s/
DAVID R. ANDELMAN
|
David R. Andelman
|
/s/
JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.
|
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
|
/s/
WILLIAM S. COHEN
|
William S. Cohen
|
/s/
GARY L. COUNTRYMAN
|
Gary L. Countryman
|
/s/
CHARLES K. GIFFORD
|
Charles K. Gifford
|
/s/
LEONARD GOLDBERG
|
Leonard Goldberg
|
/s/
BRUCE S. GORDON
|
Bruce S. Gordon
|
/s/
LINDA M. GRIEGO
|
Linda M. Griego
|
/s/
ARNOLD KOPELSON
|
Arnold Kopelson
|
/s/
LESLIE MOONVES
|
Leslie Moonves |
/s/
DOUG MORRIS
|
Doug Morris
|
/s/
SHARI REDSTONE
|
Shari Redstone
|
/s/
SUMNER M. REDSTONE |
Sumner M. Redstone |
/s/
FREDERIC V. SALERNO
|
Frederic V. Salerno
|
ex25-1.htm
Exhibit
25.1
FORM
T-1
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
STATEMENT
OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION
DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF
AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION
305(b)(2) [__]
___________________________
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON
(Exact
name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New
York
(State
of incorporation
if
not a U.S. national bank)
|
13-5160382
(I.R.S.
employer
identification
no.)
|
One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y.
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10286
(Zip
code)
|
___________________________
CBS
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
04-2949533 (I.R.S.
employer identification
no.)
|
51
West 52nd Street New
York, New York (Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10019
(Zip
code)
|
CBS
OPERATIONS INC.
(Exact
name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
|
13-3844753 (I.R.S.
employer identification
no.)
|
51
West 52nd
Street New
York, New York (Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10019 (Zip
code)
|
___________________________
Senior
Debt Securities
(Title of
the indenture securities)
1.
|
General
information. Furnish the following information as to the
Trustee:
|
|
(a)
|
Name
and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is
subject.
|
Name
|
Address
|
Superintendent
of Banks of the State of New York
|
One
State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y.
12223
|
Federal
Reserve Bank of New York
|
33
Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
|
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
Washington,
D.C. 20429
|
New
York Clearing House Association
|
New
York, New York 10005
|
|
(b)
|
Whether
it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
|
Yes.
2.
|
Affiliations
with Obligor.
|
If the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Exhibits
identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated
herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
|
1.
|
A
copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon
(formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust
Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence
business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers.
(Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No. 33-21672,
Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637,
Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195
and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152735).
|
|
4.
|
A
copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-121195).
|
|
6.
|
The
consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152735).
|
|
7.
|
A
copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant
to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
|
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has
duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State
of New York, on the 23rd day of October, 2008.
|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON |
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
CHERYL CLARKE |
|
|
|
Name:
CHERYL CLARKE |
|
|
|
Title: VICE
PRESIDENT |
|
|
|
|
|
EXHIBIT
7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK
of One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And
Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member
of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 2008, published
in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District
pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
ASSETS
|
|
Dollar
Amounts
In
Thousands
|
Cash
and balances due from depository institutions:
|
|
|
Noninterest-bearing
balances and currency and coin
|
|
3,463,000
|
Interest-bearing
balances
|
|
31,232,000
|
Securities:
|
|
|
Held-to-maturity
securities
|
|
1,631,000
|
Available-for-sale
securities
|
|
24,769,000
|
Federal
funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to
resell:
|
|
|
Federal
funds sold in domestic offices
|
|
19,485,000
|
Securities
purchased under agreements to resell
|
|
0
|
Loans
and lease financing receivables:
|
|
|
Loans
and leases held for sale
|
|
0
|
Loans
and leases, net of unearned income
|
|
33,282,000
|
LESS:
Allowance for loan and lease
losses
|
|
244,000
|
Loans
and leases, net of unearned income
and allowance
|
|
33,038,000
|
Trading
assets
|
|
4,207,000
|
Premises
and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
|
|
906,000
|
Other
real estate owned
|
|
6,000
|
Investments
in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
|
|
760,000
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Intangible
assets:
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
2,495,000
|
Other
intangible assets
|
|
998,000
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
Total
assets |
|
130,062,000
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
Deposits:
|
|
|
In
domestic offices
|
|
34,562,000
|
Noninterest-bearing
|
|
20,410,000
|
Interest-bearing
|
|
14,152,000
|
In
foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs
|
|
64,413,000
|
Noninterest-bearing
|
|
2,092,000
|
Interest-bearing
|
|
62,321,000
|
Federal
funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase:
|
|
|
Federal
funds purchased in domestic offices
|
|
884,000
|
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
89,000
|
Trading
liabilities
|
|
3,678,000
|
Other
borrowed money:
(includes
mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized
leases)
|
|
1,999,000
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Subordinated
notes and debentures
|
|
2,940,000
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority
interest in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
133,000
|
|
|
|
EQUITY
CAPITAL
|
|
|
Perpetual
preferred stock and related surplus
|
|
0
|
Common
stock
|
|
1,135,000
|
Surplus
(exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
|
|
2,375,000
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
6,131,000
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
-1,131,000
|
Other
equity capital components
|
|
0
|
Total
equity capital
|
|
|
Total
liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital
|
|
|
I, Thomas
P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare
that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Thomas P.
Gibbons,
Chief
Financial Officer
We, the
undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources
and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of
our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
and is true and correct.
Gerald
L. Hassell
Steven
G. Elliott
Robert
P. Kelly
|
|
Directors
|
|
ex25-2.htm
Exhibit
25.2
FORM
T-1
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
STATEMENT
OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION
DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF
AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION
305(b)(2) [__]
___________________________
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON
(Exact
name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New
York
(State
of incorporation
if
not a U.S. national bank)
|
13-5160382
(I.R.S.
employer
identification
no.)
|
One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y.
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10286
(Zip
code)
|
___________________________
CBS
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
04-2949533 (I.R.S.
employer identification
no.)
|
51
West 52nd Street New
York, New York (Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10019
(Zip
code)
|
CBS
OPERATIONS INC.
(Exact
name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
|
13-3844753 (I.R.S.
employer identification
no.)
|
51
West 52nd
Street New
York, New York (Address
of principal executive offices)
|
10019 (Zip
code)
|
___________________________
Senior
Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title
of the indenture securities)
1.
|
General
information. Furnish the following information as to the
Trustee:
|
|
(a)
|
Name
and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is
subject.
|
Name
|
Address
|
Superintendent
of Banks of the State of New York
|
One
State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y.
12223
|
Federal
Reserve Bank of New York
|
33
Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
|
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
Washington,
D.C. 20429
|
New
York Clearing House Association
|
New
York, New York 10005
|
|
(b)
|
Whether
it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
|
Yes.
2.
|
Affiliations
with Obligor.
|
If the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Exhibits
identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated
herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
|
1.
|
A
copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon
(formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust
Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence
business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers.
(Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No.
333-152735).
|
|
4.
|
A
copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-121195).
|
|
6.
|
The
consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152735).
|
|
7.
|
A
copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant
to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
|
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 23rd day
of October, 2008.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/S/
CHERYL CLARKE
|
|
Name:
|
CHERYL
CLARKE
|
|
Title:
|
VICE
PRESIDENT
|
EXHIBIT
7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK
of One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And
Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member
of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 2008, published
in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District
pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
ASSETS
|
|
Dollar
Amounts
In
Thousands
|
Cash
and balances due from depository institutions:
|
|
|
Noninterest-bearing
balances and currency and coin
|
|
3,463,000
|
Interest-bearing
balances
|
|
31,232,000
|
Securities:
|
|
|
Held-to-maturity
securities
|
|
1,631,000
|
Available-for-sale
securities
|
|
24,769,000
|
Federal
funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to
resell:
|
|
|
Federal
funds sold in domestic offices
|
|
19,485,000
|
Securities
purchased under agreements to resell
|
|
0
|
Loans
and lease financing receivables:
|
|
|
Loans
and leases held for sale
|
|
0
|
Loans
and leases, net of unearned income
|
|
33,282,000
|
LESS:
Allowance for loan and lease
losses
|
|
244,000
|
Loans
and leases, net of unearned income
and allowance
|
|
33,038,000
|
Trading
assets
|
|
4,207,000
|
Premises
and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
|
|
906,000
|
Other
real estate owned
|
|
6,000
|
Investments
in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
|
|
760,000
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Intangible
assets:
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
2,495,000
|
Other
intangible assets
|
|
998,000
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
Total
assets |
|
130,062,000
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
Deposits:
|
|
|
In
domestic offices
|
|
34,562,000
|
Noninterest-bearing
|
|
20,410,000
|
Interest-bearing
|
|
14,152,000
|
In
foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs
|
|
64,413,000
|
Noninterest-bearing
|
|
2,092,000
|
Interest-bearing
|
|
62,321,000
|
Federal
funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase:
|
|
|
Federal
funds purchased in domestic offices
|
|
884,000
|
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
89,000
|
Trading
liabilities
|
|
3,678,000
|
Other
borrowed money:
(includes
mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized
leases)
|
|
1,999,000
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Not
applicable
|
|
|
Subordinated
notes and debentures
|
|
2,940,000
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority
interest in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
133,000
|
|
|
|
EQUITY
CAPITAL
|
|
|
Perpetual
preferred stock and related surplus
|
|
0
|
Common
stock
|
|
1,135,000
|
Surplus
(exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
|
|
2,375,000
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
6,131,000
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
-1,131,000
|
Other
equity capital components
|
|
0
|
Total
equity capital
|
|
|
Total
liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital
|
|
|
I, Thomas
P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare
that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Thomas P.
Gibbons,
Chief
Financial Officer
We, the
undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources
and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of
our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
and is true and correct.
Gerald
L. Hassell
Steven
G. Elliott
Robert
P. Kelly
|
|
Directors
|
|