Document:

Exhibit 10.4

 

MERCEDES-BENZ AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2016-1,

 as Issuer,

 

MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES USA LLC,

 as Servicer and Administrator,

 

and

 

CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC,

 as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

 ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW 

AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 1, 2016

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE ONE

	 
	
DEFINITIONS

	 
	
Section 1.01. Capitalized Terms; Rules of Usage

	
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Section 1.02. Definitions

	
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ARTICLE TWO

	 
	
ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE

	 
	
Section 2.01. Engagement; Acceptance

	
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Section 2.02. Confirmation of Status

	
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ARTICLE THREE

	 
	
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW PROCESS

	 
	
Section 3.01. Review Notices and Identification of Review Assets

	
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Section 3.02. Review Materials

	
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Section 3.03. Performance of Reviews

	
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Section 3.04. Review Representatives

	
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Section 3.05. Dispute Resolution

	
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Section 3.06. Limitations on Review Obligations

	
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ARTICLE FOUR

	 
	
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

	 
	
Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 4.02. Covenants

	
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Section 4.03. Fees and Expenses

	
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Section 4.04. Limitation on Liability

	
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Section 4.05. Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 4.06. Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 4.07. Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 4.08. Delegation of Obligations

	
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Section 4.09. Confidential Information

	
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Section 4.10. Personally Identifiable Information

	
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ARTICLE FIVE

	 
	
REMOVAL, RESIGNATION

	 
	
Section 5.01. Eligibility of the Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 5.02. Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 5.03. Successor Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 5.04. Merger, Consolidation or Succession

	
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ARTICLE SIX

	 
	
OTHER AGREEMENTS

	 
	
Section 6.01. Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer

	
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Section 6.02. No Petition

	
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Section 6.03. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee

	
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Section 6.04. Termination of Agreement

	
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ARTICLE SEVEN

	 
	
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	 
	
Section 7.01. Amendments

	
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Section 7.02. Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries

	
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Section 7.03. Notices

	
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Section 7.04. GOVERNING LAW

	
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Section 7.05. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

	
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Section 7.06. No Waiver; Remedies

	
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Section 7.07. Severability

	
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Section 7.08. Headings

	
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Section 7.09. Counterparts

	
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SCHEDULES

	 
	
Schedule A –  Representations and Warranties, Review Materials and Procedures to be Performed

	
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This ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is among MERCEDES-BENZ AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2016-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES USA, a Delaware limited liability company, as servicer and administrator (in such capacities, the “Servicer” and the “Administrator” respectively), and CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”).

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer will engage the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform reviews of certain receivables arising in connection with motor vehicle installment sales contracts and installment loans for compliance with certain representations and warranties made with respect thereto; and

 

WHEREAS, the Asset Representations Reviewer desires to perform such reviews of certain such receivables in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.  Capitalized Terms; Rules of Usage.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2016, among the Issuer, the Depositor, and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC, which Appendix is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.  Appendix A also contains rules as to usage applicable to this Agreement.

 

Section 1.02.  Definitions.  Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between a definition appearing below and any other Basic Document, the definition appearing below shall control for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Annual Fee” has the meaning stated in Section 4.03(a).

 

“Annual Period” means each annual period commencing on the Closing Date, in the case of the first such period, and otherwise on the most recent anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the next anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

“Confidential Information” has the meaning stated in Section 4.09(b).

 

“Eligible Representations” shall mean those representations identified within the “Tests” included in Schedule A.

 

“Information Recipients” has the meaning stated in Section 4.09(a).

 

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning stated in Section 4.06(a).

 

“Issuer PII” means PII furnished by the Issuer, the Servicer or their Affiliates to the Asset Representations Reviewer and PII developed or otherwise collected or acquired by the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

“Personally Identifiable Information” or “PII” means information in any format about an identifiable individual, including, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, account number(s), identification number(s), any other actual or assigned attribute associated with or identifiable to an individual and any information that when used separately or in combination with other information could identify an individual.

 

“Review Fee” has the meaning stated in Section 4.03(b).

 

“Review Materials” means the documents, data, and other information required for each “Test” in Schedule A.

 

“Tests” mean the procedures listed in Schedule A as applied to the process described in Section 3.03.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE

 

Section 2.01.  Engagement; Acceptance.  The Issuer hereby engages Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC to act as the Asset Representations Reviewer for the Issuer.  Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC accepts the engagement and agrees to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer on the terms stated in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.02.  Confirmation of Status.  The parties confirm that the Asset Representations Reviewer is not responsible for (a) reviewing the Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, except as otherwise described in this Agreement, or (b) determining whether noncompliance with the representations or warranties constitutes a breach of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW PROCESS

 

Section 3.01.  Review Notices and Identification of Review Assets.  On receipt of a Review Notice from the Indenture Trustee according to Section 7.02 of the Indenture, the Asset Representations Reviewer will start a Review.  Once a Review Notice has been issued, the Servicer will provide the list of Review Assets to the Asset Representations Reviewer within ten Business Days.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to start a Review until a Review Notice and the related list of Review Assets is received.  The Asset Representations Reviewer is not obligated to verify (i) whether the Indenture Trustee properly determined that a Review Notice was required or (ii) the accuracy or completeness of the list of Review Assets provided by the Servicer.

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Section 3.02.  Review Materials.

 

(a)            Access to Review Materials.  Within 60 days of the delivery of a Review Notice, the Servicer will provide the Asset Representations Reviewer with access to the Review Materials for all Review Assets in one or more of the following ways: (i) by providing access to the Servicer’s systems, either remotely or at an office of the Servicer, (ii) by electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the Asset Representations Reviewer has access, (iii) by providing originals or photocopies at an office of the Servicer or (iv) in another manner agreed by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Servicer may redact or remove Personally Identifiable Information from the Review Materials without changing the meaning or usefulness of the Review Materials.  The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely in good faith, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects, and not misleading in any material respect.

 

(b)            Missing or Insufficient Review Materials.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will review the Review Materials to determine if any Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test.  If the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that any Review Materials are missing or insufficient, it will notify the Servicer promptly, and in any event no less than 30 days before completing the Review.  The Servicer will have 60 days to give the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the missing Review Materials or other documents or information to correct the insufficiency.  If the missing Review Materials or other documents have not been provided by the Servicer within 60 days, the related Review Report will report a Test Fail for each Test that requires use of the missing or insufficient Review Materials.

 

Section 3.03.  Performance of Reviews.

 

(a)            Test Procedures. For a Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will perform, for each Review Asset, the procedures listed under “Tests” in Schedule A for each Eligible Representation.  In the course of its review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will use the Review Materials listed in Schedule A.  For each Test and Review Asset, the Asset Representations Reviewer will determine if the Test has been satisfied (a “Test Pass”) or if the Test has not been satisfied (a “Test Fail”).

 

(b)            Review Period.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will complete the Review within 60 days of receiving access to the Review Materials.  However, if additional Review Materials are provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer as described in Section 3.02(b), the Review period will be extended for an additional 30 days.

 

(c)            Completion of Review for Certain Review Assets.  Following the delivery of the list of the Review Assets and before the delivery of the Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer may notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a Review Asset has been paid in full by the Obligor or purchased from the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  On receipt of such notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will immediately terminate all Tests of the related Review Asset, the Review of such Review Assets will be considered complete (a “Test Complete”) and the related Review Report will indicate a Test Complete for such Review Asset and the related reason.

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(d)            Duplicative Tests.  If the same Test is required for more than one representation and warranty, the Asset Representations Reviewer will only perform the Test once for each Review Asset, but will report the results of the Test for each applicable representation and warranty on the Review Report.

 

(e)            Termination of Review.  If a Review is in process and the Notes will be paid in full on the next Payment Date, the Servicer will notify the Asset Representations Reviewer no less than five days before that Payment Date.  On receipt of such notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will terminate the Review immediately and will not be obligated to deliver a Review Report.

 

(f)            Review Report.  Within five Business Days after the end of the applicable Review period, the Asset Representations Reviewer will deliver to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee a report (the “Review Report”) indicating for each Review Asset whether there was a Test Pass, Test Fail or Test Complete for each related Test.  For each Test Fail or Test Complete, the Review Report will indicate the related reason, including (for example) whether the Review Asset was a Test Fail as a result of missing or incomplete Review Materials.  The Review Report will contain a summary of the Review results to be included in the Issuer’s Form 10-D report for the Collection Period in which the Review Report is received.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that the Review Report does not contain any Personally Identifiable Information.  On reasonable request of the Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide additional details on the Test results.

 

Section 3.04.  Review Representatives.

 

(a)            Servicer Representative.  The Servicer will designate one or more representatives who will be available to assist the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing the Review, including responding to requests and answering questions from the Asset Representations Reviewer about access to Review Materials on the Servicer’s originations, receivables or other systems, obtaining missing or insufficient Review Materials and/or providing clarification of any Review Materials or Tests.

 

(b)            Asset Representations Review Representative.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will designate one or more representatives who will be available to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator during the performance of a Review.

 

(c)            Questions About Review.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will make appropriate personnel available to respond in writing to written questions or requests for clarification of any Review Report from the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer until the earlier of (i) the payment in full of the Notes and (ii) one year after the delivery of such Review Report.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to respond to questions or requests for clarification from Noteholders, Note Owners or any other Person and will direct such Persons to submit written questions or requests to the Servicer.

 

Section 3.05.  Dispute Resolution.  If a Review Asset that was the subject of a Review becomes the subject of a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 3.17 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer will participate in the dispute 

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resolution proceeding on request of a party to the proceeding.  The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its participation in any dispute resolution proceeding will be considered expenses of the requesting party for the dispute resolution and will be paid, in the case of (i) an arbitration, by a party to the dispute resolution as determined by the arbitrator for the dispute resolution, and (ii) a mediation, as parties shall mutually determine, in each case according to Section 3.17 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  If not paid by a party to the dispute resolution, the expenses will be reimbursed by the Issuer according to Section 4.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06.  Limitations on Review Obligations.

 

(a)            Review Process Limitations.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation (i) to determine whether a Delinquency Trigger has occurred or whether the required percentage of Noteholders has voted to direct a Review under the Indenture; (ii) to determine which Receivables are subject to a Review, (iii) to obtain or confirm the validity of the Review Materials, (iv) to obtain missing or insufficient Review Materials, (v) to take any action or cause any other party to take any action under any of the Basic Documents to enforce any remedies for breaches of representations or warranties about the Eligible Representations, (vi) to determine the reason for the delinquency of any Review Asset, the creditworthiness of any Obligor, the overall quality of any Review Asset or the compliance by the Servicer with its covenants with respect to the servicing of such Review Asset or (vii) to establish cause, materiality or recourse for any failed Test.

 

(b)            Testing Procedure Limitations.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will only be required to perform the “Tests” listed under Schedule A, and will not be obligated to perform additional procedures on any Review Asset or to provide any information other than a Review Report.  However, the Asset Representations Reviewer may provide additional information in a Review Report about any Review Asset that it determines in good faith to be material to the Review.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

 

Section 4.01.  Representations and Warranties of the Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date:

 

(a)            Organization and Qualification.  The Asset Representations Reviewer is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of State of Delaware.  The Asset Representations Reviewer is qualified as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires the qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain the qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)            Power, Authority and Enforceability.  The Asset Representations Reviewer has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.  

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The Asset Representations Reviewer has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.  This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

 

(c)            No Conflicts and No Violation.  The completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement will not (i) conflict with, or be a breach or default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar document under which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of a Lien on the properties or assets of the Asset Representations Reviewer under the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar document, (iii) violate the organizational documents of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (iv) violate any Applicable Law or, to the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, an order, rule or regulation of a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its properties that applies to the Asset Representations Reviewer, which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(d)            No Proceedings.  To the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened in writing before a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.

 

(e)            Eligibility.  The Asset Representations Reviewer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.01.

 

Section 4.02.  Covenants.  The Asset Representations Reviewer covenants and agrees that:

 

(a)            Eligibility.  It will notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly if it no longer meets, or reasonably expects that it will no longer meet, the eligibility requirements in Section 5.01.

 

(b)            Review Systems; Personnel.  It will (i) maintain business process management and/or other systems necessary to ensure that it can perform each Test and, on execution of this Agreement, will load each Test into these systems, (ii) ensure that these systems allow for each Review Asset and the related Review Materials to be individually tracked and stored as contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) maintain adequate staff that is properly trained to conduct Reviews as required by this Agreement.

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(c)            Maintenance of Review Materials.  It will maintain copies of any Review Materials, Review Reports and other documents relating to a Review, including internal correspondence and work papers, for a period of at least two years after any termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.03.  Fees and Expenses.

 

(a)            Annual Fee.  As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to receive an annual fee (the “Annual Fee”) with respect to each Annual Period prior to the termination of the Issuer, in an amount equal to $7,500.00.  The Annual Fee will be paid by the Issuer on the Closing Date and on each anniversary of the Closing Date until this Agreement is terminated; provided, however, that if the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or is removed in accordance with Section 5.02, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall refund to the Issuer a portion of the Annual ARR Fee attributable to the portion of the annual period during which the Asset Representations Reviewer will no longer act as the Asset Representations Reviewer, assuming for purposes of such calculation that the Annual Fee for each day during the Annual Period is an amount equal to the Annual Fee divided by 365.

 

(b)            Review Fee.  Following the completion of a Review and the delivery of the related Review Report pursuant to Section 3.03, or the termination of a Review according to Section 3.03(e), and the delivery to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer of a detailed invoice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be entitled to a fee of $200.00 for each Review Asset for which the Review was started (the “Review Fee”), payable by the Issuer.  However, no Review Fee will be charged for any Review Asset which was included in a prior Review or for which no Tests were completed prior to the Asset Representations Reviewer being notified of a termination of the Review according to Section 3.03(e) or due to missing or insufficient Review Materials under Section 3.02(b).  If the detailed invoice is submitted on or before the first day of a month, the Review Fee will be paid by the Issuer according to the priority of payments in the Indenture on the Payment Date in that month.  However, if a Review is terminated according to Section 3.03(e), the Asset Representations Reviewer must submit its invoice for the Review Fee for the terminated Review no later than ten Business Days before the final Payment Date to be reimbursed on such final Payment Date.

 

(c)            Reimbursement of Travel Expenses.  If the Servicer provides access to the Review Materials at one of its properties, the Issuer will reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for its reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with the Review upon receipt of a detailed invoice.

 

(d)            Dispute Resolution Expenses.  If the Asset Representations Reviewer participates in a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 3.06 and its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for participating in such proceeding are not paid by a party to the dispute resolution within 90 days after the end of such proceeding, the Issuer will reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for such expenses upon receipt of a detailed invoice.

 

(e)            Payment of Invoices.  When applicable pursuant to this Section, the fees and expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer are to be paid pursuant to Section 2.08 of the 

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Indenture.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will issue invoices to the Issuer at the notices addresses set forth in Section 11.04 of the Indenture and Issuer shall pay all invoices submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer within 30 days following the receipt by the Issuer, in accordance with Section 2.08 of the Indenture.  The Administrator shall promptly pay to the Asset Representations Reviewer the amount of any fees, expenses and indemnification amounts not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the Issuer on any Payment Date in accordance with the terms of Section 2.08 of the Indenture; provided, that the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly reimburse the Administrator for any such amounts to the extent it subsequently receives payment or reimbursement in respect thereof from the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.08 of the Indenture, as applicable.  For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate limit on the Asset Representations Reviewer fees, expenses and indemnities specified in Section 2.08 of the Indenture shall not apply to payments made or to be made by the Administrator to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to this subsection.

 

Section 4.04.  Limitation on Liability.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be liable to any Person for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under this Agreement or for errors in judgment.  However, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be liable for its willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in performing its obligations under this Agreement.  In no event will the Asset Representations Reviewer be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or damages (including lost profit), even if the Asset Representations Reviewer has been advised of the likelihood of the loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

Section 4.05.  Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will indemnify each of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents for all fees, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities, including any legal fees or expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s indemnification or other obligations hereunder, resulting from (a) the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement and (b) the Asset Representations Reviewer’s breach of any of its representations or warranties in this Agreement.  The Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Section will survive the termination of this Agreement, the termination of the Issuer and the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

Section 4.06.  Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(a)            Indemnification.  The Issuer will, or will cause the Administrator to, indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”), for all costs, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities resulting from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (including the fees and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage or liability), but excluding any cost, expense, loss, damage or liability resulting from the Asset Representations Reviewer’s (i) willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence or (ii) breach of any of its representations or warranties in this Agreement.

 

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notify the Issuer and the Administrator of the Proceeding.  The Administrator may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of a Proceeding at its expense.  If the Administrator notifies the Indemnified Person of its intention to assume the defense of the Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and so long as the Administrator assumes the defense of the Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, the Administrator will not be liable for fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the Administrator and an Indemnified Person.  If there is a conflict, the Administrator will pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel to the Indemnified Person.  No settlement of a Proceeding may be made without the approval of the Administrator and the Indemnified Person, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(c)            Survival of Obligations.  The Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations under this Section will survive the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer and the termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)            Repayment.  If the Issuer or the Administrator makes any payment under this Section and the Indemnified Person later collects any of the amounts for which the payments were made to it from others, the Indemnified Person will promptly repay the amounts to the Issuer or the Administrator, as applicable.

 

Section 4.07.  Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that, with reasonable advance notice not more than once during any year, it will permit authorized representatives of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator, during the Asset Representations Reviewer’s normal business hours, to examine and review the books of account, records, reports and other documents and materials of the Asset Representations Reviewer relating to (a) the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement, (b) payments of fees and expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its performance and (c) a claim made by the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement.  In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuer’s, the Servicer’s or the Administrator’s representatives to make copies and extracts of any of those documents and to discuss them with the Asset Representations Reviewer’s officers and employees.  Each of the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator will, and will cause its authorized representatives to, hold in confidence the information except if disclosure may be required by Applicable Law or if the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator reasonably determines that it is required to make the disclosure under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain all relevant books, records, reports and other documents and materials for a period of at least two years after the termination of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.08.  Delegation of Obligations.  The Asset Representations Reviewer may not delegate or subcontract its obligations under this Agreement to any Person without the consent of the Issuer and the Servicer.

 

Section 4.09.  Confidential Information.

 

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Confidential Information given to it under this Agreement in confidence and under the terms and conditions of this Section, and will implement and maintain safeguards to further assure the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.  The Confidential Information will not, without the prior consent of the Issuer and the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Asset Representations Reviewer, or its officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or Affiliates, including legal counsel (collectively, the “Information Recipients”) other than for the purposes of performing Reviews of Review Assets or performing its obligations under this Agreement.  The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that it will not, and will cause its Information Recipients to not (i) purchase or sell securities issued by the Servicer or its Affiliates or special purpose entities on the basis of Confidential Information or (ii) use the Confidential Information for the preparation of research reports, newsletters or other publications or similar communications.

 

(b)            Definition.  “Confidential Information” means oral, written and electronic materials (irrespective of its source or form of communication) furnished before, on or after the date of this Agreement to the Asset Representations Reviewer for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement, including:

 

(i)            lists of Review Assets and any related Review Materials;

 

(ii)            origination and servicing guidelines, policies and procedures, and form contracts; and

 

(iii)            notes, analyses, compilations, studies or other documents or records prepared by the Servicer, which contain information supplied by or on behalf of the Servicer or its representatives.

 

However, Confidential Information will not include information that (A) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Information Recipients, (B) was available to, or becomes available to, the Information Recipients on a non-confidential basis from a Person or entity other than the Issuer or the Servicer before its disclosure to the Information Recipients who, to the knowledge of the Information Recipient is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Issuer or the Servicer and is not prohibited from transmitting the information to the Information Recipients, (C) is independently developed by the Information Recipients without the use of the Confidential Information, as shown by the Information Recipients’ files and records or other evidence in the Information Recipients’ possession or (D) the Issuer or the Servicer provides permission to the applicable Information Recipients to release.

 

(c)            Protection.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will take reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of Confidential Information, including those measures that it takes to protect its own confidential information and not less than a reasonable standard of care.  The Asset Representations Reviewer acknowledges that Personally Identifiable Information is also subject to the additional requirements in Section 4.10.

 

(d)            Disclosure.  If the Asset Representations Reviewer is required by Applicable Law to disclose part of the Confidential Information, it may disclose the Confidential Information.  

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However, before a required disclosure, the Asset Representations Reviewer, if permitted Applicable Law, will use its reasonable efforts to provide the Issuer and the Servicer with notice of the requirement and will cooperate, at the Servicer’s expense, in the Issuer’s and the Servicer’s pursuit of a proper protective order or other relief for the disclosure of the Confidential Information.  If the Issuer or the Servicer is unable to obtain a protective order or other proper remedy by the date that the information is required to be disclosed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will disclose only that part of the Confidential Information that it is advised by its legal counsel it is legally required to disclose.

 

(e)            Responsibility for Information Recipients.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will be responsible for a breach of this Section by its Information Recipients.

 

(f)            Violation.  The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that a violation of this Agreement may cause irreparable injury to the Issuer and the Servicer and the Issuer and the Servicer may seek injunctive relief in addition to legal remedies.  If an action is initiated by the Issuer or the Servicer to enforce this Section, the prevailing party will be reimbursed for its fees and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred for the enforcement.

 

Section 4.10.  Personally Identifiable Information.

 

(a)            Use of Issuer PII.  The Issuer does not grant the Asset Representations Reviewer any rights to Issuer PII except as provided in this Agreement.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will use Issuer PII only to perform its obligations under this Agreement or as specifically directed in writing by the Issuer and will only reproduce Issuer PII to the extent necessary for these purposes.  The Asset Representations Reviewer must comply with all Applicable Law relating to PII, Issuer PII and the Asset Representations Reviewer’s business, including any legally required codes of conduct, including those relating to privacy, security and data protection.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will protect and secure Issuer PII.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement privacy or data protection policies and procedures that comply with Applicable Law and this Agreement.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement and maintain reasonable and appropriate practices, procedures and systems, including administrative, technical and physical safeguards to (i) protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Issuer PII, (ii) ensure against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Issuer PII, (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Issuer PII and (iv) otherwise comply with its obligations under this Agreement.  These safeguards include a written data security plan, employee training, information access controls, restricted disclosures, systems protections (e.g., intrusion protection, data storage protection and data transmission protection) and physical security measures.

 

(b)            Additional Limitations.  In addition to the use and protection requirements described in Section 4.10(a), the Asset Representations Reviewer’s disclosure of Issuer PII is also subject to the following requirements:

 

(i)            The Asset Representations Reviewer will not disclose Issuer PII to its personnel or allow its personnel access to Issuer PII except (A) for the Asset Representations Reviewer personnel who require Issuer PII to perform a Review, (B) with the prior consent of the Issuer or (C) as required by Applicable Law.  When 

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permitted, the disclosure of or access to Issuer PII will be limited to the specific information necessary for the individual to complete the assigned task.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will inform personnel with access to Issuer PII of the confidentiality requirements in this Agreement and train its personnel with access to Issuer PII on the proper use and protection of Issuer PII.

 

(ii)            The Asset Representations Reviewer will not sell, disclose, provide or exchange Issuer PII with or to any third party without the prior consent of the Issuer.

 

(c)            Notice of Breach.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Issuer, Administrator and Servicer promptly in the event of an actual or reasonably suspected security breach, unauthorized access, misappropriation or other compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of Issuer PII and, where applicable, immediately take action to prevent any further breach.

 

(d)            Return or Disposal of Issuer PII.  Except where return or disposal is prohibited by Applicable Law, promptly on the earlier of the completion of the Review or the request of the Issuer, Administrator or Servicer, all Issuer PII in any medium in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s possession or under its control will be (i) destroyed in a manner that prevents its recovery or restoration or (ii) if so directed by the Issuer, returned to the Issuer without the Asset Representations Reviewer retaining any actual or recoverable copies, in both cases, without charge to the Issuer.  Where the Asset Representations Reviewer retains Issuer PII, the Asset Representations Reviewer will limit the Asset Representations Reviewer’s further use or disclosure of Issuer PII to that required by Applicable Law.

 

(e)            Compliance; Modification.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with and provide information to the Issuer, Administrator and Servicer regarding the Asset Representations Reviewer’s compliance with this Section.  The Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer agree to modify this Section as necessary for either party to comply with Applicable Law.

 

(f)            Audit of Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuer, the Administrator, or the Servicer, and any of their authorized representatives, to audit the Asset Representations Reviewer’s compliance with this Section during the Asset Representations Reviewer’s normal business hours on reasonable advance notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, and not more than once during any year unless circumstances necessitate additional audits.  The Issuer, Administrator and Servicer agree to make reasonable efforts to schedule any audit described in this Section with the inspections described in Section 4.07.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will also permit the Issuer, the Administrator and the Servicer during normal business hours on reasonable advance notice to audit any service providers used by the Asset Representations Reviewer to fulfill the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(g)            Affiliates and Third Parties.  If the Asset Representations Reviewer processes the PII of the Issuer’s Affiliates or a third party when performing a Review, and if such Affiliate or third party is identified to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such Affiliate or third party is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section, and this Agreement is intended to benefit the 

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Affiliate or third party.  The Affiliate or third party may enforce the PII related terms of this Section against the Asset Representations Reviewer as if each were a signatory to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 REMOVAL, RESIGNATION

 

Section 5.01.  Eligibility of the Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer must be a Person who (a) is not Affiliated with the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and (b) was not, and is not Affiliated with a Person that was, engaged by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or any Underwriter to perform any due diligence on the Receivables prior to the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.02.  Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(a)            No Resignation.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will not resign as Asset Representations Reviewer unless it determines it is legally unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement and there is no reasonable action that it could take to make the performance of its obligations under this Agreement permitted under Applicable Law.  In such event, the Asset Representations Reviewer will deliver a notice of its resignation to the Issuer and the Servicer, together with an Opinion of Counsel supporting its determination.

 

(b)            Removal.  If any of the following events occur, the Issuer, by notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, may remove the Asset Representations Reviewer and terminate its rights and obligations under this Agreement:

 

(i)            the Asset Representations Reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.01;

 

(ii)            the Asset Representations Reviewer breaches of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations in this Agreement; or

 

(iii)            an  Insolvency Event with respect to the Asset Representations Reviewer occurs.

 

(c)            Notice of Resignation or Removal.  The Issuer will notify the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee of any resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(d)            Continue to Perform After Resignation or Removal.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement, until a successor Asset Representations Reviewer has accepted its engagement according to Section 5.03(b).

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Section 5.03.  Successor Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(a)            Engagement of Successor Asset Representations Reviewer.  Following the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Issuer will engage a successor Asset Representations Reviewer who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 5.01.

 

(b)            Effectiveness of Resignation or Removal.  No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective until the successor Asset Representations Reviewer has executed and delivered to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator an agreement accepting its engagement and agreeing to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement or entering into a new agreement with the parties hereto on substantially the same terms as this Agreement.

 

(c)            Transition and Expenses.  If the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or is removed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator and take all actions reasonably requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transition of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement to the successor Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will pay the reasonable expenses of transitioning the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement and preparing the successor Asset Representations Reviewer to take on the obligations on receipt of an invoice with reasonable detail of the expenses from the Issuer, the Servicer, the Administrator or the successor Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

Section 5.04.  Merger, Consolidation or Succession.  Any Person (a) into which the Asset Representations Reviewer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, if that Person meets the eligibility requirements in Section 5.01, will be the successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement.  Such Person will execute and deliver to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator an agreement to assume the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement (unless the assumption happens by operation of law).

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ARTICLE SIX

 OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

Section 6.01.  Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer.  The Asset Representations Reviewer will be an independent contractor and will not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer for the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.  Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Asset Representations Reviewer will have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer and will not be considered an agent of the Issuer.  Nothing in this Agreement will make the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer members of any partnership, joint venture or other separate entity or impose any liability as such on any of them.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for monitoring the performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 6.02.  No Petition.  Each of the parties agrees that, before the date that is one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after payment in full of the Notes and other Securities, it will not institute or pursue against, or join any other Person in instituting or pursuing against, the Depositor or the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation Proceedings or other Proceedings under any Insolvency Law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes or any Basic Document and agrees that it will not cooperate with or encourage others to institute any such Proceeding.

 

Section 6.03.  Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.  It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust, National Association, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust, National Association, but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust, National Association, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein of the Issuer, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) Wilmington Trust, National Association has not verified and has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust, National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or any other related documents.

 

Section 6.04.  Termination of Agreement.  This Agreement will terminate, except for the obligations under Section 4.05, on the earlier of (a) the payment in full of all outstanding Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and (b) the date the Issuer is terminated under the Trust Agreement.

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ARTICLE SEVEN

 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.01.  Amendments.  The parties may amend this Agreement:

 

(i)            to clarify an ambiguity, correct an error or correct or supplement any term of this Agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with the other terms of this Agreement or to provide for, or facilitate the acceptance of this Agreement by, a successor Asset Representations Reviewer, in each case without the consent of the Noteholders or any other Person;

 

(ii)            to add, change or eliminate terms of this Agreement, in each case without the consent of the Noteholders or any other Person, if the Administrator delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Issuer and the Trustees stating that the amendment will not have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders; or

 

(iii)            to add, change or eliminate terms of this Agreement for which an Officer’s Certificate is not or cannot be delivered under Section 7.01(a)(ii), with the consent of a majority of the principal amount of the Notes of the Controlling Class then Outstanding.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, any amendment to this Agreement that affects the rights or the obligations of either the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee will require the consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable.

 

Section 7.02.  Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)            Assignment.  Except as stated in Section 5.04, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Issuer and the Servicer.

 

(b)            Benefit of Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is for the benefit of and will be binding on the parties and their permitted successors and assigns.  The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, will be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and may enforce this Agreement against the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Servicer.  No other Person will have any right or obligation under this Agreement.

 

Section 7.03.  Notices.  Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to or from the parties to this Agreement will be in writing.  Notices, requests, demands, consents and other communications will be deemed to have been given and made, (i) upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed via registered first class mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail and (ii) in the case of (a) a facsimile, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or by reply e-mail or reply facsimile from the recipient, (b) an e-mail, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or by reply e‐mail from the recipient and (c) an electronic posting to a password-protected website, upon printed confirmation of the recipient’s access to such password-protected website, or when 

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notification of such electronic posting is confirmed in accordance with clauses (ii)(b) through (ii)(c) above.  Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, any such notice, request, demand, consent or other communication will be delivered or addressed, in the case of: (i) the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (e-mail: cmay@wilmingtontrust.com, telecopier: (302) 636-4140), (ii) the Servicer, at 36455 Corporate Drive, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331, Attention: Steven C. Poling (e-mail: steven.c.poling@daimler.com, telecopier: (817) 224-3587), (iii) the Administrator, at 36455 Corporate Drive, Farmington Hills, Michigan  48331, Attention: Steven C. Poling (e-mail: steven.c.poling@daimler.com, telecopier: (817) 224-3587), (iv) the Asset Representations Reviewer, at  Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2600, Denver, Colorado 80203, Attention: SVP, Surveillance (e‐mail: jharrison@clayton.com) and (v) as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.

 

Section 7.04.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 7.05.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.

 

Section 7.06.  No Waiver; Remedies.  No party’s failure or delay in exercising a power, right or remedy under this Agreement will operate as a waiver.  No single or partial exercise of a power, right or remedy will preclude any other or further exercise of the power, right or remedy or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.  The powers, rights and remedies under this Agreement are in addition to any powers, rights and remedies under law.

 

Section 7.07.  Severability.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms will be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions and terms of this Agreement and will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the other covenants, agreements, provisions and terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.08.  Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

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Section 7.09.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. Each counterpart will be an original and all counterparts will together be one document.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

 

	 	MERCEDES-BENZ AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2016-1, as Issuer	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	   	 
	 	 	Name	 
	 	 	Title	 
	 	 	 	 

 

	 	MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES USA LLC, as Servicer and Administrator	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	   	 
	 	 	Name	 
	 	 	Title	 
	 	 	 	 

 

	 	CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	   	 
	 	 	Name	 
	 	 	Title	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

 

Asset Representations Review Agreement

SCHEDULE A

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, REVIEW MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES TO BE PERFORMED

 

Representation

 

	(i)	Characteristics of Receivables.  Each Receivable (a) was originated in the United States by the Seller or a Dealer located in the United States for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of the Seller’s or the applicable Dealer’s business in accordance with the Seller’s credit policies as of the date of origination or acquisition of the related Receivable, is payable in United States dollars, has been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, if not originated by the Seller, has been purchased by the Seller from such Dealer under an existing Dealer Agreement (or approved form of assignment) and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to the Seller, (b) has created a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of the Seller in the Financed Vehicle, which security interest shall be perfected and prior to any other interest in such Financed Vehicle, and which security interest is assignable by the Seller and reassignable by the assignee, (c) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security, (d) shall, except as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, provide for level Monthly Payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed over its original term and shall provide for a finance charge or shall yield interest at its APR, (e) shall provide for, in the event that such Receivable is prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance and includes accrued but unpaid interest at least through the date prior to the date of prepayment in an amount calculated by using an interest rate at least equal to its APR, (f) is a Simple Interest Receivable, (g) is due from an Obligor with a mailing address within the United States or its territories, and (h) to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, is not assumable by another Person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s obligations to the Seller with respect to such Receivable.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

List of Approved Contracts

 

Title

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Dealer’s address on the Contract is located within the United States.

 

	ii)	Confirm the Contract form number appears on the List of Approved Contracts.

 

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	iii)	Confirm that the Contract is payable in United States dollars.

 

	iv)	Confirm the Buyer, Co-buyer (if applicable) and Dealer have signed the Contract.

 

	v)	Confirm that the title reports the Seller as the first lien holder.

 

	vi)	Confirm that the VIN on the Contract matches the Vehicle Identification Number on the title.

 

	vii)	Confirm the Buyer’s name as stated on the Contract matches the name on the title.

 

	viii)	Confirm all payments are equivalent with the possible exception of the first and last schedule payments which may be less than or greater than the level payments.

 

	ix)	Calculate the product of the Number of Payments and the Amount of Payments, together with any first and last scheduled payments (if applicable), and confirm this amount equals the sum of the Finance Charge and the Amount Financed as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract.

 

	x)	Confirm the Finance Charge amount is based on the APR as stated on the Contract.

 

	xi)	Confirm the Contract allows for prepayment.

 

	xii)	Confirm the Contract is a simple interest loan Contract.

 

	xiii)	Confirm the Buyer’s address as of the Cutoff Date is located within the United States.

 

	xiv)	Confirm that there is no indication that the Receivable is not assumable by another Person that is not the Obligor and would release the Obligor from their legal obligations.

 

	xv)	If sections (i) through (xiv) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

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Representation

 

	(ii)	Compliance with Law.  Each Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made, and at the Cutoff Date complies, in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, State and, to the best knowledge of the Seller, local laws, rulings and regulations thereunder (including usury laws).

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

List of Approved Contracts

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Contract form number and revision date are on the List of Approved Contract Forms.

 

	ii)	Confirm the following sections of the Contract are present and completed:

 

		a)	Name and address of Dealer

 

		b)	Name and address of Obligor and Co-Obligor (if applicable)

 

		c)	Vehicle description

 

		d)	Amount of monthly payment

 

		e)	Number of monthly payments

 

		f)	Annual Percentage Rate

 

		g)	Total of Payments

 

	iii)	Confirm there is an itemization of the amount financed.

 

	iv)	Confirm the following disclosures are included on the Contract:

 

		a)	Insurance requirements

 

		b)	Security interest disclosure

 

		c)	Prepayment disclosure

 

		d)	Late payment policy

 

	v)	If sections (i) through (iv) are confirmed, then Test Pass

 

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Representation

 

	(iii)	Binding Obligation.  Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as (a) enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law and (b) such Receivable may be modified by the application after the Cutoff Date of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act or by any similar applicable State law.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

List of Approved Contracts

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Contract form number and revision date are on the List of Approved Contract Forms.

 

	ii)	Confirm the borrower and co-borrower (if applicable) signed the Contract.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(iv)	No Government Obligor.  No Receivable is due from the United States or any State or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Buyer section of the Contract reports a natural person’s name.

 

	ii)	If the Buyer section of the Contract does not report a person’s name, confirm internet search results do not indicate the Buyer is the United States or any State or any agency, department or instrumentality of the United State or any State.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(v)	 Obligor Bankruptcy.  To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, at the Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy Proceeding.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Receivable File does not contain evidence that the Receivable was the subject of any bankruptcy proceeding or insolvency proceeding as of the Cutoff Date.

 

	ii)	If sections (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(vi)	Security Interest in Financed Vehicles.  Immediately prior to the transfer of the Receivables by the Seller to the Depositor, each Receivable was secured by a valid, binding and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Seller as secured party in the related Financed Vehicle or all necessary action with respect to such Receivable has been taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party, which security interest has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Depositor. The Servicer has received, or will receive within 180 days after the Closing Date, the original certificate of title for each Financed Vehicle or notice from the applicable State entity issuing such certificate of title, that such certificate of title is being processed (other than any Financed Vehicle that is subject to a certificate of title statute or motor vehicle registration law that does not require that the original certificate of title for such Financed Vehicle be delivered to the Seller).

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

List of Approved Contracts

 

Title

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the title reports the Seller, as the first lien holder.

 

	ii)	Confirm the Buyer’s name as stated on the Contract matches the name on the title .

 

	iii)	Confirm the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the Contract matches the VIN number as reported on the title.

 

	iv)	If (i) through (iii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

 

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Representation

 

	(vii)	Receivables in Force.  No Receivable shall have been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been released in whole or in part from the Lien granted by the related Receivable.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Title

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Receivable is listed as an active account as of the Cutoff Date.

 

	ii)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File that the Receivable was satisfied prior to the Cutoff Date.

 

	iii)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File that the Receivable was subordinated or rescinded prior to the Cutoff Date.

 

	iv)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File that the Financed Vehicle has been released from the Lien in whole or in part prior to the Cutoff Date.

 

	v)	If sections (i) through (iv) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(viii)	No Waivers.  No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived in such a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File that any provision of the Receivable has been waived, altered or modified, except by instruments or documents identified within the Receivable File.

 

	ii)	If sections (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(ix)	No Amendments. No Receivable shall have been amended or modified in such a manner that the total number of Monthly Payments has been increased or decreased or that the related Amount Financed has been increased or decreased or that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that no modifications or amendments have changed the number of monthly payments or that the related amount financed has been increased or decreased.

 

	ii)	If (i) can be confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(x)	  No Defenses.  No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of any right thereunder, will not render such Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the Seller has not received written notice of the assertion with respect to any Receivable of any such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File that the Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense that could cause the Receivable to become invalid.

 

	ii)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File of litigation or other attorney involvement as of the Cutoff Date.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

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Representation

 

	(xi)	No Liens.  No Liens or claims shall have been filed, including Liens for work, labor or materials or for unpaid local, State or federal taxes relating to any Financed Vehicle that shall be prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related Receivable.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Title

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File of a lien or a claim filed for work, labor or materials that is prior to or equal to the security interest in the Financed Vehicle created by the Receivable.

 

	ii)	Confirm there is no evidence within the Receivable File of a tax lien that is prior to or equal to the security interest in the Financed Vehicle created by the Receivable.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-12

 

Representation

 

	(xii)	No Defaults; Repossessions.  Except for payment defaults that, as of the Cutoff Date, have been continuing for a period of not more than 30 days, no default, breach or violation under the terms of any Receivable, permitting acceleration, shall have occurred as of the Cutoff Date and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute a default, breach or violation under the terms of any Receivable, permitting acceleration, shall have arisen; and the Seller shall not have waived any of the foregoing except as otherwise permitted hereunder. On or prior to the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Receivable was not more than [30] days delinquent as of the Cutoff Date.

 

	ii)	Confirm there is no evidence of a continuing condition within the Receivable File which would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable.

 

	iii)	Confirm that no evidence of a repossession event exists that indicates a repossession prior to the Cutoff Date.

 

	iv)	If sections (i) through (iii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-13

 

Representation

 

	(xiii)	Insurance.  Each Receivable requires the related Obligor to obtain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle and to maintain such insurance.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Contract contains language that required the Obligor to obtain and maintain physical damage insurance  to the Financed Vehicle.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-14

 

Representation

 

	(xiv)	Title.  It is the intention of the Seller that the transfers and assignments contemplated by the Receivables Purchase Agreement constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of the appointment of a receiver or conservator for the Seller under any receivership, bankruptcy law, insolvency or banking law; no Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than the Purchaser; immediately prior to the transfer and assignment contemplated by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens and rights of others, except for Liens that shall be released on or before the Closing Date; immediately upon the transfer and assignment thereof, the Purchaser shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others; and the transfer and assignment herein contemplated has been perfected under the UCC.

 

 Documents

 

Contract

 

Title

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm there is no indication within the Receivable File that the Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged to any Person or entity other than the Seller.

 

	ii)	Confirm the title designates the Seller as the sole lien holder and no other lien holder is listed.

 

	iii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-15

 

Representation

 

	(xv)	Lawful Assignment.  No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of such Receivables hereunder, thereunder or under the Indenture is unlawful, void or voidable or under which such Receivable would be rendered void or voidable as a result of any such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or pledge. The Seller has not entered into any agreement with any account debtor that prohibits, restricts or conditions the assignment of the Receivables.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Title

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Contract form number and revision date are on the List of Approved Contracts.

 

	ii)	Confirm the Contract does not contain language preventing the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or pledge of the Receivable without the consent of the owner.

 

	iii)	If section (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-16

 

Representation

 

	(xvi)	One Original.  There shall be only one original executed copy of each Receivable.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that the Contract is clearly marked as the original Contract.

 

	ii)	Confirm that the Contract was signed by the Buyer, Co-buyer (if applicable) and Dealer.

 

	iii)	If section (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-17

 

Representation

 

	(xvii)	Principal Balance.  As of the Cutoff Date, each Receivable had a remaining Principal Balance of not more than $200,000.00 and not less than $2,000.00.

 

Documents

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm from the data tape that the Receivable has a remaining Principal Balance within the allowable parameters.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

SA-18

Representation

 

	(xviii)	Original Term to Maturity.  Each Receivable had an original term to maturity of not more than 72 months and not less than 12 months and, based on the number of remaining Monthly Payments, a remaining term to maturity as of the Cutoff Date, of not more than 71 months and not less than 2 months.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the sum of the Number of Payments together with any first and last scheduled monthly payments (if applicable) is within the allowable number of payments to maturity.

 

	ii)	Confirm the remaining terms to maturity as stated within the data tape or servicing system is within the allowable number of payments to maturity.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

SA-19

Representation

 

	(xix)	Annual Percentage Rate.  Each Receivable has an APR of at least 0.00% and not more than 12.00%.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) as stated within the “Federal Truth-In-Lending Disclosures” section of the Contract does not exceed the maximum allowable APR.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-20

Representation

 

	(xx)	Simple Interest Method.  All payments with respect to the Receivables have been allocated consistently in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Contract utilizes a Simple Interest Method of calculating the interest due.

 

	ii)	If section (i) through (iv) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

SA-21

Representation

 

	(xxi)	Marking Records.  As of the Closing Date, the Seller will have caused its computer and accounting records relating to each Receivable to be marked to show that the Receivables have been sold to the Purchaser by the Seller and transferred and assigned by the Purchaser to the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

Documents

 

Data Tape

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Observe the Receivable in the Seller’s Receivables systems as of the end of the month in which the sale and assignment of the Receivable to the Depositor occurred and confirm it is marked as sold and the pool number indicated matches the pool number for the securitization transaction related to the Agreement.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

 

SA-22

Representation

 

	(xxii)	Chattel Paper.  Each Receivable constitutes “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC as in effect in the State of origination.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Title

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the title reports the Seller as the first lien holder.

 

	ii)	Confirm there is a signed retail installment contract or loan agreement.

 

	iii)	If sections (i) through (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-23

Representation

 

	(xxiii)	Final Scheduled Payment Date.  No Receivable has a final scheduled payment date later than six months prior to the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that the final scheduled payment date on the Receivable is six months or greater prior to the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-24

Representation

 

	(xxiv)	No Fraud or Misrepresentation.  Each Receivable that was originated by a Dealer and was sold by the Dealer to the Seller, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, was so originated and sold without fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer in either case.

 

Documents

 

Receivable File

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that there is no indication of fraud or misrepresentation contained within the Receivable File.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-25

Representation

 

	(xxv)	No Impairment.  The Seller has not done anything to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under a Receivable or otherwise to impair the rights of the Depositor in any Receivable or the proceeds thereof.

 

Documents

 

Receivable File

 

Data Tape

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm the Receivable File contains no evidence that the rights to payments have been transferred by the Seller to any entity other than the Depositor

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

 

SA-26

Representation

 

	(xxvi)	Servicing.  Each Receivable has been serviced in conformity with all Applicable Laws, rules and regulation and in conformity with the Seller’s policies and procedures which are consistent with customary, prudent industry standards.

 

Documents

 

Receivable File

 

Data Tape

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that there is no indication that the Receivable does not conform with all Applicable Laws, rules or regulations.

 

	ii)	Confirm that there is no indication that the Receivable does not conform with the Seller’s policies and procedures.

 

	iii)	If section (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

 

 

 

SA-27

Representation

 

	(xxvii)	No Consent.  To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no notice to or consent from any Obligor is necessary to effect the acquisition of the Receivables by the Purchaser or the Issuer or the pledge of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee.

 

Documents

 

Contract

 

Procedures to be Performed

 

	i)	Confirm that there is no language on the Contract requiring consent from the Obligor in order to effect the acquisition of the Receivable by the Purchaser or the Issuer, or to pledge the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee.

 

	ii)	If section (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass.

 

SA-28Exhibit 4.5

	
 
    

 

Care Capital Properties, LP,

 

Care Capital Properties, Inc.,

 

Care Capital Properties GP, LLC

 

and each of the Guarantors party hereto from time to time

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of                               , 20

 

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

Regions Bank,

 

Trustee

 

	
 
    

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

	
Trust Indenture Act Section
    	
 
    	
Indenture Section
    
	
310(a)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
(a)(3)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(a)(4)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(a)(5)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.03, 7.10
    
	
311(a)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
312(a)
    	
 
    	
2.06
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
13.03
    
	
(c)
    	
 
    	
13.03
    
	
313(a)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
(b)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.06, 7.07
    
	
(c)
    	
 
    	
4.03, 7.06, 13.02
    
	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
314(a)
    	
 
    	
4.03, 4.04
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(c)(1)
    	
 
    	
13.04
    
	
(c)(2)
    	
 
    	
13.04
    
	
(c)(3)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(d)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(e)
    	
 
    	
13.05
    
	
(f)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
315(a)
    	
 
    	
7.01
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.05
    
	
(c)
    	
 
    	
7.01
    
	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.01
    
	
(e)
    	
 
    	
6.11
    
	
316(a)(1)(A)
    	
 
    	
6.05
    
	
(a)(1)(B)
    	
 
    	
6.04
    
	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(a) (last sentence)
    	
 
    	
2.10
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
6.07
    
	
(c)
    	
 
    	
13.16
    
	
317(a)(1)
    	
 
    	
6.09
    
	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
6.09
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
2.05
    
	
318(a)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(b)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
(c)
    	
 
    	
13.01
    

 

N.A. means not applicable.

*                 This Cross-Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.

 

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Page
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 1   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.01
    	
Definitions
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.02
    	
Other Definitions
    	
8
    
	
Section 1.03
    	
Incorporation by   Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    	
9
    
	
Section 1.04
    	
Rules of   Construction
    	
9
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 2 THE   SECURITIES
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.01
    	
Form, Dating and   Denominations
    	
10
    
	
Section 2.02
    	
Amount Unlimited;   Issuable in Series
    	
11
    
	
Section 2.03
    	
Execution and   Authentication
    	
14
    
	
Section 2.04
    	
Registrar and Paying   Agent
    	
15
    
	
Section 2.05
    	
Paying Agent to Hold   Money in Trust
    	
15
    
	
Section 2.06
    	
Holder Lists
    	
15
    
	
Section 2.07
    	
Transfer and Exchange
    	
16
    
	
Section 2.08
    	
Replacement Securities
    	
20
    
	
Section 2.09
    	
Outstanding Securities
    	
21
    
	
Section 2.10
    	
Treasury Securities
    	
21
    
	
Section 2.11
    	
Temporary Securities
    	
22
    
	
Section 2.12
    	
Cancellation
    	
22
    
	
Section 2.13
    	
Defaulted Interest
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION   AND PREPAYMENT
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.01
    	
Applicability of   Article
    	
23
    
	
Section 3.02
    	
Notices to Trustee
    	
23
    
	
Section 3.03
    	
Selection of Securities   to Be Redeemed
    	
23
    
	
Section 3.04
    	
Notice of Redemption
    	
24
    
	
Section 3.05
    	
Effect of Notice of   Redemption
    	
25
    
	
Section 3.06
    	
Deposit of Redemption   or Purchase Price
    	
25
    
	
Section 3.07
    	
Securities Redeemed or   Purchased in Part
    	
25
    
	
Section 3.08
    	
Conversion Arrangement   on Call for Redemption
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 4   COVENANTS
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.01
    	
Payment of Securities
    	
26
    
	
Section 4.02
    	
Maintenance of Office   or Agency
    	
27
    
	
Section 4.03
    	
Reports
    	
27
    
	
Section 4.04
    	
Compliance Certificate
    	
28
    
	
Section 4.05
    	
Additional Amounts
    	
28
    
	
Section 4.06
    	
Corporate Existence
    	
29
    

 

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ARTICLE 5   SUCCESSORS
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.01
    	
Merger, Consolidation   or Sale of Assets
    	
29
    
	
Section 5.02
    	
Successor Substituted
    	
30
    
	
Section 5.03
    	
Assumption by the   Guarantor
    	
31
    
	
Section 5.04
    	
Termination of the   Guarantee
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS   AND REMEDIES
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.01
    	
Events of Default
    	
31
    
	
Section 6.02
    	
Acceleration
    	
32
    
	
Section 6.03
    	
Other Remedies
    	
33
    
	
Section 6.04
    	
Waiver of Defaults
    	
33
    
	
Section 6.05
    	
Control by Majority
    	
33
    
	
Section 6.06
    	
Limitation on Suits
    	
34
    
	
Section 6.07
    	
Rights of Holders of   Securities to Receive Payment
    	
34
    
	
Section 6.08
    	
Collection Suit by   Trustee
    	
34
    
	
Section 6.09
    	
Trustee May File   Proofs of Claim
    	
34
    
	
Section 6.10
    	
Priorities
    	
35
    
	
Section 6.11
    	
Undertaking for Costs
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.01
    	
Duties of Trustee
    	
36
    
	
Section 7.02
    	
Rights of Trustee
    	
37
    
	
Section 7.03
    	
Individual Rights of   Trustee
    	
37
    
	
Section 7.04
    	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.05
    	
Notice of Defaults
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.06
    	
Reports by Trustee to   Holders of the Securities
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.07
    	
Compensation and   Indemnity
    	
38
    
	
Section 7.08
    	
Replacement of Trustee
    	
39
    
	
Section 7.09
    	
Successor Trustee by   Merger, etc.
    	
41
    
	
Section 7.10
    	
Eligibility;   Disqualification
    	
41
    
	
Section 7.11
    	
Preferential Collection   of Claims Against Issuer
    	
41
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL   DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.01
    	
Applicability of   Article; Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    	
42
    
	
Section 8.02
    	
Legal Defeasance and   Discharge
    	
42
    
	
Section 8.03
    	
Covenant Defeasance
    	
42
    
	
Section 8.04
    	
Conditions to Legal or   Covenant Defeasance
    	
43
    
	
Section 8.05
    	
Deposited   Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous   Provisions
    	
44
    

 

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Section 8.06
    	
Repayment to Issuer
    	
45
    
	
Section 8.07
    	
Reinstatement
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 9   AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.01
    	
Without Consent of   Holders of Securities
    	
46
    
	
Section 9.02
    	
With Consent of Holders   of Securities
    	
48
    
	
Section 9.03
    	
Compliance with Trust   Indenture Act
    	
49
    
	
Section 9.04
    	
Revocation and Effect   of Consents
    	
49
    
	
Section 9.05
    	
Notation on or Exchange   of Securities
    	
50
    
	
Section 9.06
    	
Trustee to Sign   Amendments, etc.
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 10   SECURITIES GUARANTEES
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.01
    	
Applicability of   Article; Securities Guarantee
    	
50
    
	
Section 10.02
    	
Limitation on Guarantor   Liability
    	
52
    
	
Section 10.03
    	
Execution and Delivery   of Securities Guarantee
    	
52
    
	
Section 10.04
    	
Guarantors   May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 11   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.01
    	
Satisfaction and   Discharge
    	
53
    
	
Section 11.02
    	
Application of Trust   Money
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 12   EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
    	
55
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.01
    	
Applicability of   Article
    	
55
    
	
Section 12.02
    	
Right of Holders to   Exchange Securities for Common Stock
    	
55
    
	
Section 12.03
    	
Issuance of Shares of   Common Stock on Exchanges
    	
56
    
	
Section 12.04
    	
No Payment or   Adjustment for Interest or Dividends
    	
56
    
	
Section 12.05
    	
Adjustment of Exchange   Price
    	
57
    
	
Section 12.06
    	
No Fractional Shares to   be Issued
    	
60
    
	
Section 12.07
    	
Preservation of   Exchange Rights Upon Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
    	
60
    
	
Section 12.08
    	
Notice to Holders of   the Securities of a Series Prior to Taking Certain Types of Action
    	
61
    
	
Section 12.09
    	
Covenants to Reserve   Shares for Issuance on Exchange of Securities
    	
62
    
	
Section 12.10
    	
Compliance with   Governmental Requirements
    	
62
    
	
Section 12.11
    	
Payment of Taxes upon   Certificates for Shares Issued upon Exchange
    	
62
    
	
Section 12.12
    	
Trustee’s Duties with   Respect to Exchange Provisions
    	
62
    

 

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ARTICLE 13   MISCELLANEOUS
    	
63
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.01
    	
Trust Indenture Act   Controls
    	
63
    
	
Section 13.02
    	
Notices
    	
63
    
	
Section 13.03
    	
Communication by   Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities
    	
64
    
	
Section 13.04
    	
Certificate and Opinion   as to Conditions Precedent
    	
64
    
	
Section 13.05
    	
Statements Required in   Certificate or Opinion
    	
64
    
	
Section 13.06
    	
Rules by Trustee   and Agents
    	
65
    
	
Section 13.07
    	
No Personal Liability   of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
    	
65
    
	
Section 13.08
    	
Governing Law
    	
65
    
	
Section 13.09
    	
No Adverse   Interpretation of Other Agreements
    	
65
    
	
Section 13.10
    	
Successors
    	
65
    
	
Section 13.11
    	
Severability
    	
66
    
	
Section 13.12
    	
Counterpart Originals
    	
66
    
	
Section 13.13
    	
Table of Contents,   Headings, etc.
    	
66
    
	
Section 13.14
    	
Benefits of Indenture
    	
66
    
	
Section 13.15
    	
Legal Holidays
    	
66
    
	
Section 13.16
    	
Acts of Holders
    	
66
    

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule I – Guarantors

 

v

 

INDENTURE dated as of                   , 20   among Care Capital Properties, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Care Capital Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), Care Capital Properties GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), the Guarantors (as defined) parties hereto from time to time and Regions Bank, an Alabama state chartered banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

The Issuer deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes senior debt securities (the “Securities”) evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear interest at such rate or pursuant to such formula, to mature at such times and to have such other provisions, including the benefit of guarantees, as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01          Definitions.

 

“Additional Amounts” means, when used with respect to a Security of a series issued with the benefits provided by Section 4.05, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, all additional interest then owing pursuant to said Section 4.05 and the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto under which such Security shall be issued.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.  For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

 

“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.  Whenever successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the

 

 

successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.

 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

“Board of Directors” means:

 

(1)           with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;

 

(2)           with respect to a partnership, the board or committee of the general partner of the partnership serving a similar function or, in the absence of such board or committee, the managing member of the general partner of the partnership; and

 

(3)           with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

“Board Resolutions” means a copy of resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Parent, the General Partner or the General Partner on behalf of the Issuer, as applicable, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” means, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 2.02, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any entity, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership interests (however designated) of such entity and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof; provided, however, that leases of real property that provide for contingent rent based on the financial performance of the tenant shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A., or its successor.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Parent.

 

“Contingent Liabilities of the Issuer and Subsidiaries” means, as of any date, those liabilities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries consisting of (without duplication) indebtedness for borrowed money, as determined in accordance with GAAP, that are or would be stated and quantified as contingent liabilities in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Issuer as of the date of determination.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Issuer.

 

“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

“Debt” means, as of any date (without duplication), (1) all indebtedness and liabilities for borrowed money, secured or unsecured, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, including mortgages and other notes payable, but excluding any indebtedness, including mortgages and other notes payable, which is secured by cash, cash equivalents or marketable securities or defeased (it being understood that cash collateral shall be deemed to include cash deposited with a trustee with respect to third party indebtedness) and (2) all Contingent Liabilities of the Issuer and Subsidiaries, excluding in each of clauses (1) and (2) Intercompany Debt and all liabilities associated with customary exceptions to Non-Recourse Debt, such as for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, voluntary bankruptcy, collusive involuntary bankruptcy and other similar exceptions.

 

It is understood that Debt shall not include any redeemable Equity Interest in the Issuer.

 

“Default” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07, substantially in the form established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or pursuant to Board Resolutions in accordance with Section 2.02 except that such Security shall not bear the Global Security Legend and shall not have any related schedule of exchanges of interests in the global security attached thereto.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Securities, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or its successor.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.  Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Parent in good faith.

 

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“Foreign Currency” means any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied, as in effect from time to time.

 

“General Partner” means the limited liability company named as the “General Partner” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 5 and Section 10.04 hereof, shall include its successors and assigns.

 

“Global Security” means a permanent global Security substantially in the form established by one or more indentures supplemental hereto or pursuant to Board Resolutions in accordance with Section 2.02 that bears the Global Security Legend and that has a schedule of exchanges of interests in the Global Security attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary.

 

“Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

“Government Obligations” means securities which are (1) direct obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of that series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Debt.

 

“Guarantors” means, when used with respect to a Security of a series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, (i) each of the Persons listed on Schedule I hereto that becomes a guarantor of such Security in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.03 of this Indenture and (ii) each Person executing a supplemental indenture after the date hereof in which such Person agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture and (iii) in each case, their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that

 

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any Person constituting a Guarantor as described herein shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its Securities Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.

 

“Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation, and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” have the meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.02; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 2.02, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.

 

“Indexed Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

 

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.

 

“Intercompany Debt” means, as of any date, Debt to which the only parties are the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries as of such date; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which the Issuer or any Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities of any series.

 

“interest” means, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, interest payable after maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts, includes such Additional Amounts.

 

“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in the Securities.

 

“Issuer” means the limited partnership named as the “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 5 and Section 10.04 hereof, shall include its successors and assigns.

 

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“Lien” means (without duplication) any lien, mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure Debt, pledge, security interest, assignment for collateral purposes, deposit arrangement or other security agreement, excluding any right of setoff but including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and any other like agreement granting or conveying a security interest; provided, that for purposes hereof, “Lien” shall not include any mortgage that has been defeased by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions thereof through the deposit of cash, cash equivalents or marketable securities (it being understood that cash collateral shall be deemed to include cash deposited with a trustee with respect to third party indebtedness).

 

“Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt:

 

(1)           as to which neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt), other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (c) constitutes the lender;

 

(2)           no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Debt may have to take enforcement action against a Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Debt (other than the Securities) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Debt or cause the payment of the Debt to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and

 

(3)           as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the Capital Stock or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

 

“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner (when such term is used with respect to any action to be taken by, any document to be executed by or any matter relating to the General Partner in its capacity as general partner of the Issuer) or of the Person (when such term is used with respect to any action to be taken by, document to be executed by or any matter relating to any other Person).

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person, that meets the requirements of Section 2.03, 8.04 or 13.05, as applicable.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 2.03, 8.04 or 13.05, as applicable.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, the Parent, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Trustee.

 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

 

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“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities of a series, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.09.

 

“Parent” means the corporation named as the “Parent” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 5 and Section 10.04 hereof, shall include its successors and assigns.

 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

 

“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02.

 

“Qualified CMBS Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to a Subsidiary, or grants a security interest in, any Real Estate Assets or mortgage receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such Real Estate Assets or mortgage receivables, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Real Estate Assets or mortgage receivables, proceeds of such Real Estate Assets or mortgage receivables and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Real Estate Assets or mortgage receivables.

 

“Real Estate Assets” means, as of any date, the real estate assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Record Date” has the meaning set forth in the Securities.

 

“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Securities Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’s payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Securities, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

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“Security” has the meaning stated in the preamble to this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to this Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the preamble to this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is a “significant subsidiary”, if any, of the Issuer, as such term is defined in Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in Qualified CMBS Transactions by the parent or sponsoring entity.

 

“Subsidiary” means, for any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

 

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

Section 1.02          Other Definitions.

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
Defined in Section
    
	
“Authentication Order”
    	
 
    	
2.03
    
	
“Covenant Defeasance”
    	
 
    	
8.03
    
	
“DTC”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“EDGAR”
    	
 
    	
4.03(a)
    
	
“Event of Default”
    	
 
    	
6.01
    
	
“Legal Defeasance”
    	
 
    	
8.02
    
	
“NASDAQ”
    	
 
    	
12.05(e)
    
	
“Paying Agent”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Registrar”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Special Securities”
    	
 
    	
12.05(c)
    
	
“Trading Day”
    	
 
    	
12.05(e)
    

 

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Section 1.03          Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.  Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“indenture securities” means the Securities;

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Security;

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

“obligor” on the Securities and the Securities Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Securities and the Securities Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

Section 1.04          Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)           a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(2)           an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)           “or” is not exclusive;

 

(4)           words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(5)           “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(6)           provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(7)           references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE 2

 

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01          Form, Dating and Denominations.

 

(a)           General.  The Securities of each series will be substantially in such forms as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to Board Resolutions in accordance with Section 2.02, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.  Each Security will be dated the date of its authentication.  Except as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 in respect of Securities of any series, the Securities shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Securities will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.  However, to the extent any provision of any Security conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(b)           Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
REGIONS   BANK,
    
	
 
    	
as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

(c)           Global Securities.  If Securities of or within a series are issued in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.01 and clause (15) of Section 2.02, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of that series as shall be specified therein and shall include the Global Security Legend and a related schedule of exchanges of interests in the Global Securities attached thereto.  Securities issued in definitive form will not include such legend or schedule.  Each Global Security may provide that it shall represent the Outstanding Securities as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal

 

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amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.  Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof.

 

Section 2.02          Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.  The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The Securities may be issued in one or more series.  There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions of the Issuer or the Parent or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions of the Issuer or the Parent and, subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer or the Parent, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (14) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Issuer with respect to unissued Securities of the series when issued from time to time):

 

(1)           the identity of the Issuer and Guarantors, if any, of the Securities of the series and the terms and conditions, if any, in addition to those provided in Article 10 upon which such Guarantors may be released;

 

(2)           the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that series from all other series of Securities);

 

(3)           any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.11, 3.07 or 9.05);

 

(4)           the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be payable;

 

(5)           the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the interest payment dates on which such interest will be payable, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

 

(6)           the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange or conversion and notices or demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

 

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(7)           the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, if the Issuer is to have the option;

 

(8)           the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(9)           if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(10)         the identity of the Trustee, if other than Regions Bank, and the identity of each Registrar (as defined in Section 2.04) and/or Paying Agent (as defined in Section 2.04), if other than the Trustee;

 

(11)         if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 or, if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that is exchangeable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

 

(12)         whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(13)         provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

 

(14)         any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Issuer with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

 

(15)         whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and the date as of which any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued, and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form and, if so, whether owners of beneficial interests in any such permanent Global Security may exchange such interests for Definitive Securities of that series of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination or transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security and vice versa and if so, the circumstances under which any such exchange or transfer may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.07 and the identity of the Depositary;

 

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(16)         the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an interest payment date will be paid;

 

(17)         the applicability, if any, of Sections 8.02 and/or 8.03 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article 8;

 

(18)         if the Securities of that series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of that series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

 

(19)         if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

 

(20)         whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 4.05 on the Securities of the series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);

 

(21)         the obligation, if any, of the Parent to permit the exchange of the Securities of that series into the Parent’s Common Stock, and the terms and conditions upon which such exchange shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial exchange price or rate, the exchange period, any adjustment of the applicable exchange price, any requirements relative to reservation of shares for purposes of exchange and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto relative to such obligation);

 

(22)         if other than U.S. Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any), interest and Additional Amounts (if any) on the Securities of that series shall be payable or in which such Securities shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto; and

 

(23)         any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

 

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 such Board Resolution (subject to Section 2.03) and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.  All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of that series.

 

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If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Parent or the General Partner on behalf of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of that series.

 

Section 2.03          Execution and Authentication.  Two Officers of the General Partner must sign the Securities of any series on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time a Security is authenticated, the Security will nevertheless be valid.

 

A Security will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.  The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee will, upon receipt at any time or from time to time of a written order of the Issuer signed by two Officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Securities of any series for original issue up to the aggregate principal amount set forth in such Authentication Order.  The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Securities.  An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.  An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

 

In authenticating Securities of any series, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA §§ 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon,

 

(1)           an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

 

(i)            the form or forms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(ii)           the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(iii)          such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities; and

 

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(2)           an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such Certificate, no Event of Default (as defined in Section 6.01) with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

Section 2.04          Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series an office or agency where such Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where such Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”).  The Registrar will keep a register of the Securities of that series and of their transfer and exchange.  The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.  The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.  The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture.  If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.  The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Securities.

 

The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.

 

Section 2.05          Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.  The Issuer will require each Paying Agent for Securities of a series other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment.  While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) will have no further liability for the money.  If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.  Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

 

Section 2.06          Holder Lists.  The Trustee in respect of Securities of a series will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders of Securities of that series and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar of such Securities, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of such Securities and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).

 

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Section 2.07          Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)           Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.  A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.  All Global Securities will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities if:

 

(1)           the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; or

 

(2)           the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that the Global Securities (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Securities and deliver a written notice to such effect to the Trustee.

 

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in subparagraph (1) or (2) above, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.  Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11.  Every Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security.  A Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b) or (c).

 

(b)           Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities.  The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.  Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following paragraphs, as applicable:

 

(1)           Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security.  Beneficial interests in any Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Security.  No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(1).

 

(2)           All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities.  In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

 

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(i)            both:

 

(A)          a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

 

(B)          instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

 

(ii)           both:

 

(A)          a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

 

(B)          instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.  Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security(s) pursuant to Section 2.07(g).

 

(c)           Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Securities.  If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security is entitled to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount of authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02(15), then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(2), the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(g), and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Security in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 

(d)           Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests.  If at any time a Holder of a Definitive Security is entitled to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security or transfer such Definitive Security to a Person who takes

 

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delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount of authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02(15), then, upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the appropriate Global Securities.  If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Security to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to this paragraph (d) at a time when a Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security proposed to be so exchanged or transferred.

 

(e)           Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities.  Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Securities and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar will register the transfer of such Holder’s Definitive Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of one or more Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount or the exchange of such Holder’s Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount.  Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.  A Holder of Definitive Securities may transfer such Securities.  Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f)            Global Security Legend.  The following legend will appear on the face of all Global Securities issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to Board Resolutions in accordance with Section 2.02 of this Indenture:

 

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A

 

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SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

(g)           Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities.  At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(h)           General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(1)           To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Securities and Definitive Securities upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.03 or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(2)           No service charge will be made to a Holder of a Global Security or to a Holder of a Definitive Security for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.07, and 9.05 hereof).  The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

(3)           All Global Securities and Definitive Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Securities or Definitive Securities will be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Securities or Definitive Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(4)           The Issuer will not be required:

 

(i)            to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section 3.03 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

 

(ii)           to register the transfer of or to exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part;

 

(iii)          to register the transfer of or to exchange a Security between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; or

 

(iv)          to register the transfer of any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at option of Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

 

(5)           Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(6)           The Trustee will authenticate Global Securities and Definitive Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03 hereof.

 

(7)           All orders and instructions required to be submitted to the Registrar or the Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

Section 2.08          Replacement Securities.  If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Security if the Trustee’s requirements are met.  If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced.  The Issuer may charge for their expenses in replacing a Security.

 

Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Issuer and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

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Section 2.09          Outstanding Securities.  The Securities “Outstanding” at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for:

 

(1)           Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(2)           Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

(3)           Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03, with respect to which the Issuer has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 8;

 

(4)           Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 4.01 or 11.01 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer; and

 

(5)           Securities exchanged for Common Stock in accordance with or as contemplated by this Indenture, if the terms of such Securities provide for exchangeability as contemplated by Section 2.02;

 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA §313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02, (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security as contemplated by Section 2.02, and (iii) Securities owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding to the extent provided in Section 2.10.

 

Section 2.10          Treasury Securities.  In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver or consent, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA §313, Securities owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any

 

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Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.11          Temporary Securities.  Until certificates representing Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Securities.  Temporary Securities will be substantially in the form of certificated Securities but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate Definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

 

Holders of temporary Securities will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.12          Cancellation.  The Issuer at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).  The Issuer may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, except for replacement Securities for mutilated Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof.

 

Section 2.13          Defaulted Interest.  If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any series, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of Securities of that series on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of that series and in Section 4.01 hereof.  The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security of that series and the date of the proposed payment.  The Issuer will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest.  At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders of Securities of that series a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid on such Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01          Applicability of Article.  Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

Section 3.02          Notices to Trustee.  The election of the Issuer to redeem or purchase in an offer to purchase Securities of any series shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Issuer or the Parent.  The Issuer shall, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such redemption date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed by delivering to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

 

(1)           the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

 

(2)           the redemption date;

 

(3)           the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed, plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the redemption date; and

 

(4)           the redemption price, including any make-whole amount or premium, if applicable.

 

Section 3.03          Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.  If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select the particular Securities for redemption or purchase from the Outstanding Securities of that series not previously called for redemption, as follows:

 

(1)           if the Securities of that series are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such Securities are listed; or

 

(2)           if the Securities of that series are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.

 

In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Securities to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee.

 

The Trustee will promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased.  Securities and portions of Securities of any series selected will be in amounts equal to the minimum authorized

 

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denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof; provided, however, that if all of the Outstanding Securities of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire amount of such Securities held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series, shall be redeemed or purchased.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption or purchase.

 

Section 3.04          Notice of Redemption.  At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of that series as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 or 11 of this Indenture.  Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

 

The notice will identify the Securities to be redeemed and will state:

 

(1)           the redemption date;

 

(2)           the redemption price, including the accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the redemption date and any make-whole amount or premium, if applicable;

 

(3)           if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series and tenor in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Security;

 

(4)           the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(5)           that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the Place of Payment to collect the redemption price or to convert (if applicable);

 

(6)           that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(7)           the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed;

 

(8)           that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities;

 

(9)           that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if applicable; and

 

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(10)         if applicable, that a Holder of Securities who desires to convert Securities in connection with a redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in such Securities, the then existing conversion price or rate, and the date and time when the option to convert shall expire.

 

At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter period of time as is satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

Section 3.05          Effect of Notice of Redemption.  Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, Securities called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price therein specified.  Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to the Securities of any series, a notice of redemption of Securities of that series may not be conditional.

 

Section 3.06          Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.  On the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities are payable sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed or purchased on that date.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on, all Securities to be redeemed or purchased.

 

If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or the portions of Securities called for redemption or purchase.  If a Security is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business on such Record Date; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided with respect to Securities exchangeable for Common Stock, installments of interest on Securities whose maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to the terms and provisions of Section 2.02.  If any Security called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.07          Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.  Upon surrender of a Security of a series that is redeemed or purchased in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney

 

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duly authorized in writing), the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Security of the same series of any authorized denomination as requested by the Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 

Section 3.08          Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption.  In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Issuer may arrange for the purchase and conversion of any Securities called for redemption by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of Securities, on or before 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the redemption date, an amount not less than the redemption price, together with interest, if any, accrued to the redemption date of such Securities, in immediately available funds.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 3, the obligation of the Issuer to pay the redemption price of such Securities, including all accrued interest, if any, shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by such purchasers.  If such an agreement is entered into, any Securities not duly surrendered for conversion by the Holders thereof may, at the option of the Issuer, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, acquired by such purchasers from such Holders and surrendered by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the last day on which Securities of that series called for redemption may be converted in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of such Securities, subject to payment to the Trustee or Paying Agent of the above-described amount.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall hold and pay to the Holders whose Securities are selected for redemption any such amount paid to it in the same manner as it would pay moneys deposited with it by the Issuer for the redemption of Securities.  Without the Trustee’s and the Paying Agent’s prior written consent, no arrangement between the Issuer and such purchasers for the purchase and conversion of any Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any of the powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee and the Paying Agent as set forth in this Indenture, and the Issuer agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the Paying Agent from, and hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense owing out of or in connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any Securities between the Issuer and such purchasers, including the costs and expenses Incurred by the Trustee and Paying Agent (including the fees and expenses of their agents and counsel) in the defense of any claim or liability arising out of or in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01          Payment of Securities.  The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of each series on the dates, in the currency or currency unit and in the manner provided in the terms of that series of Securities and this Indenture.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date

 

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money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Securities of the applicable series to the extent lawful, and the Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02          Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent) where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.  The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Issuer fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of any 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 will in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Place of Payment for such purposes.  The Issuer 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.

 

Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Issuer hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York as one such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.

 

Section 4.03          Reports.

 

(a)           Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as Securities of any series are outstanding, the Issuer and each Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee:

 

(1)           all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer or such Guarantor were required to file such reports; and

 

(2)           all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuer or such Guarantor were required to file such reports,

 

in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer or such Guarantor is required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission (or, if not so subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, within 15 days after the Issuer or such Guarantor would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission had it been so subject).  Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be furnished to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants relating to the Securities of any series (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

 

(b)           For so long as Securities of any series remain outstanding, if at any time they are not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03, the Issuer and each Guarantor will furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Parent is a Guarantor, the filing or furnishing of the reports or information referred to in clauses (a)(1) and (2) and (b) above by the Parent shall be deemed to satisfy the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 4.03.

 

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Section 4.04          Compliance Certificate.  The Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.  For purposes of this Section 4.04, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

 

Section 4.05          Additional Amounts.  If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Issuer will pay to the Holder of any Security of that series Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02.  Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of that series established pursuant to Section 2.02 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Issuer will furnish the Trustee and the Issuer’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee

 

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and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series who are not United States persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of the series.  If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that series and the Issuer will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities.  In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal or interest with respect to any Securities of a series until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of principal and interest with respect to the Securities of a series without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised.  The Issuer covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably Incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them or in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in reliance on the Issuer’s not furnishing such an Officers’ Certificate.

 

Section 4.06          Corporate Existence.  Except as permitted by Article 5 and Section 10.04, the Parent, the General Partner and the Issuer shall do all things necessary to preserve and keep their existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that none of the Parent, the General Partner or the Issuer shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Parent determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Parent, the General Partner or the Issuer, as applicable.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01          Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.  The Issuer may not, directly or indirectly:  (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving partnership); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease (other than to an unaffiliated operator in the ordinary course of business) or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

 

(1)           either:

 

(i)            the Issuer is the surviving partnership; or

 

(ii)           the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

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(2)           the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

 

(3)           immediately after such transaction, on a pro forma basis giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions (and treating any obligation of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Incurred in connection with or as a result of such transaction or series of transactions as having been Incurred at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default exists.

 

This Section 5.01 will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.02          Successor Substituted.  Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor initially had been named as the Issuer herein.  Such successor thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor, instead of the Issuer, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.  All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

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or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the predecessor in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations.

 

Section 5.03          Assumption by the Guarantor.  Any Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, may directly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, such Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from liability as obligor on the Securities.

 

Section 5.04          Termination of the Guarantee.  The obligations of a Guarantor under this Indenture shall terminate at such time as such Guarantor merges or consolidates with the Issuer or at such other time as the Issuer acquires all of the assets and equity interests of such Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01          Events of Default.  Each of the following is an “Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities:

 

(1)           the Issuer does not pay the principal or any premium on any Security of that series when due and payable;

 

(2)           the Issuer does not pay any installment of interest on any Security of that series within 30 days after the applicable due date;

 

(3)           the Issuer fails to deposit any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series;

 

(4)           the Issuer or any Guarantor remains in breach of any other term of this Indenture for 60 days after it receives a notice of Default stating it is in breach.  Either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding may send the notice;

 

(5)           except as permitted by this Indenture and the Securities of that series, the Securities Guarantee by any Guarantor shall cease to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm its obligations with respect thereto;

 

(6)           the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries defaults under any of its indebtedness (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50.0 million after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which default results in the acceleration of the maturity of such

 

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indebtedness.  Such default is not an Event of Default if the other indebtedness is discharged, or such default or acceleration is cured, rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after the Issuer or such Significant Subsidiary receives notice specifying the default and requiring that it discharge the other indebtedness or cause such default or acceleration to be cured, rescinded or annulled.  Either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding may send the notice;

 

(7)           the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries:

 

(i)            commences a voluntary case under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(ii)           consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(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;

 

(8)           a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)            is for relief against the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case;

 

(ii)           appoints a custodian of the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries, or for all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries; or

 

(iii)          orders the liquidation of the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

 

(9)           any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series as contemplated by Section 2.02.

 

Section 6.02          Acceleration.  In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01, with respect to the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any of the Issuer’s Significant Subsidiaries, all Outstanding Securities will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.  If any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and has not been cured, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding may declare the entire principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of that series to be due and immediately payable by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.  Upon any such declaration, such principal amount (or specified amount) of the

 

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Securities of that series shall become due and payable immediately.  The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind and annul an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission or annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

 

Section 6.03          Other Remedies.  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of that series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Security of that series in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 6.04          Waiver of Defaults.  Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any series by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of that series waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on, the Securities of that series (excluding in connection with an offer to purchase) or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under Article 9 may not be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of the affected series; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.  Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05          Control by Majority.  Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series then Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to the Securities of that series.  However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Securities of that series or to the Holders of the Securities of any other series or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

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Section 6.06          Limitation on Suits.  A Holder of a Security of any series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of that series only if:

 

(1)           such Holder has given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured;

 

(2)           the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of that series have made a written request that the Trustee take action because of the Default, and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action;

 

(3)           the Trustee has not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the notice and offer of indemnity; and

 

(4)           the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of that series have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

A Holder of any Security of any series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Security of that series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Security of that series.

 

Section 6.07          Rights of Holders of Securities to Receive Payment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on such Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (excluding in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08          Collection Suit by Trustee.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1), (2) or (3) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount of principal (including any sinking fund payment), premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Securities of that series and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09          Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Securities of any series allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series, their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities of that series to make such payments to the Trustee, and

 

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in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Securities of that series, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders of Securities of that series may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10          Priorities.  If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First:  to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities Incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second:  to Holders of Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid on such Securities for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

Third:  to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11          Undertaking for Costs.  In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Security pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any series.

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01          Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)           the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)           in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.  However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c)           The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)           this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(2)           the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3)           the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

 

(d)           Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e)           No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or Incur any liability.  The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

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(f)            The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.  Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g)           Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

Section 7.02          Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document (whether original or facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both.  The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.  The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)           The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care unless the Trustee was negligent in acting through its attorneys and agents.

 

(d)           The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)           Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the General Partner on behalf of the Issuer.

 

(f)            The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be Incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

Section 7.03          Individual Rights of Trustee.  The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, as defined in the TIA, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as trustee or resign to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and this Indenture.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties.  The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

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Section 7.04          Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities or any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05          Notice of Defaults.  If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Securities of that series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such default shall have been cured or waived.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of that series.

 

Section 7.06          Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Securities.

 

(a)           Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with the end of the fiscal year following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Securities of any series remain Outstanding, the Trustee will mail to all Holders of the Securities of that series a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted).  The Trustee also will comply with TIA §313(b)(2).  The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA §313(c).

 

(b)           A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Securities will be mailed by the Trustee to the Issuer and filed by the Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange on which such Securities are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d).  The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange.

 

Section 7.07          Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(a)           The Issuer will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as agreed upon between the Trustee and Issuer for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder.  The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Issuer will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon written request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses Incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services (including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel), except any such disbursement, advances and expenses as shall be determined to have been caused by the Trustee’s own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

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(b)           The Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses Incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, the Guarantors or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.  The Trustee will notify the Issuer in writing promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of its obligations hereunder.  The Issuer or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense.  The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.  Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c)           The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(d)           To secure the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Securities of any series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities of any series.  Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(e)           When the Trustee Incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

(f)            The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

 

Section 7.08          Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a)           A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

 

(b)           The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuer.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing.  The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:

 

(1)           the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(2)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

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(3)           a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(4)           the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(c)           If the Trustee resigns, is removed, is incapable of acting or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by Board Resolution, will promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series.  Within one year after the successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.

 

(d)           If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

 

(e)           If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of Securities of any series who has been a Holder of Securities of that series for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

 

(f)            In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer.  Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture without any further act, deed or conveyance.  The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders.  The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof.  Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

(g)           In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, 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, pursuant to Article 9 hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or

 

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desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

 

(h)           Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer 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 (f) and (g) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

(i)            No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

Section 7.09          Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.  If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto.

 

Section 7.10          Eligibility; Disqualification.  There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5).  The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b).

 

Section 7.11          Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.  The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

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ARTICLE 8

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01          Applicability of Article; Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  If, pursuant to Section 2.02, provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 8.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 8.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities, and the Issuer may at its option by Board Resolution of the Issuer or the Parent, at any time, with respect to such Securities, elect to have Section 8.02 (if applicable) or Section 8.03 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article.

 

Section 8.02          Legal Defeasance and Discharge.  Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02 with respect to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all such Outstanding Securities (including the related Securities Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”).  For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by such Outstanding Securities (including the related Securities Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities, such Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(1)           the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

 

(2)           the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

 

(3)           the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(4)           this Article 8.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

 

Section 8.03          Covenant Defeasance.  Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series, the Issuer and the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions

 

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set forth in Section 8.04, be released from each of their obligations under the covenant contained in Section 4.04 and, if specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and such Securities will thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder.  For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities and the related Securities Guarantees, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and the related Securities Guarantees will be unaffected thereby.  In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(4) through 6.01(6) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

 

Section 8.04          Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.  In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof with respect to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series:

 

(1)           the Issuer irrevocably deposits with the Trustee for the Securities of that series, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, money in such currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Security is then specified as payable at maturity, non-callable Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Securities are then specified as payable at maturity), or any combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of (including any sinking fund payment or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities), premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on such Outstanding Securities on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

 

(2)           in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Opinion of Counsel in the United States confirming that:

 

(i)            the Issuer has received a ruling from, or a ruling has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service; or

 

(ii)           since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

 

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in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding 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 an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to such Trustee for Securities of that series an Opinion of Counsel in the United States confirming that the Holders of such Outstanding 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 in respect of Securities of that series and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default in respect of that series resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

 

(5)           such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(6)           the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee for Securities of that series an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of such Securities over the other creditors of Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuer or others;

 

(7)           the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee for Securities of that series 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 have been complied with; and

 

(8)           notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Issuer in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.02.

 

Section 8.05          Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.  Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money, Government Obligations or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.02 (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series will be held in trust and applied by such Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent

 

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(including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as such Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Issuer will pay and indemnify such Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or non-callable Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, such Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to such Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.06          Repayment to Issuer.  Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

 

Section 8.07          Reinstatement.

 

(a)           If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or non-callable Government Obligations deposited in respect of Securities of or within a series in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and such Securities and the related Securities Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that unless otherwise provided in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which such Securities shall have been issued, the principles set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 8.07 shall apply following such reinstatement; provided, further, however, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal

 

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of, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

(b)           If reinstatement of the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and the related Securities Guarantees shall occur as provided in Section 8.07(a), such reinstatement shall be deemed to have occurred as of the date of such deposit except that no Default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a breach while any such obligation was suspended.

 

(c)           Neither (1) the continued existence following the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations of facts and circumstances or obligations that were Incurred or otherwise came into existence while the foregoing obligations were suspended nor (2) the performance of any such obligations, including the consummation of any transaction pursuant to, and on materially the same terms as, a contractual agreement in existence prior to the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations, shall constitute a breach of any such obligations or cause a Default or Event of Default in respect thereof; provided, however, that (A) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries did not Incur or otherwise cause such facts and circumstances or obligations to exist in anticipation of the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations and (B) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries did not reasonably believe that such Incurrence or actions would result in such reinstatement.  For purposes of clause (2) above, any increase in the consideration to be paid prior to such amendment or modification to the terms of an existing obligation following the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations that does not exceed 10% of the consideration that was to be paid prior to such amendment or modification shall not be deemed a “material” amendment or modification.  For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) above, anticipation and reasonable belief may be determined by the Issuer and shall be conclusively evidenced by a Board Resolution to such effect adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01          Without Consent of Holders of Securities.  Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or the Securities without the consent of any Holder of a Security:

 

(1)           to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2)           to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(3)           to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s obligations to Holders of Securities in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

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(4)           to add to the covenants of the Issuer 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 that series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

 

(5)           to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of that series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default;

 

(6)           to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;

 

(7)           to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02, including the provisions and procedures relating to Securities exchangeable for the Parent’s Common Stock;

 

(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;

 

(9)           to evidence the succession of another entity to the Issuer and the assumption by the successor of the covenants of the Issuer contained in this Indenture;

 

(10)         to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 11.01, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of that series or any other series of Securities in any material respect;

 

(11)         to add additional Securities Guarantees with respect to the Securities;

 

(12)         to secure the Securities;

 

(13)         to make any other change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Securities or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder; or

 

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(14)         to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

 

Section 9.02          With Consent of Holders of Securities.  Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees and the Securities with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Securities), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on the Securities, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or the Securities may be waived generally or in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities affected thereby voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Securities).

 

However, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Securities held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(1)           reduce the principal amount of Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2)           change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date), in each case other than the amendment or waiver in accordance with the terms of this Indenture of any covenant or related definition included pursuant to Section 2.02 that provides for an offer to repurchase any Securities of a series upon a sale of assets or change of control transaction;

 

(3)           waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of any series (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

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(5)           make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof relating to waivers of Defaults or the rights of Holders of Securities to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities;

 

(6)           release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Securities Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(7)           impair the rights of Holders to convert or exchange their Securities, if convertible or exchangeable, upon the terms established pursuant to or in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; or

 

(8)           make any change in the amendment and waiver provisions set forth in clauses (1) through (8) of this Section 9.02.

 

Section 2.09 hereof shall determine which Securities are considered to be “Outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

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 Holders of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of that 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 is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer will mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver.  Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.03          Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.  Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04          Revocation and Effect of Consents.  Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Security and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security.  However, any such Holder of a Security or subsequent Holder of a Security may revoke the consent as to its Security if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective.  An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

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Section 9.05          Notation on or Exchange of Securities.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Outstanding Security thereafter authenticated.  The Issuer in exchange for all Outstanding Securities of a series may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Securities of that series that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security of that series will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06          Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.  Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer in the execution of an amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.  In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

SECURITIES GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01       Applicability of Article; Securities Guarantee.

 

(a)           If the Issuer elects to issue any series of Securities with the benefit of Securities Guarantees as contemplated by Section 2.02, then the provisions of this Article 10 (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to any series of Securities), will be applicable to such Securities.  Each reference in this Article 10 to a “Security” or “the Securities” refers to the Securities of the particular series as to which provision has been made for such Securities Guarantees.  If more than one series of Securities as to which such provision has been made are Outstanding at any time, the provisions of this Article 10 shall be applied separately to each that series.

 

(b)           Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security of any series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, such Security or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(1)           the principal of, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on such Security will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on

 

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such Security, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(2)           in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities of that series or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.  Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(c)           The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of any series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities of that series with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, other than payment in full of all obligations under the Securities of that series.  Each Guarantor in respect of a series of Securities hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer in respect of that series, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Securities Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Securities and this Indenture.

 

(d)           If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Securities Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(e)           Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.  Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of its Securities Guarantee notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purpose of its Securities Guarantee.  The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Securities Guarantee.

 

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Section 10.02       Limitation on Guarantor Liability.  Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities of any series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Securities Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Securities Guarantee.  To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each such Guarantor will, after giving effect to any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Securities Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

Section 10.03       Execution and Delivery of Securities Guarantee.  To evidence its Securities Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 in respect of Securities of a series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Securities Guarantee substantially in the form as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time pursuant to Board Resolutions in accordance with Section 2.02, will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Security of that series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

 

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Securities Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security of that series a notation of such Securities Guarantee.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Securities Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security of that series on which a Securities Guarantee is endorsed, such Securities Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

 

The delivery of any Security of a series issued with the benefit of Securities Guarantees by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Securities Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

 

Section 10.04       Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.  Subject to Article 5 and except as otherwise may be provided in a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 2.02 in respect of the release of Guarantors in connection with a sale of assets permitted by such supplemental indenture or otherwise, no Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Issuer or another Guarantor, unless:

 

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(2)           the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Securities Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, of the Securities Guarantee endorsed upon the Securities of any series and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor.  Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Securities Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Securities of that series issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee.  All the Securities Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

Except as set forth in Article 5 or as otherwise may be provided in a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 2.02, and notwithstanding this Section 10.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities of any series will prohibit the Parent or the General Partner from consolidating or merging with or into the Issuer or selling and/or transferring all or substantially all of its assets to the Issuer, nor shall it apply to any transaction in which the Issuer, the Parent or the General Partner consolidates or merges with or into or transfers all or substantially all of the Issuer’s or its assets to an affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Issuer, the Parent or the General Partner, as applicable, in another jurisdiction within the United States or changing the Issuer’s or its legal structure.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01       Satisfaction and Discharge.  This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to any series of Securities issued hereunder (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of that series herein expressly provided for and the right to receive Additional Amounts), when:

 

(1)           either:

 

(A)          all Securities of that series that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Securities that have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(B)          all Securities of that series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee for Securities of that series as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, money in such currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Securities are then specified as payable at maturity, non-callable Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Securities are then specified as payable at maturity), or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2)           no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound;

 

(3)           the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series; and

 

(4)           the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee for Securities of that series, to apply the money on deposit in the trust referred to in subclause (B) of clause (1) above toward the payment of such Securities at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee for Securities of that series stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in respect of Securities of a series, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 will survive.  In addition, nothing in this Section 11.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

Section 11.02       Application of Trust Money.  Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee in respect of any Securities pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment

 

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such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and Section 2.05.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 11.01 in respect of any Securities by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and such Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 and the provisions of Section 8.07 shall apply to the extent provided therein.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 12.01       Applicability of Article.  Securities of any series issued by the Issuer which are exchangeable for Common Stock at the option of the Holder of such Securities shall be exchangeable in accordance with their terms and (unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for the Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.  Each reference in this Article 12 to “a Security” or “the Securities” refers to the Securities of the particular series that is exchangeable for Common Stock.  If more than one series of Securities with exchange privileges is Outstanding at any time, the provisions of this Article 12 shall be applied separately to each that series.

 

Section 12.02       Right of Holders to Exchange Securities for Common Stock.  Subject to and upon compliance with the terms of the Securities and the provisions of this Article 12, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security of any series of any authorized denomination which is exchangeable for Common Stock, or any portion of the principal amount thereof which is $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000, may, at any time during the period specified in the Securities of that series, or in case such Security or portion thereof shall have been called for redemption, then in respect of such Security or portion thereof until and including, but not after (unless the Issuer shall default in payment due upon the redemption thereof) the close of business on the Business Day prior to the redemption date (except that in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, if specified in the terms of the relevant Security, such right shall terminate upon the Issuer’s receipt of written notice of the exercise of such option), be exchanged for duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, as specified in such Security, at the exchange price or exchange rate for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities (such initial exchange rate reflecting an initial exchange price specified in such Security) in effect on the exchange date, or, in case an adjustment in the exchange price has taken place pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12, then at the applicable exchange price as so adjusted, upon surrender of the Security or Securities, the principal amount of which is so to be exchanged, to the Issuer at any time during usual business hours at the office or agency to be maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, accompanied by a written notice of election to exchange as provided in Section 12.03 and, if so required by the Issuer and/or the Trustee, by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.  All Securities surrendered for exchange shall, if surrendered to the Issuer

 

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or any exchange agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and cancelled by it, or shall, if surrendered to the Trustee, be cancelled by it, as provided in Section 2.12.

 

The initial exchange price or exchange rate in respect of a series of Securities shall be as specified in the Securities of that series.  The exchange price or exchange rate will be subject to adjustment on the terms set forth in Section 12.05 or such other or different terms, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of that series.

 

Provisions of this Indenture that apply to exchange of all of a Security also apply to exchange of any portion of it.

 

Section 12.03       Issuance of Shares of Common Stock on Exchanges.  As promptly as practicable after the surrender, as herein provided, of any Security or Securities to be exchanged for Common Stock, the Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered at its said office or agency to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Security or Securities so surrendered a certificate or certificates representing the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock for which such Security or Securities may be exchanged in accordance with the terms thereof and the provisions of this Article 12.  Prior to delivery of such certificate or certificates, the Issuer shall require written notice at its said office or agency from the Holder of the Security or Securities so surrendered stating that the Holder irrevocably elects to exchange such Security or Securities, or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be exchanged, stating the portion thereof to be exchanged.  Such notice shall also state the name or names (with address and social security or other taxpayer identification number) in which said certificate or certificates are to be issued.  Such exchange shall be deemed to have been made at the time that such Security or Securities shall have been surrendered for exchange and such notice shall have been received by the Issuer or the Trustee, the rights of the Holder of such Security or Securities as a Holder shall cease at such time, the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon exchange of such Security or Securities shall be treated for all purposes as having become either record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock at such time and such exchange shall be at the exchange price in effect at such time.  In the case of any Security of any series which is exchanged in part only, upon such exchange, the Issuer shall execute and, upon the Issuer’s request and at the Issuer’s expense, the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, as requested by such Holder, a new Security or Securities of that series of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the unexchanged portion of such Security.

 

If the last day on which such Security may be exchanged is not a Business Day in a place where the exchange agent for that Security is located, such Security may be surrendered to that exchange agent on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

The Parent shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exchange while the Parent’s stock transfer books are closed for a meeting of shareholders or for the payment of dividends or for any other purpose, but certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be delivered as soon as the stock transfer books shall again be opened.

 

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are to be exchanged for Common Stock during the period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date (except Securities called for redemption on a redemption date within such period) when surrendered for exchange must be accompanied by payment (by certified or official bank check to the order of the Issuer payable by check or in clearing house funds at the location where the Securities are surrendered) of an amount equal to the interest thereon which the Holder is entitled to receive on such Interest Payment Date.  Payment of interest shall be made, on such Interest Payment Date or such other payment date (as set forth in Section 2.13), as the case may be, to the Holder of the Securities as of such Record Date.  Except where Securities surrendered for exchange must be accompanied by payment as described above, no interest on exchanged Securities will be payable by the Issuer on any Interest Payment Date subsequent to the date of exchange.  No other payment or adjustment for interest or dividends is to be made upon exchange.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon exchange of any Original Issue Discount Security, the fixed number of shares of Common Stock for which such Security is exchangeable delivered by the Issuer to the Holder thereof shall be applied, first, to the portion attributable to the accrued original issue discount relating to the period from the date of issuance to the date of exchange of such Security, and, second, to the portion attributable to the balance of the principal amount of such Security.

 

Section 12.05       Adjustment of Exchange Price.  Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of that series, the exchange price for Securities exchangeable for Common Stock shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a)           In case the Parent shall (1) pay a dividend or make a distribution on Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (2) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (3) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the exchange price for the Securities of that series shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any such Security thereafter surrendered for exchange shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock which he would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such Security been exchanged immediately prior to the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution or the effective date in the case of subdivision or combination.  An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution, except as provided in paragraph (h) below, and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.

 

(b)           In case the Parent shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned below) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of this paragraph (b) in paragraph (e) below), at the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the exchange price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the exchange price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at such

 

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current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of such rights or warrants.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately, except as provided in paragraph (h) below, after such record date.  In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the Holders of the Securities of that series to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such current market price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Parent for such rights or warrants plus the exercise price thereof, the value of such consideration or exercise price, as the case may be, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(c)           In case the Parent shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock any shares of Capital Stock of the Parent (other than Common Stock) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Parent) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities (excluding those rights or warrants referred to in paragraph (b) above) (any of the foregoing being herein in this paragraph (c) called the “Special Securities”), then, in each such case, unless the Parent elects to reserve such Special Securities for distribution to the Holders of Securities of that series upon the exchange so that any such Holder exchanging such Securities will receive upon such exchange, in addition to the shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled, the amount and kind of Special Securities which such Holder would have received if such Holder had, immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Special Securities, exchanged Securities for Common Stock, the exchange price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the exchange price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined for purposes of this paragraph (c) in paragraph (e) below) of Common Stock on the record date mentioned above less the then Fair Market Value of the portion of the Special Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the current market price per share (as defined in paragraph (e) below) of Common Stock; provided, however, that in the event the then Fair Market Value of the portion of the Special Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the current market price per share (as defined in paragraph (e) below) of Common Stock on the record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder of Securities of that series shall have the right to receive the amount and kind of Special Securities such Holder would have received had such Holder exchanged such Securities immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the Special Securities.  Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in paragraph (h) below, after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

 

(d)           If, pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) above, the number of shares of Common Stock shall have been adjusted because the Parent has declared a dividend, or made a distribution, on the outstanding shares of Common Stock in the form of any right or warrant to purchase securities of the Parent, or the Parent has issued any such right or warrant, then, upon the expiration of any such unexercised right or unexercised warrant, the exchange price shall forthwith be adjusted to equal the exchange price that would have applied had such right or warrant never been declared, distributed or issued.

 

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(e)           For the purpose of any computation under paragraph (b) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) commencing 45 Trading Days before the date in question.  For the purpose of any computation under paragraph (c) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the reported last sales prices for the 10 consecutive Trading Days before the date in question.  The reported last sales price for each day (whether for purposes of paragraph (b) or paragraph (c)) shall be the reported last sales price, regular way, or, in case no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”) or, if the Common Stock is not quoted on such National Market System, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by NASDAQ or, if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on each such day shall not have been reported through NASDAQ, the average of the bid and asked prices for such day as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Parent or a committee thereof or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by a New York Stock Exchange Member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Parent or a committee thereof or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by a New York Stock Exchange member firm regularly making a market in the Common Stock selected for such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Parent or a committee thereof.  As used herein, the term “Trading Day” with respect to the Common Stock means (1) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange is open for business or (2) if the Common Stock is quoted on the National Market System of the NASDAQ, a day on which trades may be made on such National Market System or (3) otherwise, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

(f)            No adjustment in the exchange price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (f) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; and, provided, further, that adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of this Article 12 (other than this paragraph (f)) not later than such time as may be required in order to preserve the tax free nature of a distribution to the holders of Common Stock.  All calculations under this Article 12 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100 of a share, as the case may be, with one-half cent and 1/200 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward.

 

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as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the Parent to its stockholders shall not be taxable.

 

(g)           Whenever the exchange price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Issuer shall promptly file with the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and with the office or agency maintained by the Issuer for the exchange of Securities of that series pursuant to Section 4.02, an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the exchange price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.  Neither the Trustee nor any exchange agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate or any facts or computations set forth therein, except to exhibit said certificate from time to time to any Holder of a Security of that series desiring to inspect the same.  The Issuer shall promptly cause a notice setting forth the adjusted exchange price to be mailed to the Holders of Securities of that series, as their names and addresses appear upon the security register of the Issuer.

 

(h)           In any case in which this Section 12.05 provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Issuer may defer until the occurrence of such event (1) issuing to the Holder of any Security of that series exchanged after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of the Common Stock issuable upon such exchange by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such exchange before giving effect to such adjustment and (2) paying to such Holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock pursuant to Section 12.06 hereof.

 

Section 12.06       No Fractional Shares to be Issued.  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon any exchange of Securities.  If more than one Security of any series shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon exchange thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered.  Instead of a fraction of a share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of any Security or Securities (or specified portions thereof), the Issuer shall pay a cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward) in respect of such fraction of a share in an amount equal to the same fractional interest of the reported last sales price (as defined in Section 12.05(e)) of the Common Stock on the Trading Day (as defined in Section 12.05(e)) next preceding the day of exchange.

 

Section 12.07       Preservation of Exchange Rights Upon Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance.  In case of any consolidation of the Parent with, or merger of the Parent into, any other corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Parent is the continuing corporation), or in the case of any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent, the corporation formed by such consolidation or the corporation into which the Parent shall have been merged or the corporation which shall have acquired such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee, a supplemental indenture, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5 and 9 as they relate to supplemental indentures, providing that the Holder of each Security then Outstanding of a series which was exchangeable for Common

 

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Stock shall have the right thereafter to exchange such Security for the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property, including cash, receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Parent for which such Securities might have been exchanged immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer.  Such supplemental indenture shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as then in effect and shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article 12.  Neither the Trustee nor any exchange agent shall have any liability or responsibility for determining the correctness of any provision contained in any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property receivable by Holders of the Securities upon the exchange of their Securities after any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and, subject to the provisions of §3.13 of the TIA, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto and an Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters related thereto.  If in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, the stock or other securities and property receivable by a Holder of the Securities includes stock or other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary.  The above provisions of this Section 12.07 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers.

 

Section 12.08       Notice to Holders of the Securities of a Series Prior to Taking Certain Types of Action.  With respect to the Securities of any series, in case:

 

(a)           the Parent shall authorize the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of its Capital Stock or of any other right;

 

(b)           the Parent shall authorize the distribution to all holders of Common Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets (except for cash dividends or distributions paid from retained earnings of the Parent);

 

(c)           of any subdivision or combination of Common Stock or of any consolidation or merger to which the Parent is a party and for which approval by the shareholders of the Parent is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent; or

 

(d)           of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Parent;

 

then the Issuer shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of exchange of Securities of that series pursuant to Section 4.02, and shall cause to be mailed to the Holders of Securities of that series, at their last addresses as they shall appear on the register of the Issuer maintained by the Registrar, at least 10 days prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (1) the date as of which the holders of Common Stock to be entitled to receive any such rights, warrants or distribution are to be determined, or

 

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(2) the date on which any such subdivision, combination, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or other action is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such subdivision, combination, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or other action.  The failure to give the notice required by this Section 12.08 or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution, right, warrant, subdivision, combination, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or other action, or the vote upon any of the foregoing.  Such notice shall also be published by and at the expense of the Issuer not later than the aforesaid filing date at least once in an Authorized Newspaper.

 

Section 12.09       Covenants to Reserve Shares for Issuance on Exchange of Securities.  The Parent covenants that at all times it will reserve and keep available out of each class of its authorized Common Stock, free from preemptive rights, solely for the purpose of issue upon exchange of Securities of any series as herein provided, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon the exchange of all Outstanding Securities of that series.  The Parent covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be so issuable shall, when issued or delivered, be duly and validly issued shares of Common Stock for which Securities of that series are exchangeable, and shall be fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to preemptive rights and that, upon exchange, the appropriate capital stock accounts of the Parent will be duly credited.

 

Section 12.10       Compliance with Governmental Requirements.  The Parent covenants that if any shares of Common Stock required to be reserved for purposes of exchange of Securities hereunder require registration or listing with or approval of any governmental authority under any Federal or State law, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any national or regional securities exchange on which Common Stock is listed at the time of delivery of any shares of Common Stock, before such shares may be issued upon exchange, the Parent will use its best efforts to cause such shares to be duly registered, listed or approved, as the case may be.

 

Section 12.11       Payment of Taxes upon Certificates for Shares Issued upon Exchange.  The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the exchange of Securities shall be made without charge to the exchanging Holders for any tax (including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes) in respect of the issuance and delivery of such certificates, and such certificates shall be issued in the respective names of, or in such names as may be directed by, the Holders of the Securities exchanged; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security exchanged, and the Parent shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificate unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Issuer the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Issuer that such tax has been paid.

 

Section 12.12       Trustee’s Duties with Respect to Exchange Provisions.  The Trustee and any exchange agent shall have no duty, responsibility or liability to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the exchange rate, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method

 

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employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same.  Neither the Trustee nor any exchange agent shall be accountable with respect to the registration under securities laws, listing, validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any other securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exchange of any Security, and neither the Trustee nor any exchange agent makes any representation with respect thereto.  Neither the Trustee nor any exchange agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of stock or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of exchange; and the Trustee and any exchange agent, subject to the provisions of §3.13 of the TIA, shall not be responsible for any failure of the Parent to comply with any of the covenants of the Parent contained in this Article 12.

 

ARTICLE 13

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01       Trust Indenture Act Controls.  If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control.

 

Section 13.02       Notices.  Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing in the English language and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:

 

Care Capital Properties, LP

c/o Care Capital Properties, Inc.

191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1200

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Facsimile No.: (312) 881-4799

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

With a copy to:

 

Sidley Austin LLP
 787 Seventh Avenue
 New York, New York  10019
 Facsimile No.:  (212) 839-5599
 Attention:  J. Gerard Cummins, Esquire

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Regions Bank, Corporate Trust Services

1717 St. James Place

Houston, TX 77056

Facsimile No.: (713) 693-5303

Attention:  Alejandro Hoyos

 

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The Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent via facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.  Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.  Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 13.03       Communication by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities.  Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities.  The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).

 

Section 13.04       Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.  Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(1)           an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(2)           an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished unless specifically required.

 

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(other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and must include:

 

(1)           a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(2)           a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)           a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(4)           a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

Section 13.06       Rules by Trustee and Agents.  The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders.  The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 13.07       No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.  No director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries under the Securities or this Indenture based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The foregoing waiver and release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.

 

Section 13.08       Governing Law.  THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

Section 13.09       No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.  This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person.  Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 13.10       Successors.  All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Securities will bind its successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.  All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Article 10 and any applicable indentures supplemental hereto.

 

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Section 13.11       Severability.  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 13.12       Counterpart Originals.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.  Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 13.13       Table of Contents, Headings, etc.  The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 13.14       Benefits of Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture, the Securities or the Securities Guarantees, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or an legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 13.15       Legal Holidays.  In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date, purchase date or stated maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of such Security (other than a provision of such Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, redemption date or purchase date, or at the stated maturity.

 

Section 13.16       Acts of Holders.

 

(a)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by (i) one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing, (ii) by the record of such Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing.  Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer and any agent of the Trustee or the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

(b)           The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

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(c)           The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.

 

(d)           If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders of Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action, the Issuer may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Issuer or the Parent, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of such other action, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so.  Notwithstanding TIA §316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed.  If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or may be given or such other action may be taken before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

 

(e)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Registrar, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Dated as of                      , 20

 

 

	
 
    	
CARE   CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Lori   B. Wittman
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
and   Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CARE   CAPITAL PROPERTIES, LP
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   CARE CAPITAL PROPERTIES GP, LLC, its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Lori   B. Wittman
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President and Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CARE   CAPITAL PROPERTIES GP, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Lori   B. Wittman
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President and Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
TRUSTEE:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
REGIONS   BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS

 

The following schedule lists each entity as of the date of this Indenture which may, subject to provisions the Section 2.02 hereof, be a Guarantor under this Indenture:

 

 

Care Capital Properties, Inc.

 

Care Capital Properties GP, LLC

 

Sched. 1-1

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