EXHIBIT 4.3
Published on July 30, 2008
EXHIBIT
4.3
REXAHN
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
ISSUER
AND
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED
AS OF [ ], [ ]
SUBORDINATED
DEBT SECURITIES
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE1
Section
of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended
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Indenture
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310(a)
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7.10
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310(b)
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7.09;
7.11
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310(c)
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Inapplicable
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311(a)
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7.14
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311(b)
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7.14
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311(c)
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Inapplicable
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312(a)
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5.02(a)
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312(b)
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5.02(c)
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312(c)
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Inapplicable
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313(a)
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5.04(a)
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313(b)
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5.04(b)
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313(c)
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5.04(a);
5.04(b)
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313(d)
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5.04(c)
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314(a)
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5.03;
4.06
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314(b)
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Inapplicable
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314(c)
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13.07
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314(d)
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Inapplicable
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314(e)
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13.07
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314(f)
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Inapplicable
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315(a)
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7.01(a);
7.03
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315(b)
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7.02
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315(c)
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7.01
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315(d)
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7.01(b)
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315(e)
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6.07;
7.07
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316(a)
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6.06;
8.04
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316(b)
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6.04
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316(c)
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8.01
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317(a)
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6.02
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317(b)
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4.03
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318(a)
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13.09
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This
Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall
not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS2
Page
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RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
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7
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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7
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SECTION
1.01
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DEFINITIONS
OF TERMS.
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7
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ARTICLE
II
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ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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12
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SECTION
2.01
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DESIGNATION
AND TERMS OF SECURITIES.
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12
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SECTION
2.02
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FORM
OF SECURITIES AND TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE.
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14
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SECTION
2.03
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DENOMINATIONS:
PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT.
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14
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SECTION
2.04
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EXECUTION
AND AUTHENTICATION.
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16
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SECTION
2.05
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REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
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16
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SECTION
2.06
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TEMPORARY
SECURITIES.
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17
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SECTION
2.07
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MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN SECURITIES.
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18
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SECTION
2.08
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CANCELLATION.
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18
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SECTION
2.09
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BENEFITS
OF INDENTURE.
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19
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SECTION
2.10
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AUTHENTICATING
AGENT.
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19
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SECTION
2.11
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GLOBAL
SECURITIES.
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20
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ARTICLE
III
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REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
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22
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SECTION
3.01
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REDEMPTION.
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22
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SECTION
3.02
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NOTICE
OF REDEMPTION.
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22
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SECTION
3.03
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PAYMENT
UPON REDEMPTION.
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23
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SECTION
3.04
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SINKING
FUND.
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23
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2
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Note:
This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of
the Indenture.
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SECTION
3.05
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SATISFACTION
OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
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24
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SECTION
3.06
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REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
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24
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ARTICLE
IV
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COVENANTS
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24
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SECTION
4.01
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PAYMENT
OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
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24
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SECTION
4.02
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MAINTENANCE
OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
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24
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SECTION
4.03
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PAYING
AGENTS.
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25
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SECTION
4.04
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APPOINTMENT
TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE.
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26
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SECTION
4.05
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COMPLIANCE
WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS.
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26
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SECTION
4.06
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STATEMENT
BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
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26
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ARTICLE
V
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SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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27
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SECTION
5.01
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COMPANY
TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
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27
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SECTION
5.02
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PRESERVATION
OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS WITH SECURITYHOLDERS.
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27
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SECTION
5.03
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REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY.
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27
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SECTION
5.04
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REPORTS
BY THE TRUSTEE.
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28
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ARTICLE
VI
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REMEDIES
OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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28
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SECTION
6.01
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
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28
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SECTION
6.02
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COLLECTION
OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
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30
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SECTION
6.03
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APPLICATION
OF MONEYS COLLECTED.
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32
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SECTION
6.04
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LIMITATION
ON SUITS.
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32
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SECTION
6.05
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RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
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33
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SECTION
6.06
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CONTROL
BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
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33
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SECTION
6.07
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UNDERTAKING
TO PAY COSTS.
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34
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ARTICLE
VII
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CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
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34
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SECTION
7.01
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CERTAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.
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34
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SECTION
7.02
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NOTICE
OF DEFAULTS.
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36
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SECTION
7.03
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CERTAIN
RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
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36
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SECTION
7.04
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TRUSTEE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OR SECURITIES.
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38
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SECTION
7.05
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MAY
HOLD SECURITIES.
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38
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SECTION
7.06
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MONEYS
HELD IN TRUST.
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38
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SECTION
7.07
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COMPENSATION
AND REIMBURSEMENT.
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38
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SECTION
7.08
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RELIANCE
ON OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE.
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39
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SECTION
7.09
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DISQUALIFICATION;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
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39
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SECTION
7.10
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CORPORATE
TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
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39
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SECTION
7.11
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RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
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40
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SECTION
7.12
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ACCEPTANCE
OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
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41
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SECTION
7.13
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MERGER,
CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
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43
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SECTION
7.14
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PREFERENTIAL
COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY.
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43
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ARTICLE
VIII
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CONCERNING
THE SECURITYHOLDERS
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43
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SECTION
8.01
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EVIDENCE
OF ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
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43
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SECTION
8.02
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PROOF
OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
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44
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SECTION
8.03
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WHO
MAY BE DEEMED OWNERS.
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44
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SECTION
8.04
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CERTAIN
SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY DISREGARDED.
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44
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SECTION
8.05
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ACTIONS
BINDING ON FUTURE SECURITYHOLDERS.
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45
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ARTICLE
IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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45
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iv
SECTION
9.01
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
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45
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SECTION
9.02
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
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46
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SECTION
9.03
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EFFECT
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
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47
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SECTION
9.04
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SECURITIES
AFFECTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
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47
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SECTION
9.05
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EXECUTION
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
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48
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ARTICLE
X
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SUCCESSOR
ENTITY
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48
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SECTION
10.01
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COMPANY
MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC.
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48
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SECTION
10.02
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SUCCESSOR
ENTITY SUBSTITUTED.
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49
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SECTION
10.03
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EVIDENCE
OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE.
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49
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ARTICLE
XI
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
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49
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SECTION
11.01
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE.
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49
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SECTION
11.02
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DEFEASANCE.
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50
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SECTION
11.03
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DEPOSITED
MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
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51
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SECTION
11.04
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PAYMENT
OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENTS.
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52
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SECTION
11.05
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REPAYMENT
TO COMPANY.
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52
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ARTICLE
XII
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IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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52
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SECTION
12.01
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NO
RECOURSE.
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52
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ARTICLE
XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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53
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SECTION
13.01
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EFFECT
ON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
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53
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SECTION
13.02
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ACTIONS
BY SUCCESSOR.
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53
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SECTION
13.03
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SURRENDER
OF COMPANY POWERS.
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53
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SECTION
13.04
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NOTICES.
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53
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SECTION
13.05
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GOVERNING
LAW; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.
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53
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SECTION
13.06
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TREATMENT
OF SECURITIES AS DEBT.
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54
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SECTION
13.07
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COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
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54
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SECTION
13.08
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PAYMENTS
ON BUSINESS DAYS.
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54
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SECTION
13.09
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CONFLICT
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
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55
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SECTION
13.10
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COUNTERPARTS.
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55
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SECTION
13.11
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SEPARABILITY.
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55
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SECTION
13.12
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ASSIGNMENT.
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55
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ARTICLE
XIV
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SUBORDINATION
OF SECURITIES
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55
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SECTION
14.01
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SUBORDINATION
TERMS.
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55
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INDENTURE,
dated as of [], [], between Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and [_____________], a [_____________], as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS,
for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of unsecured
subordinated debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in
an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as provided in this Indenture, as registered Securities without
coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of Securities or of series
thereof.
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS.
The terms
defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective
meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the
singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, or that are by reference in said Trust Indenture Act defined in
the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of
the execution of this instrument.
“ARTICLE”,
“SECTION” or other subdivisions refer to Articles, Sections or other
subdivisions of this Indenture.
“AUTHENTICATING
AGENT” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of
Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the Securities by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.
“BANKRUPTCY
LAW” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.
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“BOARD OF
DIRECTORS” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such Board.
“BOARD
RESOLUTION” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
“BUSINESS
DAY” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a
Saturday or Sunday, or a day on which federal or state banking institutions in
[________], are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close.
“CERTIFICATE”
means a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company. The
Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.
“COMMISSION”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“COMPANY”
means Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of
Article X, shall also include its successors and assigns.
“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 hereof is located at [________________________________].
“COVENANT
DEFEASANCE” has the meaning given in Section 11.02.
“CUSTODIAN”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
“DEFAULT”
means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“DEFAULTED
INTEREST” has the meaning given in Section 2.03.
“DEPOSITARY”
means, with respect to Securities of any series, for which the Company shall
determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, [________],
another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each
case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or
2.11.
“EVENT OF
DEFAULT” means, with respect to Securities of a particular series any event
specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein
designated.
“EXCHANGE
ACT” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
statute or statutes thereto.
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“GLOBAL
SECURITY” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed
by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“GOVERNMENTAL
OBLIGATIONS” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America 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, the payment of which
is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt
issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the Holder of such depositary receipt; provided,
however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the Holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental
Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the
Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
“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.
“INCLUDING”,
unless the context requires otherwise, means including without
limitation.
“INDENTURE”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into in accordance with the terms hereof, including, for all purposes of this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated
by Section 2.01.
“INTEREST
PAYMENT DATE”, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a
Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security or in
a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such
series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to
Securities of that series is due and payable.
“LEGAL
DEFEASANCE” has the meaning given in Section 11.02.
“OFFICERS’
CERTIFICATE” means a certificate signed by the President or a Vice President and
by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Controller or an Assistant
Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company that is
delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and
to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
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“OPINION
OF COUNSEL” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel acceptable to the
Trustee, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company that is delivered
to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall
include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
“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 6.01.
“OUTSTANDING”,
when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Securities of that
series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this
Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any
paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation
or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for
the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any
paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying
agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such
Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as in Article III; or provision satisfactory to
the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in
lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07; provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
hereunder as of any date, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section
6.01.
“PERSON”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint-venture, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“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 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen
Security.
“RESPONSIBLE
OFFICER” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer assigned to the
[________________] [Division / Unit] (or any successor division or unit) of the
Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the
purposes of Section 7.01(b)(ii) and Section 315(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust
matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
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“SECURITIES”
means the debt securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“SECURITIES
ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute or
statutes thereto.
“SECURITYHOLDER”,
“HOLDER of SECURITIES”, “REGISTERED HOLDER”, “HOLDER”, or other similar term,
means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall
be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture.
“SECURITY
REGISTER” has the meaning given in Section 2.05.
“SECURITY
REGISTRAR” has the meaning given in Section 2.05.
“SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of
bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any
indebtedness of the Company, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any
particular indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such
indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS” shall not include (i) any
indebtedness of the Company to a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company or any of such Affiliate’s Subsidiaries, (ii) indebtedness to, or
guaranteed on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, amounts
owed for compensation), (iii) indebtedness to trade creditors and other amounts
incurred in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services, (iv) any
liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company,
(v) that portion of any indebtedness incurred in violation of an incurrence test
applicable to a series of the Securities, (vi) that portion of any indebtedness
which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b)
of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to the Company and (vii)
that portion of any indebtedness which is, by its express terms, subordinated in
right of payment to the Securities.
“SUBSIDIARY”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of
whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority
of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned
by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one
or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
“TRUSTEE”
means [_____________] and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall also
include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one
Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person.
The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities
shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.
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“TRUST
INDENTURE ACT” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, subject to the
provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and 10.01, as in effect at the date of
execution of this instrument.
“VOTING
STOCK”, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated)
in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of
the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the
occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE
II
ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,
REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
SECTION
2.01 DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF SECURITIES.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more
series up to the aggregate principal amount, if any, of Securities of that
series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or
pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial
issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1)
the title of the Security of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other
Securities);
(2)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of that 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 that
series);
(3)
the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable and the place(s) of payment;
(4)
the rate or rates at which the Securities
of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or
rates, if any;
(5)
the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the
manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment,
and the record date or other method for the determination of Holders to whom
interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;
(6)
the right, if any, to extend the interest payment
periods and the duration of such extension;
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(7)
the period or periods within which, the price or prices
at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8)
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions (including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking
fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9)
any additional or different subordination terms
applicable to the Securities of the series;
(10)
the form of the Securities of the series, including the
form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication for such
series;
(11)
if other than denominations of one thousand
U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(12)
any and all other terms with respect to such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture;
(13)
whether the Securities of the series are issuable as a
Global Security and, in such case, the identity of the Depositary for such
series and any other or different terms in respect of such Global
Security;
(14)
whether the Securities of the series will be
convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company and,
if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so
convertible, including the conversion price and the conversion
period;
(15)
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section
6.01;
(16) any
additional or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants provided for
with respect to the Securities of the series;
(17) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or in specified part,
shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 11.02 and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such
Securities shall be evidenced; and
(18) if
other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of
America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
“Outstanding” in Section 1.01. All Securities of any one series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures
supplemental hereto. If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. Securities of any
particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on which
the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates
of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be
determined, with different dates on which such interest may be payable and with
different redemption dates. Notwithstanding Section 2.01(2) and unless otherwise
expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate
principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional
Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal
amount authorized with respect to such series as increased.
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SECTION
2.02 FORM OF SECURITIES AND TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE.
The
Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be
borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set
forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate. The
Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Company 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 Securities of that series may be listed, or to
conform to usage.
SECTION
2.03 DENOMINATIONS: PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT.
The
Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations
of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject
to Section 2.01(11). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest
payable on the dates and at the rates specified or provided for with respect to
that series. Except as contemplated by Section 2.01(18), the principal of and
the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in
case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for
public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in [_____________]; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
Except as contemplated by Section 2.01(4), interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Except
as contemplated by Section 2.01(5), the interest installment on any Security
that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose
name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In
the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called
for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date
with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment
Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of
such Security as provided in Section 3.03. Any interest on any Security that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the
relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in
clause (1) or clause (2) below:
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(1)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (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 such Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor 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 Securityholder at his or her address as it
appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), 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
such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on
such special record date.
(2)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
on any Securities 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. Unless
otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental
hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section
2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect
to a series of Securities with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such
series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding
the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first
day of a month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section
2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a
month, whether or not such date is a Business Day. Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section, each Security of a series delivered under this
Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, that were carried by such other Security.
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SECTION
2.04 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
The
Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its President, or one of
its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer, or one of its Assistant Treasurers,
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Signatures may be
in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company may use the
facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a President or Vice
President thereof, or of any Person who shall have been the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary thereof,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be authenticated
and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the President
or a Vice President, or the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, of the Company. The Securities may contain such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence and the only evidence that the Security
so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that
the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from
time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by its President or any
Vice President and its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the Trustee in
accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and
terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture and that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to any Bankruptcy Law or other insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and to other customary
exceptions. The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if
the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
SECTION
2.05 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a)
Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in
[_____________], for other Securities of such series of authorized
denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto,
all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such
office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities
of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled
to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
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(b)
The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its
office or agency designated for such purpose in [_____________], or such other
location designated by the Company a register or registers (herein referred to
as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as
it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of
Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall
be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be
appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the “Security Registrar”). Upon
surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the
Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount. All Securities
presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided
in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the
Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
registered Holder or by such Holder’s duly authorized attorney in
writing.
(c)
No service charge shall be made for any exchange
or registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of
partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto,
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04
not involving any transfer. The Company shall not be required (i) to issue,
exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof
called for redemption. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to
any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.
SECTION
2.06 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed,
lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary
Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in
lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be
determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be
executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will
execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any
or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange
therefor (without charge to the Holders), at the office or agency of the Company
designated for the purpose in [_____________], and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such
temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive
Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect
that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further
notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
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SECTION
2.07 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN
SECURITIES.
In case
any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall
execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall
authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted
Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may
authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written
request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Security, 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. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the
applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof. Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company
whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found
at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all
other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION
2.08 CANCELLATION.
All
Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or
registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying
agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the
Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In
the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition
to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise 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
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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SECTION
2.09 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be
construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders
of the Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XIV, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or
provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being
for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Securities
(and, with respect to the provisions of Article XIV, the holder of Senior
Indebtedness).
SECTION
2.10 AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
So long
as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an
Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee
shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued
upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, 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. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities
by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating
Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as
most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any
jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to
conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to
conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and
upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and
to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any
Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor
Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating
Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally
named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto. 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
that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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SECTION
2.11 GLOBAL SECURITIES.
(a)
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01
that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that
(1)
shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of, all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of
such series,
(2)
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee,
(3)
shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, and
(4)
shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the
Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to
the Depositary, another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary
or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.”
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the
Global Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in
the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to the Depositary for such series,
another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary
for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(c)
If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer
be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable
statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.11 shall
no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will
execute, and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver
the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such
Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the
Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and
that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities
of such series. In such event the Company will execute and subject to Section
2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such
determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global
Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the
Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive
registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this
Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.
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(d)
None of the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any paying
agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a
Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or
of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in
the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member,
beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice
(including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with
respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the
Securityholders and all payments to be made to Securityholders under the
Securities and this Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order
of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the
case of the Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the
applicable procedures. The Trustee, the Security Registrar and any paying agent
shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members,
participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Security Registrar and
any paying agent shall be entitled to deal with any depositary (including the
Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any
Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global
Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and
additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or
to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global
Security) as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no
obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Security
Registrar or any paying agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any
acts or omissions of any such depositary with respect to such Global Security,
for the records of any such depositary, including records in respect of
beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any
transactions between such depositary and any participant in such depositary or
between or among any such depositary, any such participant and/or any holder or
owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of
beneficial interests in any such Global Security.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent
the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying agent, or any other
agent of the Company or any agent of the Trustee, from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary
(including the Depositary), as a Securityholder, with respect to such Global
Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as
Holder of such Global Security.
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ARTICLE
III
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
SECTION
3.01 REDEMPTION.
The
Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after
the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof.
SECTION
3.02 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
(a)
In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to
redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in
accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall (upon five
Business Days prior notice to the Trustee, unless a shorter notice period shall
be acceptable to the Trustee), or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of
such redemption to Holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by
mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than
30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that
series to such Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
Security Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be
redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered
Holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the
Holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in
part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any
other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee
with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and
the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and
shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be
redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in [_____________],
upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from
and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for
a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series
are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of Securities of that series to be
redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that
relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon
surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued.
If less
than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give
the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice in advance of the date fixed for redemption
as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed,
and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it
shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the
selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000)
or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of
a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and shall
thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the
Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever
it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its
President or any Vice President, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to
call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and
to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such
notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such
paying agent as it may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption
is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or
such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or
other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable
the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required
under the provisions of this Section.
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SECTION
3.03 PAYMENT UPON REDEMPTION.
(a)
If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been
completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the
series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and
interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on
and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such
Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on
or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the
notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption
price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed
for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment
Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the
registered Holder at the close of business on the applicable record date
pursuant to Section 2.03).
(b)
Upon presentation of any Security of such series that
is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall
deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of
the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION
3.04 SINKING
FUND.
The
provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. The minimum
amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of
any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any
payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities
of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of
any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.
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SECTION
3.05 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
The
Company,
(1)
may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any Securities previously called for redemption) and
(2)
may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have
been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of
such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of
such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not
been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities
for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION
3.06 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less
than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with such
Officers’ Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.
Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Section 3.03.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
SECTION
4.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The
Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of each series at the time and
place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such
Securities.
SECTION
4.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
So long
as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to
maintain an office or agency in [_____________], with respect to each such
series and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided
in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented for
payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above
authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect
to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by
its President or a Vice President and delivered to the Trustee, designate some
other office or agency in [_____________] for such purposes or any of them. If
at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, notices and demands.
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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 [_____________] for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
SECTION
4.03 PAYING AGENTS.
(a)
If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for
all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will
cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument
in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section:
(1)
that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company
or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto;
(2)
that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that
series when the same shall be due and payable;
(3)
that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
paying agent; and
(4)
that it will perform all other duties of paying agent
as set forth in this Indenture.
(b)
If the Company shall act as its own paying agent
with respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other
obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have
one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or
interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to
act.
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(c)
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the
contrary,
(1)
the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this
Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and
(2)
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 direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same terms and conditions 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.
SECTION
4.04 APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF
TRUSTEE.
The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.11, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
SECTION
4.05 COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS.
The
Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate
with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the
survivor of such transaction, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of
its property as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person
unless the provisions of Article X hereof are complied with.
SECTION
4.06 STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
The
Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to
the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the
performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such
defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have
knowledge.
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ARTICLE
V
SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
BY
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION
5.01 COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
SECURITYHOLDERS.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1)
not more than 15 days after each regular record date (as
defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of Securities
as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated
to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not
differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the
Company; and
(2)
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time
such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list
need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar.
SECTION
5.02 PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS WITH
SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a)
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received
by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such
capacity).
(b)
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c)
Securityholders may communicate as provided in
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities.
SECTION
5.03 REPORTS BY THE COMPANY.
(a)
The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within
15 days after the Company has filed 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) that the Company may be required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or,
if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports that may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations.
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(b)
The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and
the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from to
time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided
for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations.
(c)
The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, or reputable overnight delivery service that
provides for evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names and
addresses appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission.
(d)
Delivery of reports, information and
documents to the Trustee under this Section 5.03 is for informational purposes
only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of
its respective covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officers’ Certificates, except as otherwise provided
herein).
SECTION
5.04 REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE.
(a)
On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the
Securities are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding May 15, if
and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(b)
The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and
313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c)
A copy of each such report shall, at the
time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the
Company, with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so
listed) and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee
when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE
VI
REMEDIES
OF THE TRUSTEE
AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION
6.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a)
Whenever used herein with respect to Securities
of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the
following events that has occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the subordination
provisions of Article XIV or other subordination provisions applicable to a
series of Securities 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):
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(1)
the Company defaults in the payment of any installment
of interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same
shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90
days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by
the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this
purpose;
(2)
the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same
shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by
declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous
fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid
extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of
principal or premium, if any;
(3)
the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture
or otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of
Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been
given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;
(4) the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences
a voluntary case,
(ii)
consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(iii) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(iv) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(5) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law
that
(i) is
for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints
a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property,
or
(iii) orders
the liquidation of the Company, and the order remains unstayed and in effect for
90 days.
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(b)
In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the
Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to
the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare
the principal of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be
immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities of that series or established with respect to
that series pursuant to Section 2.01 to the contrary.
(c)
At any time after the principal of the Securities of
that series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment
or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered
as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice
to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series
that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon
such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is
enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the
rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such
payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07,
and
(ii)
any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to
such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on Securities of that series
that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or
waived as provided in Section 6.06. No such rescission and annulment shall
extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(d)
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission
or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to
the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceedings, the Company, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to
their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had
been taken.
SECTION
6.02 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
(a)
The Company covenants that
(i) in
case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of
the Securities of a series, as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days,
or
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(ii) in
case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption
or upon declaration, pursuant to any sinking or analogous fund established with
respect to that series or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the
Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due
and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or
interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the
rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section
7.07.
(b)
If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or
in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the
Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or
other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever
situated.
(c)
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee
shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein
that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise
provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee and of the Holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire
amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of
institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become
due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any
moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to
distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee
under Section 7.07; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of Securities of such
series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.07.
(d)
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of
that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding
relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any
amounts due under Section 7.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series. In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee
may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by
this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or
in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
of that series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceeding.
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SECTION
6.03 APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED.
Any
moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a
particular series of Securities and any money or other property distributable in
respect of the company’s obligations under this Indenture after an Event of
Default shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by
the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of
principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To
the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to
the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) under Section 7.07;
SECOND:
To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent
required by Article XIV or other subordination provisions applicable with
respect to such series; and
THIRD: To
the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively.
SECTION
6.04 LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder
of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of
any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1)
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with
respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as
hereinbefore provided;
(2)
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder;
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(3)
such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and
(4)
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding and
(5)
during such 60 day period, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the right of any Holder of any
Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on such Security, as therein provided, on the respective due dates
expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption
date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is
expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and Holder of every
Security of such series with every other such taker and Holder and the Trustee,
that no one or more Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in
any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other
of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except
in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of
all Holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee
shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
SECTION
6.05 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR OMISSION NOT
WAIVER.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all
powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and
not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
Holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.
(b)
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence
therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Securityholders.
SECTION
6.06 CONTROL BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.01,
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 such series; provided, however,
that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Securities of any
other series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.01.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.01,
may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any
past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or
established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the
same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by
acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been
deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)) or in respect of
a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured
for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
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SECTION
6.07 UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities by such
Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this
Indenture.
ARTICLE
VII
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION
7.01 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
TRUSTEE.
(a)
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all
Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such
series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall
exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of his own affairs.
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(b)
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with
respect to that series that may have occurred: the duties and obligations of the
Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable
with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee
may with respect to the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirement of this
Indenture;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of that series; and
(iv) this
Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (c) of this
Section 7.01.
(c)
none of the provisions contained in this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, 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.
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(d)
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of or be
charged with having knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to
any series of Securities, except Events of Default under Section 6.01(a)(1) or
(a)(2), if and so long as it is acting as paying agent with respect to the
Securities of such series, unless written notice of such Default Event or Event
of Default, as the case may be, is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee from the Company or any Holder of Securities of such
series, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture.
(e)
Whether or not expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 7.01.
SECTION
7.02 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a
Default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series and is known
to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give the Holders of
Securities of such series notice of such Default as and to the extent provided
by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any Default
of the character specified in clause (3) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at
least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
SECTION
7.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a)
The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b)
Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument
signed in the name of the Company, by the President or any Vice President and by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein);
(c)
The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(d)
The Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to
the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default with respect to a series of the Securities (that has not been
cured or waived) to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree
of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
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(e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f)
The Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents; and
(g)
The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
(h)
whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(i)
the rights, privileges, protections,
immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its
right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other
Person employed to act hereunder;
(j)
the Trustee may request that the Company deliver
an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of
officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this
Indenture;
(k)
the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any
actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a
duty;
(l)
anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event
shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of
profit), even if the Company or Guarantor has been advised as to the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(m)
the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture
arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its
reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes;
fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage;
epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer
(hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes;
acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.
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SECTION
7.04 TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OR
SECURITIES.
(a)
The recitals contained herein and in the
Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b)
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.
(c)
The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such
Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee
in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to
Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying
agent other than the Trustee.
SECTION
7.05 MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The
Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security
Registrar.
SECTION
7.06 MONEYS HELD IN TRUST.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall,
until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for
which they were received, but 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 moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the
Company to pay thereon.
SECTION
7.07 COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a)
The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time to
time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the
trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers
and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents,
directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, damage,
claims liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claim whether asserted by the Company, any
Securityholder or any other Person or liability including the compensation and
expense of counsel in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
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(b)
The obligations of the Company under this Section to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that
of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular
Securities.
(c)
To the extent permitted by law, any compensation due or
expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified in or pursuant to
Section 6.01 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any
then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. “Trustee” for purposes of this
Section 7.07 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad
faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this
Section 7.07.
(d)
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the termination of this
Indenture for any reason, or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee
and shall apply with equal force and effect to the Trustee in its capacity as
Authenticating Agent, Security Registrar or paying agent.
SECTION
7.08 RELIANCE ON OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE.
Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the
provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting
to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warranty to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith
thereof.
SECTION
7.09 DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the
Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in
all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof. For purposes of Section
310(b)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent permitted thereby, the
Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any series,
shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as
trustee in respect of the Securities of any other series.
SECTION
7.10 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder
which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as
trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million
U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid 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. The Company may not, nor
may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 7.11.
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SECTION
7.11 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR.
(a)
The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any
time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving
written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation
by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as
their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any
Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b)
In case at any time any one of the following
shall occur:
(i) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.09 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or
(ii) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.10 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Securityholder; or
(iii) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, 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, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities
and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by
order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered
to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, unless, in
the case of a failure to comply with Section 7.09, the Trustee’s duty to resign
is stayed as provided in the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that Holder and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
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(c)
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company
and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the
Company.
(d)
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
7.12.
(e)
Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such
series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series.
SECTION
7.12 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a)
In case of the appointment hereunder of a
successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee
so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject
nevertheless to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(b)
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and
which
(i) 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,
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(ii) 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
(iii) 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, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to
act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; 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, such
retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no further
responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of
the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or
any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such
supplemental indenture, the 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, subject nevertheless to the lien
provided for in Section 7.07.
(c)
Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d)
No successor trustee shall accept its
appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be qualified and eligible under this Article.
(e)
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of
such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register.
If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
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SECTION
7.13 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any
Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to
all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall
be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.09 and eligible under the provisions
of Section 7.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION
7.14 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE
COMPANY.
The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding
any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section
311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.
ARTICLE
VIII
CONCERNING
THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION
8.01 EVIDENCE OF ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Whenever
in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a majority or specified
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular
series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the
giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the
fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such majority or
specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such
Holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in
writing. If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers’
Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination
of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have
no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given
before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for
the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion
of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented
to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series
shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
date.
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SECTION
8.02 PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a
Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy
and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be
sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a)
The fact and date of the execution by any such
Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to
the Trustee.
(b)
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by
the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security
Registrar thereof.
(c)
The Trustee may require such additional proof of
any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION
8.03 WHO MAY BE DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to
the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company,
the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the
Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the
Company as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon
made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject
to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION
8.04 CERTAIN SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY
DISREGARDED.
In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of
Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or
waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with
the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only
Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of
this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other
obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee
taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.
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SECTION
8.05 ACTIONS BINDING ON FUTURE SECURITYHOLDERS.
At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in
Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the majority or
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular
series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of
a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the
Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in
Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners
of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or
not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken
by the Holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and
the Holders of all the Securities of that series.
ARTICLE
IX
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
SECTION
9.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS.
In
addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture,
the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of
the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(1)
to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein,
in the Securities of any series;
(2)
to comply with Article X;
(3)
to provide for uncertificated Securities in
addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
(4)
to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or to add any
additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional
Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series);
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(5)
to add to, delete from, or revise the
conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or
purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities (prior to the
issuance thereof), as herein set forth;
(6)
to make any change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;
(7)
to provide for the issuance of and establish the form
and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section
2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add
to the rights of the Holders of any series of Securities; or
(8)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 7.12.
The
Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any
such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be
executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 9.02.
SECTION
9.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS.
With the
consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series
affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding,
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from
time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then
in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights
of the Holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby:
(1)
change the maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01 or change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium
or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity thereof (or, in the
case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); or
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(2)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required
for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver of certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for
in this Indenture;
(3)
modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 6.06
relating to waivers of default, except to increase any such percentage or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee”
and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 7.12 and 9.01(8); or
(4)
modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
subordination of such Security in a manner adverse to the holder
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. It shall not be
necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected thereby
under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.
SECTION
9.03 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series,
be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the
respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Securities
of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and
be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and
all purposes.
SECTION
9.04 SECURITIES AFFECTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES.
Securities
of any series, affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered
after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the
Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which
such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company,
to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then
Outstanding.
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SECTION
9.05 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the
request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the
execution of any supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence of any requisite consents of Securityholders required to consent
thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution
of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in
which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter
into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.01, shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is
authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that
it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the
execution thereof.
Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series
affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register.
Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
ARTICLE
X
SUCCESSOR
ENTITY
SECTION
10.01 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC.
Nothing
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or
not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in
which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or
shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the
property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated
with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and
operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees
that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not
the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the
terms of each series, according to their tenor and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture
or established with respect to each series of Securities pursuant to Section
2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by
supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed
and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into
which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have
acquired such property.
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SECTION
10.02 SUCCESSOR ENTITY SUBSTITUTED.
(a)
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by any
successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding and the due
and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture or established with respect to each series of the Securities pursuant
to Section 2.01 to be performed by the Company, such successor entity shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had
been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation,
except in the case of a lease, shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
(b)
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and form
(but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as
may be appropriate.
(c)
Nothing contained in this Article shall require
any action by the Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person
into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the
acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the
property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Company).
SECTION
10.03 EVIDENCE OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE.
The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, shall be entitled to receive
an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence that
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,
and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE
XI
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION
11.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.
This
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect with respect
to a series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of registration of
transfer or exchange of such series of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to such series, when:
(1)
either (A) all Securities of that series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) any Securities that shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 2.07 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money or noncallable
Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all Securities of such series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and
payable, or (ii) will by their terms become due and payable within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the
Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
in trust for the purpose (x) moneys in an amount, or (y) noncallable
Governmental Obligations the scheduled principal of and interest on which in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (z) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the
case of (y) or (z), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, at maturity or upon redemption,
all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to
become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case
may be;
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(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with
respect to such series by the Company; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all the conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
such series of Securities have been complied with. Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to a series of
Securities, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 7.07 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (y) of clause
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 11.03 and
11.05 shall survive.
SECTION
11.02 DEFEASANCE.
The
Company may, at its option and at any time (including notwithstanding the
exercise by the Company of a Covenant Defeasance (as defined herein)), elect to
have its obligations discharged with respect to a series of the Securities
(“Legal Defeasance”). Such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
series of Securities, except for (a) the rights of Holders to receive payments
in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities when such payments are due solely from the trust fund described in
this Section, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such series of
Securities concerning issuing temporary Securities, registration of transfer or
exchange of such series of Securities, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities of such series and the maintenance of an office or agency for
payments, (c) the rights, powers, trust, duties and immunities of the Trustee
and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) the Legal
Defeasance provisions of this Indenture. In addition, the Company may, at its
option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of the Company released
with respect to covenants provided with respect to such series of Securities
under Section 2.01(16), 9.01(4) and 9.01(7) of this Indenture (“Covenant
Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall
not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such series of
Securities. In the event of Covenant Defeasance, those events described under
Section 6.01(a) with respect to the foregoing covenants will no longer
constitute an Event of Default with respect to such series of
Securities.
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In order
to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(1)
the Company must irrevocably deposit with
the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such series, (A) moneys
in an amount, or (B) noncallable Governmental Obligations the scheduled
principal of and interest on which in accordance with their terms will provide,
not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the case of (B) or (C), in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, at
maturity or upon redemption, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on such series of Securities on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be;
(2)
in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (A) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of such series
of Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of such series of Securities
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;
(4)
no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as Events of
Default under clauses (4) and (5) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to the
Securities of such series are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the
91st day after the date of deposit;
(5)
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with; and
(6)
if such series of Securities are to be redeemed prior
to final maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made.
SECTION
11.03 DEPOSITED MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
All
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for
payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Company acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular series
of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee. Funds held pursuant to this
Section with respect to any series of Securities shall not be subject to the
claims of the holders of Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series,
provided, that at the time of the deposit of such funds with the Trustee under
this Article, no event had occurred that would, under the subordination
provisions related to such series, require that any payment to be made to the
holders of such Securities be paid or paid over to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
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SECTION
11.04 PAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENTS.
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or
Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of
this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
SECTION
11.05 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
Any
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the
Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are
not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for at least
two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable,
shall be repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and
the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the Holder of any of the Securities
entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE
XII
IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS,
STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION
12.01 NO
RECOURSE.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture,
or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor
or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, 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 Indenture and the obligations
issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of
any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities 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 indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as
a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Securities.
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ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
13.01 EFFECT ON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by
or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION
13.02 ACTIONS BY SUCCESSOR.
Any act
or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be
done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and
may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board,
committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful
successor of the Company.
SECTION
13.03 SURRENDER OF COMPANY POWERS.
The
Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors
and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the
Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the
Company and as to any successor corporation.
SECTION
13.04 NOTICES.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice or demand that by any provision
of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee
or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Company may be given or served by
being deposited first class postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed
(until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as
follows: 9620 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. Any notice,
election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder to or upon the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
SECTION
13.05 GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.
This
Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of said State.
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EACH
PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION RELATING TO THE TRUSTEE DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
INDENTURE
SECTION
13.06 TREATMENT OF SECURITIES AS DEBT.
It is
intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity
for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be
interpreted to further this intention.
SECTION
13.07 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
(a)
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent 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 have been complied with, except that in
the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
(b)
Each certificate or opinion provided for in
this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include
(i) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(iv) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION
13.08 PAYMENTS ON BUSINESS DAYS.
Except as
provided pursuant to Section 2.01, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as
set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or established in one or more indentures
supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of
interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security
shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium,
if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest
shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.
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SECTION
13.09 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If and to
the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may
be.
SECTION
13.10 COUNTERPARTS.
This
Indenture 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
13.11 SEPARABILITY.
In case
any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the
Securities of any series 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 provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities,
but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or
therein.
SECTION
13.12 ASSIGNMENT.
The
Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary
of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company,
will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the
Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto and
their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be
assigned by the parties thereto.
ARTICLE
XIV
SUBORDINATION
OF SECURITIES
SECTION
14.01 SUBORDINATION TERMS.
The
payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any
series of Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set
forth in an indenture supplemental hereto relating to such
securities.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written.
REXAHN
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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as Trustee
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