EX-4.1 2 d802059dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.

as Issuer,

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 1, 2019

 

 

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

  
SECTION 1.01.        Definitions      1  
SECTION 1.02.        Other Definitions      7  
SECTION 1.03.        Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      8  
SECTION 1.04.        Rules of Construction      8  

ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

 

  
SECTION 2.01.        Issuable in Series      9  
SECTION 2.02.        Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes      9  
SECTION 2.03.        Denominations; Provisions for Payment      12  
SECTION 2.04.        Execution and Authentication      13  
SECTION 2.05.        Registrar and Paying Agent      14  
SECTION 2.06.        Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust      14  
SECTION 2.07.        Holder Lists      15  
SECTION 2.08.        Transfer and Exchange      15  
SECTION 2.09.        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes      16  
SECTION 2.10.        Treasury Notes      17  
SECTION 2.11.        Temporary Notes      17  
SECTION 2.12.        Cancellation      17  
SECTION 2.13.        Defaulted Interest      17  
SECTION 2.14.        Global Notes      17  
SECTION 2.15.        CUSIP or ISIN Numbers      20  
SECTION 2.16.        Benefits of Indenture      20  

ARTICLE III

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

  
SECTION 3.01.        Notices to Trustee      20  
SECTION 3.02.        Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed      20  


SECTION 3.03.        Notice of Redemption

     21  

SECTION 3.04.        Effect of Notice of Redemption

     22  

SECTION 3.05.        Deposit of Redemption Price

     23  

SECTION 3.06.        Notes Redeemed in Part

     23  

SECTION 3.07.        Optional Redemption

     23  

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

 

  

SECTION 4.01.        Payment of Notes

     23  

SECTION 4.02.        Reports by the Issuer

     24  

SECTION 4.03.        Compliance Certificate

     24  

SECTION 4.04.        Further Instruments and Acts

     25  

SECTION 4.05.        Corporate Existence

     25  

SECTION 4.06.        Calculation of Original Issue Discount

     25  

SECTION 4.07.        Additional Amounts

     25  

ARTICLE V

 

SUCCESSORS

 

  

SECTION 5.01.        The Issuer

     28  

SECTION 5.02.        Subsidary Guarantors

     29  

ARTICLE VI

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

  

SECTION 6.01.        Events of Default

     30  

SECTION 6.02.        Acceleration

     31  

SECTION 6.03.        Other Remedies

     32  

SECTION 6.04.        Waiver of Past Defaults

     32  

SECTION 6.05.        Control by Majority

     33  

SECTION 6.06.        Limitation on Suits

     33  

SECTION 6.07.        Rights of Holders 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

     34  

 

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SECTION 6.11.        Undertaking for Costs      35  
SECTION 6.12.        Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      35  

ARTICLE VII

 

TRUSTEE

 

  
SECTION 7.01.        Duties of Trustee      35  
SECTION 7.02.        Rights of Trustee      37  
SECTION 7.03.        Individual Rights of Trustee      39  
SECTION 7.04.        Trustee’s Disclaimer      39  
SECTION 7.05.        Notice of Defaults      39  
SECTION 7.06.        Reports by Trustee to Holders      39  
SECTION 7.07.        Compensation and Indemnity      39  
SECTION 7.08.        Replacement of Trustee      40  
SECTION 7.09.        Successor Trustee by Merger      41  
SECTION 7.10.        Eligibility; Disqualification      41  
SECTION 7.11.        Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer and the Guarantors      42  

ARTICLE VIII

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

  
SECTION 8.01.        Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      42  
SECTION 8.02.        Legal Defeasance and Discharge      42  
SECTION 8.03.        Covenant Defeasance      43  
SECTION 8.04.        Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      43  
SECTION 8.05.        Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      45  
SECTION 8.06.        Repayment to the Issuer      45  
SECTION 8.07.        Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      46  
SECTION 8.08.        Reinstatement      47  

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

  
SECTION 9.01.        Without Consent of Holders      47  

 

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SECTION 9.02.        With Consent of Holders      49  
SECTION 9.03.        Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers      50  
SECTION 9.04.        Notation on or Exchange of Notes      50  
SECTION 9.05.        Trustee to Sign Amendments      50  
SECTION 9.06.        Payment for Consent      50  

ARTICLE X

 

GUARANTEES

 

  
SECTION 10.01.        Guarantees      51  
SECTION 10.02.        Limitation on Liability      52  
SECTION 10.03.        Releases      53  
SECTION 10.04.        Successors and Assigns      53  
SECTION 10.05.        No Waiver      54  
SECTION 10.06.        Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors      54  
SECTION 10.07.        Non-Impairment      54  
SECTION 10.08.        Benefits Acknowledged      54  

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  
SECTION 11.01.        Trust Indenture Act Controls      54  
SECTION 11.02.        Notices      55  
SECTION 11.03.        Communication by Holders with Other Holders      56  
SECTION 11.04.        Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      56  
SECTION 11.05.        Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      56  
SECTION 11.06.        Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar      56  
SECTION 11.07.        Legal Holidays      56  
SECTION 11.08.        Governing Law      57  
SECTION 11.09.        Agent for Service of Process      57  
SECTION 11.10.        Waiver of Immunity      57  
SECTION 11.11.        Judgment Currency      57  
SECTION 11.12.        No Recourse Against Others      58  
SECTION 11.13.        Successors      58  
SECTION 11.14.        Multiple Originals; Electronic Signatures      58  
SECTION 11.15.        Waiver of Jury Trial      58  

 

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SECTION 11.16.        Table of Contents; Headings      58  
SECTION 11.17.        Severability      58  
SECTION 11.18.        Submission to Jurisdiction and Venue      58  

EXHIBIT A                 Form of Supplemental Indenture for Additional Guarantors

 

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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)

   7.08, 7.10, 11.02

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

      (b)

   7.11

312(a)

   2.07

      (b)

   11.03

      (c)

   11.03

313(a)

   7.06

      (b)(1)

   N.A.

      (b)(2)

   7.06

      (c)

   7.06, 11.02

      (d)

   7.06

314(a)

   4.02, 4.03, 11.02

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)(1)

   7.02, 11.04, 11.05

      (c)(2)

   7.02, 11.04, 11.05

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (d)

   N.A.

      (e)

   11.05

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01(b), 7.02(a)

      (b)

   7.05, 11.02

      (c)

   7.01

      (d)

   6.05, 7.01(c)

      (e)

   6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

   2.11

      (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   6.07

      (c)

   9.03

317(a)(1)

   6.08

      (a)(2)

   6.09

      (b)

   2.06

 

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Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Indenture Section

318(a)

   11.01

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)

   11.01

 

*

N.A. means not applicable.

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

 

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INDENTURE dated as of October 1, 2019, among AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), each of the Issuer’s subsidiaries signatory hereto or that becomes a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (the “Guarantors”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (the “Notes”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01.    Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings:

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

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors or other relevant law in any jurisdiction for the relief of debtors (including, without limitation, laws of Ireland and the Netherlands) relating to moratorium, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding up, liquidation, examinership or reorganization or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.

Board of Directors” means, with respect to the Issuer, either the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee of that board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, and with respect to any other Person, the board of directors or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.


Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking or trust institutions in New York, London or the place of payment are authorized generally or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, unlimited liability company or limited liability company, partnership interests, membership interests (whether general or limited) or shares in the capital of the company and (d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor thereto.

Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by two Officers of the Issuer.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be the address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 or such other address as the Trustee may designate.

Custodian” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means any event or condition that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Article II hereof.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person to be named in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate as the depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and, if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Notes of such Series.

Dollar” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or its successors.

 

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

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Ltd., a division of Fitch Inc., or any successor ratings agency.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are in effect from time to time. At any time after the date of this Indenture, the Issuer may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS; provided that any calculation or determination herein that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Issuer’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Issuer shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.

Global Note” when used with respect to any Series of Notes issued hereunder, means, individually and collectively, Notes executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the Outstanding Notes of such Series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest and which shall bear the legend as prescribed by Section 2.14(c).

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.14(c), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial regulatory or administrative functions of government.

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

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Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Series of Notes, means the date specified in such Notes for the payment of any installment of interest on those Notes.

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

Issuer” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Note or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. or any successor ratings agency.

Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, any Treasurer or any Secretary or other executive officer or any duly authorized attorney-in-fact of the Issuer.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed on behalf of such Person by two Officers of such Person that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 11.04 and 11.05.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that, unless otherwise specified, meets the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05. Such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and may, unless otherwise specified, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer.

Original Issue Discount Note” means any Note that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes (or Series of Notes, as applicable) theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

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

 

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(2)    Notes for whose payment or redemption 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); provided that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture;

(3)    Notes that have been defeased pursuant to the procedures specified in Article VIII; and

(4)    Notes that have been paid in lieu of reissuance relating to lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificates, or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any 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 relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that 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 Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

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 or other indirect participants in DTC serving a similar function).

Permitted Jurisdiction” means any of the United States, any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any member state of the Pre-Expansion European Union, Switzerland, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Singapore.

Person” means any individual, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Pre-Expansion European Union” means the European Union as of January 1, 2004, including the countries of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, but not including any country which became or becomes a member of the European Union after January 1, 2004; provided that “Pre-Expansion European Union” shall not include any country whose long-term debt does not have a long-term rating of at least “Aa2” by Moody’s, “AA” by S&P, “AA” by Fitch or the equivalent rating category of another Rating Organization.

 

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Rating Organizations” means the following nationally recognized rating organizations: Moody’s, S&P and Fitch or, if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch or all three shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized rating organization, or organizations, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer that shall be substituted for any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch or all three, as the case may be.

Responsible Officer” with respect to the Trustee, means any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, Assistant Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee within the corporate trust department of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the above designated officers or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor rating agency.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Series” or “Series of Notes” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Issuer created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.

Stated Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Note, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which an amount equal to the principal amount of such Note is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof).

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.

 

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Trustee” means the party named as such in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Notes of that Series.

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America 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, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America.

In either case, the U.S. Government Obligations may not be callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as custodian with respect to such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on such U.S. Government Obligation held by the custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt. The custodian is not authorized, however, to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of the depository receipt except as required by law.

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

Act

   2.14(d)

Additional Amounts

   4.07

Agent for Service

   11.09

Covenant Defeasance

   8.03

Event of Default

   6.01

Guaranteed Obligations

   10.01

Irish Guarantor

   10.02

Judgment Currency

   11.11

Legal Defeasance

   8.02

Legal Holiday

   11.07

OID

   4.06

Paying Agent

   2.05

Registrar

   2.05

Regular Record Date

   2.03

Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction

   4.07

Service Agent

   2.05

Successor Issuer

   5.01

Successor Guarantor

   5.02

Taxes

   4.07

 

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SECTION 1.03.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. When qualified under the TIA, this Indenture shall be subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Whether or not this Indenture is so qualified, the following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Notes;

“indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

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

“obligor” on the Notes means the Issuer, until a successor replaces the Issuer and thereafter means, as to such replaced Issuer, its successor.

When qualified under the TIA, all other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by the TIA’s reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA shall 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)    “or” is not exclusive;

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

(4)    provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(5)    references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and

(6)    when a reference is made in this Indenture to a party, to an Article or to a Section, such reference shall be to a party to, a Article of or a Section of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01.    Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Notes may be issued in one or more Series. All Notes of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Notes of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, Maturity Date, Regular Record Date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Notes may differ between Series in respect of any matters.

SECTION 2.02.    Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes. At or prior to the issuance of any Notes within a Series, the Issuer may establish, as to the Series generally, in the case of Section 2.02(a) and either (1) as to such Notes within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Sections 2.02(b) through 2.02(d) and Sections 2.02(f) through 2.02(x), by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, or (2) if applicable, as to such Notes within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Section 2.02(e), in any such case pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution by supplemental indenture, the following terms applicable to such Notes:

(a)    the title of the Notes of the Series (which shall distinguish the Notes of that particular Series from the Notes of any other Series);

(b)    any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series);

(c)    the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Notes of the Series are payable;

(d)    the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable per annum) at which the Notes of the Series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest, if any, shall be payable or the method by which such dates will be determined, the Regular Record Dates (in the case of Notes in registered form), the basis upon which such interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months;

(e)    the right of the Issuer, if any, to and the terms upon which the Issuer may, forgo or defer payment of interest on the Notes of the Series, including any maximum duration of any such deferral or deferrals and the additional interest, if any, payable on the Notes of the Series during any deferral of the interest payment period;

 

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(f)    the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which Notes of the Series shall be denominated, if other than Dollars, the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee where the principal, premium and interest with respect to Notes of such Series shall be payable or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

(g)    the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Notes of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer or otherwise, including the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the provisions (and the related definitions) set forth in Article III which applies to Notes of the Series;

(h)    the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Notes of the Series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;

(i)    the terms, if any, upon which the Notes of the Series may be convertible into or exchanged for any of the Issuer’s ordinary shares, preferred shares, other debt securities or warrants for ordinary shares, preferred shares or other securities of any kind and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other additional provisions;

(j)    if other than minimum denominations of $150,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Notes of the Series shall be issuable;

(k)    if the amount of principal, premium or interest with respect to the Notes of the Series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(l)    if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity Date of Notes of the Series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity Date, the amount that will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any Maturity Date other than the Stated Maturity Date and which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined), and if necessary, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars;

(m)    any changes or additions to Article VIII;

(n)    if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Notes of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 (if applicable to such Series);

 

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(o)    the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Notes of the Series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether any provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;

(p)    any addition to or change in the Events of Default that applies to any Notes of the Series, or the inapplicability of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 to such Series of Notes, and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Series of Notes to declare the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on such Series of Notes due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

(q)    if the Notes of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Note, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Definitive Notes of such Series, the Depositary for such Global Note and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Note in addition to or in lieu of the Global Note Legend;

(r)    any Trustee, authenticating agent, Paying Agent, transfer agent, Service Agent or Registrar;

(s)    the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the covenants (and the related definitions) set forth in Article IV or Article V that applies to Notes of the Series;

(t)    with regard to Notes of the Series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

(u)    the intended United States Federal income tax consequences of the Notes;

(v)    the terms applicable to Original Issue Discount Notes, including the rate or rates at which original issue discount will accrue;

(w)    the subordination, if any, of the Notes of the Series pursuant to this Indenture and any related changes or additions to the provisions of this Indenture then in effect; and

(x)    any other terms of Notes of the Series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).

All Notes of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Notes of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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SECTION 2.03.    Denominations; Provisions for Payment. The Notes shall be issuable and may be transferred only, except as otherwise provided with respect to any Series of Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, as registered Notes in the minimum denominations of $150,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, subject to Section 2.02(j). If applicable, subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Notes of any Series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that Series. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.02 with respect to Notes of any Series, the principal of and the interest on the Notes of any Series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in Dollars. Such payment shall be made at an office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee). The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.02, interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year composed of twelve 30 day months.

The interest installment on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Notes of that Series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment. In the event that any Note of any Series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Note will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Note as provided in Sections 3.05 and 3.06.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of any Series of Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, the term “Regular Record Date” as used in this Indenture with respect to Notes of any Series with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such Series shall mean (i) either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.02 shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month or (ii) the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.02 shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, each Note of a Series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note of such Series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid (including, if applicable, deferred interest), and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note.

 

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SECTION 2.04.    Execution and Authentication. One or more Officers shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid. A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The manual signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Notes may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage, but which shall not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Notes for original issue in the principal amount provided in a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the number of separate Notes to be authenticated, the registered Holder of each Note and delivery instructions. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes of any Series Outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.02, except as provided in Section 2.09.

Prior to the first issuance of Notes of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Notes of that Series or of Notes within that Series and the terms of the Notes of that Series or of Notes within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate with respect to both the issuance and authentication of such Notes, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to both the issuance and authentication of such Notes which shall also state: (i) that such Notes, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and (ii) that the Guarantees relating to such Notes constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then Outstanding Series of Notes or otherwise exposes the Trustee to liability hereunder or under any Series of Notes; or (c) if the issue of such Notes will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

SECTION 2.05.    Registrar and Paying Agent. So long as Notes of any Series remaining Outstanding, the Issuer agrees to maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”) and where Notes of such Series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Notes and to their transfer and exchange. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar or Paying Agent. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar or Paying Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and surrenders.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.02 for Notes of any Series 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 name or address of any such additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

The Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each Series unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Notes of that Series are first issued.

The Issuer shall appoint a service agent where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes of such Series and this Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”), which shall initially be CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of the Service Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.06.    Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent, other than the Trustee, to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Notes, 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. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.06 to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 2.06 is subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, and (ii) the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) shall be released from all further liability with respect to the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes all money held by it as Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.07.    Holder Lists. (a) The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Notes and the Issuer undertakes to provide, or cause the Depositary to provide, such a list at the Trustee’s reasonable request but in any case no more often than at stated intervals of six months, unless the Issuer and the Trustee shall otherwise agree. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten 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 Holders of each Series of Notes.

(b)    The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 2.07(a) upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

SECTION 2.08.    Transfer and Exchange. When Notes of a Series are presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate, Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Issuer may require payment from the transferring or exchanging Holder, as the case may be, of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06 or 9.04).

No Issuer or Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Notes of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes of that

 

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Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer or exchange of Notes of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Notes selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

All Notes presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section 2.08, shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the registered Holder or by such Holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing and, if necessary, by the transferee or such transferee’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are, with respect to any Global Note, subject to Section 2.14.

SECTION 2.09.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes. If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Note of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.09, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Note of any Series issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of that Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights and remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary, with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, negotiable instruments or other securities.

SECTION 2.10.    Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Notes of a Series owned by the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Notes of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes Outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

SECTION 2.11.    Temporary Notes. Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon a Company Order. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes, which shall not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate Definitive Notes of the same Series and Maturity Date in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, temporary Notes shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.12.    Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and, upon request, provide evidence of the cancellation of all cancelled Notes to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13.    Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Notes (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest with respect to which the Issuer has exercised any right it may have to forgo or defer payment thereof), it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner, plus, to the extent permitted by law and if the terms of such Series so provide, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the record date, the Issuer shall mail or deliver to the Trustee and to each Holder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.

 

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SECTION 2.14.    Global Notes. (a) Terms of Notes. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Notes of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and the Depositary for such Global Note or Notes.

(b)    Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.08 and in addition thereto, any Global Note shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.08 for Notes registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Note or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Issuer fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event, and (ii) the Issuer executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note with like tenor and terms.

Except as provided in this Section 2.14(b), a Global Note may only be transferred in whole but not in part (i) by the Depositary with respect to such Global Note to a nominee of such Depositary, (ii) by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or (iii) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

(c)    Legend. Any Global Note issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“This Note is held by the Depositary (as defined in the Indenture governing this Note) or its nominee in custody for the benefit of the beneficial owners hereof, and is not transferable to any person under any circumstances except that (a) the Trustee may make such notations hereon as may be required pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, (b) this Note may be exchanged in whole but not in part pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Indenture, (c) this Note may be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Indenture and (d) except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14(b) of the Indenture, this Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or (z) by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary”.

(d)    Acts of Holders. (i) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee

 

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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 Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 2.14.

(ii)    The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(iii)    The ownership of registered securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.

(iv)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note 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 or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(v)    If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuer may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided, that such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall not be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture within six months after the record date.

The Depositary, as a Holder, may establish procedures for beneficial owners of Notes who hold interests in the Notes through Participants to provide any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under this Indenture and it may take actions as Holder consistent with such instructions in accordance with such procedures. The Trustee shall have no duty, obligation, responsibility or liability with respect to the Depositary’s procedures.

 

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(e)    Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder thereof.

SECTION 2.15.    CUSIP or ISIN Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Issuer shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as provided in Section 3.03; provided that (i) neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, (ii) any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption, (iii) reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Notes and (iv) any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of changes in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers for the Notes of which they become aware.

SECTION 2.16.    Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01.    Notices to Trustee. The Issuer may, with respect to any Series of Notes, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Series of Notes. If a Series of Notes is redeemable and the Issuer wants or is obligated to redeem all or part of the Series of Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date thereof pursuant to the terms of such Notes, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Notes of the Series to be redeemed and the redemption price. The Issuer shall give such written notice to the Trustee in the form of an Officers’ Certificate at least five days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.

SECTION 3.02.    Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all of the Notes of a Series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased as follows:

(1)    if the Issuer notifies the Trustee in writing that the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed; or

 

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(2)    if the Issuer does not notify the Trustee in writing that the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate or as required by the Depositary.

No Notes of a minimum of $150,000 of principal amount or less (or, in the case of any Series established in denominations less than $150,000, the principal amount or less of such denomination) will be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall make the selection from Outstanding Notes of a Series not previously called for redemption.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note of the same Series and Stated Maturity Date shall state the portion of the principal amount of that Note to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note presented for redemption will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue or accrete on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

SECTION 3.03.    Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series of Notes by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(1)    the redemption date;

(2)    the redemption price, which will include interest accrued and unpaid (including, if applicable, deferred interest) to the date fixed for redemption;

(3)    if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

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

(5)    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

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(6)    that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

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

(8)    the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed;

(9)    any applicable conditions precedent and the procedures for notice to the Trustee and Holders of any failure or delay to satisfy such conditions;

(10)    whether payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption will be performed by another Person; and

(11)    that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, at least ten days prior to the intended mailing of any such notice (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as required by this Section 3.03.

SECTION 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the following paragraph. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any debt or equity financing, acquisition or other corporate transaction or event, and, at the Issuer’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied. In addition, the Issuer may provide in any notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and the performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person; provided, however, that the Issuer will remain obligated to pay the redemption price and perform its obligations with respect to such redemption in the event such other Person fails to do so.

 

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SECTION 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed on that date, other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable 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 price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed. If such money is then held by the Issuer in trust and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust.

If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) shall be paid on the redemption date to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and, to the extent permitted by law and if the terms of such Series so provide, on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes.

SECTION 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Note of the same Series and Stated Maturity Date equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

SECTION 3.07.    Optional Redemption. The Issuer may redeem all or part of the Notes within a Series pursuant to the terms of any Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate pursuant to which such Series was established.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01.    Payment of Notes. Subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Issuer and the Guarantors covenant and agree, jointly and severally, for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Notes, that they will duly and punctually make all payments in respect of each Series of Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in such Series of Notes and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, holds

 

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as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due. Such payments shall be considered made on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to make all payments with respect to such Notes then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.02.    Reports by the Issuer.

(a)    The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after the same is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Issuer, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports that, if the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it files with, or furnishes to, the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Issuer is not required to file with, or furnish to, the SEC information, documents or reports pursuant to either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and file with, or furnish to, the SEC such reports, if any, as may be prescribed by the SEC pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, within 15 days after the same is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Issuer.

(b)    For purposes of this Section 4.02, the Issuer will be deemed to have filed such information, documents and reports with the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes when such information, documents and reports are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor system), it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if such filings have been made.

(c)    Actual or deemed delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.02 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely on Officers’ Certificates).

SECTION 4.03.    Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer 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 such Officer’s 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 hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer has knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take, if any, with respect thereto).

 

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SECTION 4.04.    Further Instruments and Acts. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.05.    Corporate Existence. Subject to Article V hereof, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(1)    its existence in accordance with its organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time); and

(2)    the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 4.06.    Calculation of Original Issue Discount. If the Notes of a Series are issued with original issue discount (other than de minimis original issue discount) (“OID”), as defined under the Internal Revenue Code, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of OID (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Notes of that Series as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such OID as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code.

SECTION 4.07.    Additional Amounts.

(a)    The Issuer and the Guarantors are required to make all payments under or with respect to the Notes and each Guarantee, as the case may be, free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (hereinafter “Taxes”) imposed or levied by or on behalf of (i) Ireland or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, (ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or, as applicable, the relevant Guarantor is organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having the power to tax or (iii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Notes or the relevant Guarantee is made or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having the power to tax (each a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Issuer or, as applicable, the relevant Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof.

(b)    If the Issuer or a Guarantor is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, the Issuer or, as

 

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applicable, the relevant Guarantors will be required to pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by Holders (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount Holders would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to (1) any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the relevant Holder, if the relevant Holder is an estate, nominee, trust or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, but other than a connection arising from the acquisition, ownership or holding of such Note or the receipt of any payment in respect thereof, including, where applicable, under the relevant Guarantee); (2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, value added, excise, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge; (3) any Taxes imposed as a result of the failure of the relevant Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with a timely request in writing of the Issuer addressed to the Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be (such request being made at a time that would enable such Holder or beneficial owner acting reasonably to comply with that request), to provide information, a declaration or tax form concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request under applicable law, regulation or administrative practice would have reduced or eliminated such Taxes with respect to such Holder or beneficial owner, as applicable; (4) any Taxes that are payable other than by deduction or withholding from a payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes; (5) any Taxes that are required to be deducted or withheld on a payment that are required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2014/107/EU (“DAC2”) or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; (6) as of 1 January 2021, any Taxes withheld or deducted pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet bronbelasting 2021); or (7) any Taxes withheld or deducted pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof or any agreements or treaties (including any law implementing any such agreement or treaty) entered into in connection with the implementation thereof; nor will the Issuer or any Guarantor pay Additional Amounts (a) if the payment could have been made without such deduction or withholding if the beneficiary of the payment had presented the Note for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) within 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, (b) with respect to any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on such Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or

 

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beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note, or (c) in respect of any Note where such withholding or deduction is imposed as a result of any combination of clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (a) and (b) of this paragraph.

(c)    The Issuer and the Guarantors will make any required withholding or deduction and remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer and the Guarantors will provide the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, with official receipts evidencing the payment of the Taxes with respect to which Additional Amounts are paid. If, notwithstanding the efforts of the Issuer and the Guarantors to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, the Issuer or the Guarantors will provide the Trustee with other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. In no event, however, shall the Issuer and the Guarantors be required to disclose any information they reasonably deem to be confidential.

(d)    If the Issuer or the Guarantors are or become obligated to pay Additional Amounts under or with respect to any payment made on the Notes or any Guarantee, at least 30 days prior to the date of such payment, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable and such other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date.

(e)    Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context:

(i)    the payment of principal or interest;

(ii)    redemption prices or purchase prices in connection with a redemption or purchase of Notes; or

(iii)    any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes or any Guarantee,

such reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this heading to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(f)    The Issuer and the Guarantors will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document or instrument in relation thereof, and the Issuer and the Guarantors will agree to indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.

(g)    The obligations described under this heading will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Guarantor is organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.

 

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ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS

SECTION 5.01.    The Issuer.

(a)    The Issuer may not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i)    the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer or under the laws of a Permitted Jurisdiction (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called “Successor Issuer”);

(ii)    Successor Issuer, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture;

(iii)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, if applicable, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iv)    Successor Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture;

provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii), (A) any Subsidiary may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into the Issuer; (B) the Issuer may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in a Permitted Jurisdiction; and (C) the Issuer may be converted, reorganized or reconstituted in a Permitted Jurisdiction.

(b)    Successor Issuer (if other than the Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligation under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

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SECTION 5.02.    Guarantors.

(a)    Each Guarantor may not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the applicable Guarantor is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Subsidiary of the Issuer unless:

(i)    the applicable Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor or under the laws of a Permitted Jurisdiction (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called “Successor Guarantor”);

(ii)    the Successor Guarantor, if other than the applicable Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture;

(iii)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, if applicable, shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iv)    the Successor Guarantor, if other than the applicable Guarantor, shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may contain customary exceptions) stating that the Guarantee to be provided by such Successor Guarantor has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Successor Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and enforceable obligation of such Successor Guarantor; and

(v)    the Successor Guarantor shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture;

provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii), (A) any Subsidiary of the Issuer may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into a Guarantor; (B) any Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of such Guarantor solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in a Permitted Jurisdiction; and (C) any Guarantor may be converted, reorganized or reconstituted in a Permitted Jurisdiction.

(b)    The Successor Guarantor (if other than the applicable Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee and in such event the applicable Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligation under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee.

 

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ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series of Notes by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto, or an Officers’ Certificate, each of the following constitutes an “Event of Default” with respect to each Series of Notes:

(1)    default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Note of such Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days or more;

(2)    default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any Note of such Series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity Date;

(3)    default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer in this Indenture applicable to such Series of Notes or in any Series of Notes, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after notice to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding;

(4)    default under any mortgage, indenture (including this Indenture governing the Notes) or instrument under which there is issued, or which secures or evidences, any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer or any Subsidiary existing on, or created after, the date of this Indenture, which default shall constitute a failure to pay principal of such indebtedness in an amount exceeding $200,000,000 when due and payable (other than as a result of acceleration), after expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or shall have resulted in an aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness exceeding $200,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after there has been given a notice to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding;

(5)    any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect in any material respect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any such Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Guarantee if, and only if, in each such case, such default continues for ten consecutive days;

(6)    the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

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(B)    consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, files for bankruptcy or commences a similar insolvency proceeding;

(C)    consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(D)    makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or

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

(A)    is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an involuntary case;

(B)    appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer for all or substantially all of its property; or

(C)    orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

The term “Custodian” means, for the purposes of this Article VI only, any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the Issuer first gains knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default and any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 6.02.    Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default that is applicable with respect to any Series of Notes at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or 6.01(7)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of that Series by notice to the Issuer (and to the Trustee, if notice is given by the Holders), may declare the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on all the Notes of that Series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such amounts shall be due

 

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and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or 6.01(7) occurs, the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on all the Notes of each Series of Note shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

(b)    At any time after the principal of the Notes of any Series of Notes shall have been so declared due and payable (or have become immediately due and payable), and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of that Series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Notes of that Series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Notes of that Series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Notes of that Series to the date of such payment or deposit and all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including compensation, reasonable disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s counsel) and compensation for the Trustee’s services) and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to such Series of Notes, other than the nonpayment of principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note) and interest, if any, on Notes of that Series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.04. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 6.03.    Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as shall be most effectual to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

The Trustee may institute and maintain a suit or legal proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes of a Series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04.    Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes of such Series by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing

 

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Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on a Note of that Series, (ii) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note of that Series when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (iii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of that Series affected; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration in accordance with Section 6.02. When a Default is waived, it shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

SECTION 6.05.    Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to that Series, provided that (i) such direction shall not conflict with law or this Indenture or expose the Trustee to personal liability, or be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against all fees, losses and expenses related to taking or not taking such action. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to execute any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on the Notes of any Series held by such Holder when due, no Holder of a Note of that Series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes of that Series unless:

(i)    such Holder previously gives the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to the applicable Series of Notes and that Event of Default is continuing;

(ii)    the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of Outstanding Notes of such Series shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee; and

 

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(iii)    the Trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, and the Trustee has not been given inconsistent direction during such 60-day period by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding.

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

SECTION 6.07.    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after their Maturity Dates, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after their Maturity Dates, is absolute and unconditional and 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) or 6.01(2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.09.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may 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 compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer and the Guarantors, their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 6.10.    Priorities. Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI with respect to any Series of Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

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SECOND: to Holders, for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest), ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest), respectively; and

THIRD: to the Issuer.

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 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 and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes of any Series.

SECTION 6.12.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) agrees that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default, if applicable, has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Notes, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in the exercise thereof, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

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(b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes:

(1)    the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the Notes of that Series, as modified or supplemented by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, 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, with respect to Notes of that Series, 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, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c)    No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

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

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

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

(4)    no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d)    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 is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e)    The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

 

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(f)    Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 7.02.    Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, report, bond, request, direction, consent, order or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person or Persons. 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 shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c)    The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care. No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary.

(d)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(e)    The Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice, and the advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in reliance thereon.

(f)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer, and the Trustee may rely thereon.

(g)    The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes of any Series unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such a Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references such Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a notice of Default.

(h)    The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities.

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security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the fees, costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.

(j)    The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney.

(k)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(l)    The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its duties or powers hereunder.

(m)    The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate of incumbency setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(n)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or other force majeure events, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

(o)    The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, as amended, the Trustee, in accordance with requirements applicable to financial institutions, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. Each party to this Indenture agrees that it will provide the Trustee with such information as the Trustee may request in order for the Trustee to comply with the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act applicable to the Trustee.

(p)    The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential losses or damages (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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(q)    Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04.    Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or the Guarantors in this Indenture, in the Notes or in any document executed in connection with the sale of the Notes, other than those set forth in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

SECTION 7.05.    Notice of Defaults. If a Default with respect to Notes of any Series occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail (or electronically deliver if held by DTC) to each Holder of that Series notice of the Default within 60 days after such default is actually known to such Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived. The Trustee may withhold the notice (except in the case of a Default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if and so long as the Trustee determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of such Series of Notes.

SECTION 7.06.    Reports by Trustee to Holders. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, within 60 days after each October 2 beginning with October 2, 2020 for so long as Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver to each Holder a brief report dated as of such reporting date in accordance with and to the extent required under § 313(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall also comply with § 313(b)(2) of the TIA.

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed, if required by the rules of such stock exchange. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 7.07.    Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee as the Issuer and the Trustee shall agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of

 

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an express trust. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, including costs of collection and the fees, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in addition to the compensation for its services. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense incurred on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance, administration or enforcement of this trust, including the costs and expenses of enforcing (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer and the Guarantors of their indemnity obligations hereunder. None of the Issuer or the Guarantors shall have any obligation to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party attributable to such party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

To secure the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay the principal of and/or interest on particular Notes.

The Issuer’s and Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or 6.01(7) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08.    Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign with respect to the Notes of any Series by so notifying the Issuer in writing at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any Series may remove the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Notes by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee with respect to Notes of one or more Series if:

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

(2)    the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

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

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If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any Series and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Notes for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver a notice of its succession to Holders of that Series of Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes of that Series may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of that Series of Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to fees, expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

SECTION 7.09.    Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and if at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

SECTION 7.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) the

 

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following: (i) the indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014, between AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, as Irish issuer, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, as U.S. issuer, AerCap Holdings N.V., the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time, (iii) each Series of Notes issued under this Indenture and (iv) any other indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

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

ARTICLE VIII

LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE

AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 8.01.     Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 be applied to all Outstanding Notes of any Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

SECTION 8.02.    Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02 with respect to any Series of Notes, the Issuer shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes of that Series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes 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 shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a)    the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes of that Series under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08 and 2.09;

(b)    the rights, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, the rights of the Trustee and the duties of the Issuer and the Guarantors under Section 7.07, which shall survive despite the satisfaction in full of all obligations hereunder); and

 

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(c)    Sections 8.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 8.08 and 11.11.

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Series of Notes) by exercising the Legal Defeasance option or the Covenant Defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Notes shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

SECTION 8.03.    Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Series of Notes, the Issuer shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.02, 4.04 and 4.05 (if applicable to such Series) and any covenants made applicable to the Series of Notes which are subject to defeasance under the terms of a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the Outstanding Notes of that Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes of that Series shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed Outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes of that Series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall 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 shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Series of Notes, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(3) (only with respect to defeased covenants hereunder), 6.01(4) and 6.01(5) shall not constitute Events of Default with respect to such Notes. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Series of Notes) by exercising the Legal Defeasance option or the Covenant Defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Notes shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

 

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SECTION 8.04.    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the Outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to any Series of Notes:

(1)    the Issuer must irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of that Series of Notes, cash in Dollars, noncallable U.S. Government Obligations, or a 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, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Notes of that Series 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, the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that (A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall state that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. 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, the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. 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)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for income tax purposes in the jurisdiction of tax residence of the Issuer as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to income tax in such jurisdiction on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such transaction had not occurred;

(5)    no Default or Event of Default, if applicable to such Series, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date the Issuer makes such deposits (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or the granting of liens in connection therewith);

(6)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer; and

 

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(7)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05.    Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to Section 8.06, all money and noncallable U.S. Government Obligations (including any proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the Outstanding Notes of the Series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or noncallable U.S. 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 the Outstanding Notes of that Series.

Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the written request of the Issuer any money or noncallable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the 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 the 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, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, 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, shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof as general creditors, unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person, 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, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition),

 

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notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

SECTION 8.07.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time:

(a)    either:

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

(ii)    all Notes of such series not theretofore delivered to such 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 has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, 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 Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b)    the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable under this Indenture;

(c)    the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be; and

(d)    the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Series have been complied with,

then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such Series except for the rights, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, the rights of the Trustee and the duties of the Issuer and the Guarantors under Section 7.07, which shall survive despite the satisfaction in full of all obligations hereunder) and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07:

(i)    the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes of that Series under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08 and 2.09;

 

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(ii)    the agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors set forth in Article V; and

(iii)    Sections 8.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 8.08 and 11.11,

shall each survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise of this Section 8.07, the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such Series.

SECTION 8.08.    Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any Dollars or noncallable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or Governmental Authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(1)    to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Issuer);

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

(3)    to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or a Guarantor pursuant to Article V and the assumption by such successor of the obligations in this Indenture and in the Notes to Holders of such Notes pursuant to Article V;

(4)    to make any changes that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes of a Series that do not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder (as reasonably determined by the Issuer), including to add to the covenants of the Issuer and the Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the

 

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Holders of all or any Series of Notes as the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Notes, to secure the Notes or to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in respect of any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default under this Indenture; provided, however, that with respect to any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision, such amendment may provide for a period of grace after Default, which may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default;

(5)    to modify or amend this Indenture in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture hereto under the TIA;

(6)    to add Guarantors under this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(7)    to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture;

(8)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Notes 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 this Indenture by more than one Trustee;

(9)    to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the section “Description of Notes” in any prospectus or offering memorandum relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision was intended by the Issuer to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, which intent shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee;

(10)    to secure the Notes;

(11)    to establish the form or terms of Notes and coupons of any Series pursuant to Article II;

(12)    to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more Series of Notes, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Indenture shall (A) neither apply to any Note of any Series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Note with respect to the benefit of such provision or (B) become effective only when there is no such Note Outstanding; or

 

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(13)    to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of this Indenture inconsistent with other provisions or make any other provision that does not adversely affect the interests of Holders in any material respect, as determined by the Issuer.

SECTION 9.02.    With Consent of Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes of any Series without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes affected by such amendment or supplement, voting as a single group (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), by execution of a supplemental indenture hereto; provided that any amendment or supplement that affects the terms of any Series of Notes as distinct from any other Series of Notes shall require the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such Series of Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or supplement may not:

(1)    change the Stated Maturity Date of the principal of or any installment of principal or interest on any Note;

(2)    reduce the principal amount payable of, or the rate of interest on, any Note;

(3)    change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption, or reduce the redemption price therefor;

(4)    reduce any premium payable;

(5)    make any Note payable in a currency other than U.S. Dollars;

(6)    impair the right of the Holders of such Series of Notes to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity Date thereof;

(7)    release the Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary other than in accordance with Section 10.03;

(8)    amend, change or modify any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of a Series of Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders of such Series of Notes; or

(9)    make any change in the preceding amendment, supplement or waiver provisions.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or supplement, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail or otherwise deliver to all affected Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement.

 

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The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment or supplement under this Section.

SECTION 9.03.    Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment, supplement or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of each Series affected by such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.04.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Trustee or the Issuer so determine, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

SECTION 9.05.    Trustee to Sign Amendments. Upon the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture or otherwise. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing any amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be provided with and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall also be entitled to request indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it in connection with signing an amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.06.    Payment for Consent. None of the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders, ratably, that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation with respect to the Issuer’s obligations under this Section 9.06.

 

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ARTICLE X

GUARANTEES

SECTION 10.01.    Guarantees.

(a)    Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and the Trustee and their successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, if applicable, redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, if any, the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes (subject in the case of interest, to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment thereof as contemplated by Section 2.02) and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes, on the terms set forth in this Indenture by executing this Indenture (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article X notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

(b)    Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any Default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations.

(c)    Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(d)    Except as expressly set forth in Section 10.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

(e)    Subject to Section 10.02, each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of, or any part thereof, principal of, or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization

 

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of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise (subject in the case of interest, to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment thereof as contemplated by Section 2.02).

(f)    In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of, or interest on (subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02), any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, if applicable, redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Trustee.

(g)    Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Trustee in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Subject to the inapplicability of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 as contemplated by Section 2.02, each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Trustee, on the other hand, if applicable, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for purposes of this Section 10.01.

(h)    Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

(i)    Each Guarantor shall promptly execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 10.02.    Limitation on Liability.

(a)    Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the 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 Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably

 

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agree that, any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

(b)    Irish Guarantor Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article X, the Guarantee provided by any Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Ireland (an “Irish Guarantor”) does not apply to any liability or indebtedness to the extent that it would result in the Guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 60 of the Irish Companies Act 1963.

SECTION 10.03.    Releases. A Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon: (a) (i) any sale, exchange, disposition or transfer (including through consolidation, amalgamation, merger or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor, after which such Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary, or (y) all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor; (ii) other than with respect to each Guarantor that is a party to this Indenture on the date of this Indenture, the release, discharge or termination of the guarantee by such Guarantor that resulted in the obligation of such Guarantor to Guarantee the Notes, except a release, discharge or termination by or as a result of payment under such guarantee; (iii) the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of any Guarantor with and into the Issuer or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Issuer or another Guarantor; or (iv) pursuant to Article VIII, the Issuer exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option or the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged; and (b) if evidence of such release and discharge is requested to be executed by the Trustee, the Issuer delivering, or causing to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction, the release of the Guarantee and the execution of such evidence by the Trustee have been complied with.

SECTION 10.04.    Successors and Assigns. This Article X shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 10.05.    No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article X shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article X at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

SECTION 10.06.    Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors. Each Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.01(6) shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor under this Article X and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 10.07.    Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Notes shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

SECTION 10.08.    Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the Guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01.    Trust Indenture Act Controls. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA and any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required or deemed provision shall control.

 

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SECTION 11.02.    Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), electronic mail (unless such notice is to the Trustee) or facsimile transmission (unless such notice is to the Issuer and its counsel) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery addressed as follows:

If to the Issuer:

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland

Attention: Legal Department

Email: gchase@aercap.com

with copies for information purposes only to

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Attention: Craig F. Arcella

Email: CArcella@cravath.com

If to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Corporate Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Attention: AerCap Holdings N.V.

Facsimile: (612) 217-5651

The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC).

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or any Notes, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

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SECTION 11.03.    Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

SECTION 11.04.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

(1)    an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(2)    an Opinion of Counsel stating that all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 11.05.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1)    a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition (and the related definitions);

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

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

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

SECTION 11.06.    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

SECTION 11.07.    Legal Holidays. Unless otherwise provide by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for any particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is a day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a Regular Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

 

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SECTION 11.08.    Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION.

SECTION 11.09.    Agent for Service of Process. By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer and the Guarantors (i) acknowledge that the Issuer and the Guarantors not organized in a state of the United States has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 (together with any successor, the “Agent for Service”), as their authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes that may be instituted in any U.S. Federal or state court in the State of New York, or brought under U.S. Federal or state securities laws, and acknowledge that the Agent for Service has accepted such designation and (ii) agree that service of process upon the Agent for Service (or any successor) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or any Guarantors in any such suit or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantors further agree to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Agent for Service in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding.

SECTION 11.10.    Waiver of Immunity. To the extent the Issuer or any of the Guarantors or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the competent jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any competent jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity and consent to such relief and enforcement.

SECTION 11.11.    Judgment Currency. The Issuer and each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the recipient against any loss incurred by such recipient as a result of any judgment or order being given or made against the Issuer or any Guarantor for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than United States dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange in The City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had

 

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utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase United States dollars as promptly as practicable upon such party’s receipt thereof. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Issuer and each Guarantor and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.

SECTION 11.12.    No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. This waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 11.13.    Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.14.    Multiple Originals; Electronic Signatures. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 11.15.    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 11.16.    Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 11.17.    Severability. If any provision in this Indenture is deemed unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision set forth herein, or of this Indenture as a whole.

SECTION 11.18.    Submission to Jurisdiction and Venue. (A) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY

 

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OF NEW YORK AND (B) BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS INDENTURE, EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE GUARANTORS, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, (I) IRREVOCABLY, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, (1) SUBMITS TO AND ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS AND (2) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING THAT MAY BE BROUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, INCLUDING SUCH ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY STATE THEREOF, IN SUCH COURTS WHETHER ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE, RESIDENCE OR DOMICILE OR ON THE GROUND THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM, (II) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY, (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT, AND (IV) AGREES EACH OTHER PARTY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., as Issuer,
    by  

/s/ Tamzin Lawrence

    Name:   Tamzin Lawrence
    Title:   Attorney in fact
AERCAP AVIATION SOLUTIONS B.V.,
    by  

/s/ Johan-Willem Dekkers

    Name:   Johan-Willem Dekkers
    Title:   Attorney in fact
AERCAP U.S. GLOBAL AVIATION LLC,
    by  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
    Title:   Director
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED for and on behalf of AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, its Regular Trustee,
    by  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
    Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


in the presence of:
    Signature:   /s/ Helen O’Brien
    Name:   Helen Obrien
    Address:  

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland

SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL LIMITED DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY in the presence of:
 

/s/ Helen O’Brien

    Name:   Helen O’Brien
    Title:   Admin Corporate Secretary
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly

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As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND LIMITED in the presence of:
    by  

/s/ Helen O’Brien

    Name:   Helen O’Brien
    Title:   Admin Corporate Secretary
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION,
    by  

/s/ Patrick Ross

    Name:   Patrick Ross
    Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee,
    by  

/s/ Jane Y. Schweiger

    Name:   Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title:   Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOR

ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [                ], 20[    ], among [                ] (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”) a subsidiary of AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of October 1, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of notes (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors are authorized and required to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations (including the Guaranteed Obligations) and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be deemed a Guarantor for purposes of Article X of the Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 10.02 thereof.

3. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

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4. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

5. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

6. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Issuer.

7. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY],
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP AVIATION SOLUTIONS B.V.,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP U.S. GLOBAL AVIATION LLC,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED for and on behalf of AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, its Regular Trustee,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
in the presence of:
    Signature:  
    Name:  
    Address:  
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by

 

    Name:  
As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL LIMITED DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY in the presence of:
 

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

 

    Name:  

 

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As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND LIMITED in the presence of:
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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