EX-4.1 16 dex41.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

and

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

Issuers

U.S. Bank National Association

Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 21, 2008

 

 

 

 


CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

and

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

Reconciliation and tie showing the location in the Indenture dated as of November 21, 2008 of the provisions inserted pursuant to Sections 310 to 318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

Section 310   (a)(1)   609
  (a)(2)   609
  (a)(3)   Not Applicable
  (a)(4)   Not Applicable
  (b)   608
    610(d)
  (c)   Not Applicable
Section 311   (a)   613(a) and 613(c)
  (b)   613(b) and 613(c)
  (c)   Not Applicable
Section 312   (a)   701
    702(a)
  (b)   702(b)
  (c)   702(c)
Section 313   (a)   703(a)
  (b)   703(b)
  (c)   703(a) and 703(b)
  (d)   703(d)
Section 314   (a)   704
  (b)   Not Applicable
  (c)   102
  (c)(1)   102
  (c)(2)   102
  (c)(3)   Not Applicable
  (d)   Not Applicable
  (e)   102
Section 315   (a)   601(a)
  (b)   602
    703(a)(7)
  (c)   601(b)
  (d)   601(c)
  (d)(1)   601(a)(1)
  (d)(2)   601(c)(2)
  (d)(3)   601(c)(3)
  (e)   514

 

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Section 316   (a)(1)(A)   502 and 512
  (a)(1)(B)   513
  (a)(2)   Not Applicable
  (b)   508
Section 317   (a)(1)   503
  (a)(2)   504
  (b)   1003
Section 318   (a)   107

 

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS    1
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101.    Definitions    1
SECTION 102.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions    11
SECTION 103.    Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee    12
SECTION 104.    Acts of Holders    12
SECTION 105.    Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Issuers    14
SECTION 106.    Notice to Holders; Waiver    15
SECTION 107.    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act    16
SECTION 108.    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents    16
SECTION 109.    Successors and Assigns    16
SECTION 110.    Separability Clause    16
SECTION 111.    Benefits of Indenture    16
SECTION 112.    Governing Law    16
SECTION 113.    Non-Business Day    16
SECTION 114.    Immunity of Partners, Members, Officers and Directors    17
SECTION 115.    Certain Matters Relating to Currencies    17
SECTION 116.    Language of Notices, Etc    18
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201.    Forms of Securities    18
SECTION 202.    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication    19
SECTION 203.    Securities in Global Form    20
SECTION 204.    Legends    20
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301.    Title; Payment and Terms    22
SECTION 302.    Denominations and Currencies    26
SECTION 303.    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating    27
SECTION 304.    Temporary Securities and Exchange of Securities    28
SECTION 305.    Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange    33
SECTION 306.    Additional Provisions Applicable to Transfer and Exchange of Restricted Securities    37

 

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SECTION 307.    Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors    38
SECTION 308.    Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S    40
SECTION 309.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and Coupons    41
SECTION 310.    Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved    42
SECTION 311.    Persons Deemed Owners    44
SECTION 312.    Cancellation    45
SECTION 313.    Computation of Interest    45
SECTION 314.    Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities    45
SECTION 315.    Appointment and Resignation of Currency Determination Agent    48
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401.    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    49
SECTION 402.    Legal Defeasance and Discharge    49
SECTION 403.    Covenant Defeasance    49
SECTION 404.    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance    50
SECTION 405.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    51
SECTION 406.    Survival of Certain Obligations    52
SECTION 407.    Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee    52
SECTION 408.    Application of Trust Moneys    53
SECTION 409.    Repayment to the Issuers; Unclaimed Money    53
SECTION 410.    Reinstatement    54
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 501.    Events of Default    54
SECTION 502.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment    55
SECTION 503.    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee    56
SECTION 504.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    57
SECTION 505.    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons    58
SECTION 506.    Application of Money Collected    58
SECTION 507.    Limitation on Suits    59
SECTION 508.    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal (and Premium, if any) and Interest, if any    59
SECTION 509.    Restoration of Rights and Remedies    60
SECTION 510.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative    60
SECTION 511.    Delay or Omission Not Waiver    60
SECTION 512.    Control by Holders    60
SECTION 513.    Waiver of Past Defaults    61
SECTION 514.    Undertaking for Costs    61

 

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SECTION 515.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws    61
SECTION 516.    Judgment Currency    62
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601.    Certain Duties and Responsibilities    62
SECTION 602.    Notice of Defaults    63
SECTION 603.    Certain Rights of Trustee    64
SECTION 604.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities    65
SECTION 605.    May Hold Securities    65
SECTION 606.    Money Held in Trust    65
SECTION 607.    Compensation and Reimbursement    65
SECTION 608.    Disqualification; Conflicting Interests    66
SECTION 609.    Corporate Trustee Required; Different Trustees for Different Series; Eligibility    66
SECTION 610.    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor    67
SECTION 611.    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor    68
SECTION 612.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business    69
SECTION 613.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers    69
SECTION 614.    Authenticating Agents    69
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, ISSUERS
SECTION 701.    Issuers to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders    71
SECTION 702.    Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders    71
SECTION 703.    Reports by Trustee    72
SECTION 704.    Reports by the Issuers    73
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 801.    Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms    74
SECTION 802.    Successor Corporation Substituted    75
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901.    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders    75
SECTION 902.    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders    77
SECTION 903.    Execution of Supplemental Indentures    78
SECTION 904.    Effect of Supplemental Indentures    78
SECTION 905.    Conformity With Trust Indenture Act    78

 

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SECTION 906.    Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures    78
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001.    Payment of Principal (and Premium, if any) and Interest, if any    79
SECTION 1002.    Maintenance of Office or Agency    79
SECTION 1003.    Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust    80
SECTION 1004.    Lien on Assets    81
SECTION 1005.    Waiver of Certain Covenants    82
SECTION 1006.    Payment of Additional Amounts    82
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101.    Applicability of This Article    84
SECTION 1102.    Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee    85
SECTION 1103.    Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed    85
SECTION 1104.    Notice of Redemption    85
SECTION 1105.    Deposit of Redemption Price    86
SECTION 1106.    Securities Payable on Redemption Date    87
SECTION 1107.    Securities Redeemed in Part    87
SECTION 1108.    Tax Redemption; Special Tax Redemption    88
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201.    Applicability of This Article    91
SECTION 1202.    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities    91
SECTION 1203.    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund    91
ARTICLE XIII
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1301.    Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called    92
SECTION 1302.    Call, Notice and Place of Meetings    92
SECTION 1303.    Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings    92
SECTION 1304.    Quorum; Action    93
SECTION 1305.    Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings    93
SECTION 1306.    Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings    94

 

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EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A    Form of Certificate To Be Delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream by a Beneficial Owner of Securities in Bearer Form in Order to Receive a Definitive Security in Bearer Form in Exchange for an Interest in a Temporary Global Security in Bearer Form or to Exchange an Interest in a Temporary Global Security in Bearer Form for an Interest in a Permanent Global Security in Bearer Form.
EXHIBIT B    Form of Certificate To Be Given to the Trustee by Euroclear or Clearstream Regarding the Exchange of a Temporary Global Security in Bearer Form for Definitive Securities in Bearer Form or for a Portion of a Permanent Global Security in Bearer Form.
EXHIBIT C    Form of Certificate To Be Delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream by a Beneficial Owner of Securities in Bearer Form, in Order to Receive Payment on a Temporary Global Security in Bearer Form.
EXHIBIT D    Form of Certificate To Be Given to the Trustee by Euroclear or Clearstream Regarding Payment on a Temporary Global Security in Bearer Form.
EXHIBIT E    Form of Certificate To be Delivered to the Relevant Clearing System by a Beneficial Owner of Regulation S Temporary Global Securities in Order to Exchange an Interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security for an Interest in Regulation S Permanent Global Security.
EXHIBIT F    Form of Certificate to be Given to the Trustee by the Relevant Clearing System Regarding the Exchange of a Regulation S Temporary Global Security for a Portion of a Regulation S Permanent Global Security.
EXHIBIT G    Form of Certificate To be Delivered to the Relevant Clearing System by a Beneficial Owner of Regulation S Temporary Global Securities Regarding Payment on a Regulation S Temporary Global Security.
EXHIBIT H    Form of Certificate to be Given to the Trustee by the Relevant Clearing System Regarding Payment on a Regulation S Temporary Global Security.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of November 21, 2008, among CELLCO PARTNERSHIP, a general partnership existing under the laws of Delaware and having its principal office at One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 (hereinafter called the “Partnership”), VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC, a limited liability company existing under the laws of Delaware and having its principal executive office at One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 (hereinafter called “Capital” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) and U.S. Bank National Association, a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS

The Issuers deem it necessary to issue from time to time for lawful purposes securities (hereinafter called the “Securities”) evidencing their unsecured indebtedness and have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to have such titles, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Issuers propose to do all things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Issuers, the valid obligations of the Issuers as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the Issuers covenant and agree with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture and all Securities issued hereunder, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to


any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date or time of such computation; and

(4) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Certain terms, used principally in Article III and Article VI, are defined in those Articles.

Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

Affected Security” has the meaning specified in Section 1108(b).

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For 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.

applicants” has the meaning specified in Section 702(b).

Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized to authenticate and deliver Securities on behalf of the Trustee for the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 614.

Authorized Newspapers” means a newspaper customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in New York City and in London and, to the extent the Securities are listed on the Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange shall so require, in Luxembourg or, if it shall be impracticable in the opinion of the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series to make such publication, in another capital city in Western Europe. Such publication (which may be in different newspapers) is expected to be made in the Eastern edition of The Wall Street Journal, in the London edition of the Financial Times and in the Luxemburger Wort.

Bearer Security” means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.

Board of Directors”, when used with reference to the Partnership, means its board of representatives, or any duly authorized committee thereof or any member or members of such board (or, if such board shall cease to exist, its managing general partner) or any officer, employee or employees of the Partnership to whom such board or committee shall have duly delegated its authority; or, when used with reference to Capital, means its member or any officer or officers of Capital to whom such member shall have duly delegated its authority; or, when used with reference to any successor to either Issuer, such Person’s similar governing body.

Board Resolution”, when used with reference to the Partnership or Capital, means written evidence of action taken by the Board of Directors of the Partnership or Capital, as the

 

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case may be, (or any officer duly delegated thereby) certified as accurately reflecting the action taken and that the action is in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that, with respect to Securities not denominated in Dollars, the day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center of the country issuing the Foreign Currency or currency unit or, if the Foreign Currency or currency unit is euro, the day is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System is open; provided, further, with respect to LIBOR Securities, that the day is also a London Business Day.

Capital” means Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Capital” shall mean such successor.

Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants” means a certificate signed by any firm of independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Issuers. The term “independent” when used with respect to any specified firm of public accountants means such a firm which (1) is in fact independent, (2) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in either Issuer or in any other obligor upon the Securities of any series or in any Affiliate of either Issuer or of such other obligor, and (3) is not connected with either Issuer or such other obligor or any Affiliate of either Issuer or of such other obligor, as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions, but such firm may be the regular auditors employed by either Issuer. Whenever it is herein provided that any Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants shall be furnished to the Trustee for Securities of any series, such Certificate shall state that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is independent within the meaning hereof.

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

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

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 314(e).

Conversion Event” means the unavailability of any Foreign Currency or currency unit due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Issuers’ control.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee for Securities of any series at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office of the

 

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Trustee at the date of the execution of this Indenture, is located at Two Liberty Place, 50 S. 16th Street STE 2000, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

corporation” includes corporations, limited liability companies, associations, companies and business trusts.

coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 403.

Currency Determination Agent”, with respect to Securities of any series, means, unless otherwise specified in the Securities of any series, a New York Clearing House bank designated pursuant to Section 301 or Section 315.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 310.

Definitive IAI Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Definitive Securities” means Securities issued in certificated (as opposed to global) form.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of a Global Security, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuers pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

Determination Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 1108(b).

Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 314(e).

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

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended after such date, “Exchange Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as so amended.

Exchange Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.

 

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Exchange Securities” shall mean Securities issued in a transaction which has been registered under the Securities Act in exchange for Restricted Securities.

Foreign Currency” means a currency issued and actively maintained as a country’s recognized unit of domestic exchange by the government of any country other than the United States and such term shall include the euro.

Global Exchange Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 304.

Global IAI Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Global Securities” means Securities issued in global (as opposed to certificated) form.

Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable (except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d), in which case with respect to Securities for which an election has occurred pursuant to Section 314(b), or a Conversion Event has occurred as provided in Section 314(d), such obligations shall be issued in the currency or currency unit in which such Securities are payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event) or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d), in which case with respect to Securities for which an election has occurred pursuant to Section 314(b), or a Conversion Event has occurred as provided in Section 314(d)), such obligations shall be issued in the currency or currency unit in which such Securities are payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event), the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such currency and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

Holder”, when used with respect to any Security, means in the case of a Registered Security the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register, and in the case of a Bearer Security the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means any bearer thereof.

IAI” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

IAI Securities” means the collective reference to Global IAI Securities and Definitive IAI Securities.

Indenture” means this instrument as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

Indexed Security” means any Security as to which the amount of payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, due thereon is determined with reference to the rate of exchange between the currency or currency unit in which the Security is denominated and any other specified currency or currency unit, to the relationship between two or more currencies or

 

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currency units, to the price of one or more specified securities or commodities, to one or more securities or commodities exchange indices or other indices or by other similar methods or formulas, all as specified in accordance with Section 301.

interest”, when used with respect to an OID Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

Issue Date” means the date on which the Securities of a particular series are originally issued under this Indenture.

Issuer Request” and “Issuer Order” with reference to the Partnership or Capital, mean a written request or order signed in the name of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, by (1) the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President (any reference herein to a Vice President of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, shall be deemed to include any Vice President of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, or (2) by any Person designated in an Issuer Order of such Issuer previously delivered to the Trustee for Securities of any series by any of the foregoing officers and delivered to the Trustee for Securities of any series.

Judgment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 516.

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 402.

LIBOR” means, with respect to any series of Securities, the rate specified as LIBOR for such Securities in accordance with Section 301.

LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified pursuant to Section 301 as to which LIBOR will be calculated or, if no currency is specified pursuant to Section 301, Dollars.

LIBOR Security” means any Security which bears interest at a floating rate calculated with reference to LIBOR.

London Business Day” means, with respect to any LIBOR Security, a day on which commercial banks are open for business, including dealings in the LIBOR Currency, in London.

mandatory sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

Market Exchange Rate” with respect to any Foreign Currency or currency unit on any date means, unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 301, the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers in such Foreign Currency or currency unit as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for such Foreign Currency or currency unit.

 

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Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal (or, if the context so requires, in the case of an OID Security, a lesser amount or, in the case of an Indexed Security, an amount determined in accordance with the specified terms of that Security) of that Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, request for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise.

Mortgage” means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security, interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.

Notice of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501(3).

Officer’s Certificate”, when used with reference to the Partnership or Capital, means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President (any reference herein to a Vice President of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, shall be deemed to include any Vice President of the Partnership or Capital, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of any series.

OID Security” means a Security which provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest thereon) less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

Opinion of Counsel”, means, for purposes of Section 1108, a written opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized standing and, for all other purposes hereof, means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to either Issuer or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the Securities of any series.

optional sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

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

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

 

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(3) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 309 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented proof reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such Securities that any such Securities are held by bona fide holders in due course;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (a) Securities owned by either of the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of either of the Issuers or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee for such Securities shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of such Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is neither of the Issuers nor any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of either of the Issuers or of such other obligor, (b) the principal amount of an OID Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 502 and (c) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be determined in accordance with Section 115.

Partnership” means Cellco Partnership, a Delaware general partnership, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Partnership” shall mean such successor.

Paying Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association or any other Person authorized by the Issuers to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities of any series on behalf of the Issuers.

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

Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any particular series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are payable, as contemplated by Section 301.

Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by that particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 309 in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be.

 

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Principal Financial Center” means, unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 301:

(1) the capital city of the country issuing the Foreign Currency or currency unit, except that with respect to Dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney and Melbourne, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively, or

(2) the capital city of the country to which the LIBOR Currency relates, except that with respect to Dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

Private Placement Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 204. It is also referred to as a “Restricted Securities Legend”.

Private Exchange Security” means any Security exchanged for a Security pursuant to a registration rights agreement which Security bears the Private Placement Legend.

QIB” means any “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means, unless otherwise specified in such Security, an amount, in the currency or currency unit in which such Security is denominated or which is otherwise provided for pursuant hereto, equal to the principal amount thereof (and premium, if any, thereon) together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

Registered Security” means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.

Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series, means the date, if any, specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Regulation S Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 205.

Regulation S Permanent Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Regulation S Restricted Period” means with respect to any series of Securities the 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (A) the day on which any Regulation S

 

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Securities of such series are offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) and (B) the date on which any such Securities are originally issued.

Regulation S Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Regulation S Temporary Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Resale Restriction Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 306.

Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee for any series of Securities, means the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president, any vice president (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”), the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of such Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

restricted period” has the meaning specified in Section 303.

Restricted Securities” shall mean Securities of any series that are offered and sold in a transaction that was not registered under the Securities Act.

Restricted Securities Legend” means the Private Placement Legend set forth in clause (A) of Section 204 or the Regulation S Legend set forth in clause (B) of Section 204, as applicable.

Rule 144A Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Rule 144A Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

Securities” means securities evidencing unsecured indebtedness of the Issuers authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including any Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor.

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

Security Custodian” means the custodian with respect to any Global Security (as appointed by the Depositary), or any successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Trustee.

Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

A “series” of Securities means all Securities denoted as part of the same series authorized by or pursuant to particular Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders.

 

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Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee for such series pursuant to Section 310.

Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Stock Exchange” unless specified otherwise with respect to any particular series of Securities, means the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Substitute Date” has the meaning specified in Section 516.

Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder. If there shall be at one time more than one Trustee hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Trustee and shall apply to each such Trustee only with respect to those series of Securities with respect to which it is serving as Trustee.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

United States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of any series, the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions (which include, at the date of this Indenture, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands) and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

United States Alien” has the meaning specified in Section 1006.

United States person” has the meaning specified in Section 1108(b).

Yield to Maturity”, when used with respect to any OID Security, means the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face thereof.

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by either Issuer to the Trustee for any series of Securities to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, such Issuer shall furnish to such Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

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

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of either Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.

Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of an Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of such Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer

 

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Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Partnership and Capital. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities and the Issuers and any agent of such Trustee or the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.

The Issuers may at their discretion set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture, but the Issuers shall have no obligation to do so. If not set by the Issuers prior to the first solicitation of Holders of Registered Securities of a particular series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such vote or consent. Upon the fixing of such a record date, those persons who were Holders of Registered Securities at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled with respect to such Registered Securities to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership, or an official of a public or governmental body, on behalf of such corporation, association, partnership or public or governmental body or by a fiduciary, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities deems sufficient.

(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

 

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(e) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee for such Securities to be reasonably satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by such Trustee to be reasonably satisfactory. The Trustee for such Securities and the Issuers may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (2) such Bearer Security is produced to such Trustee by some other Person, (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Issuers and the Trustee for such Securities deem sufficient.

(f) Subject to Section 115, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the principal amount of an OID Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee for such Securities.

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

SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Issuers.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee for a series of Securities by any Holder or by either Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with such Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration Department, or if sent by facsimile transmission, to a facsimile number provided by the Trustee, with a copy mailed, first class postage prepaid to the Trustee addressed to it as provided above, or

(2) an Issuer by such Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of Section 501) if in

 

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writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address of the Partnership’s principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: General Counsel or at any other address previously furnished in writing to such Trustee by such Issuer, or if sent by facsimile transmission, to a facsimile number provided to the Trustee by such Issuer, with a copy mailed, first class postage prepaid, to such Issuer addressed to it as provided above.

SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) to Holders of Registered Securities if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice; and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) to Holders of Bearer Securities who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such purpose within the previous two years if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each such Holder at his address as so filed not later than the latest date and not earlier than the earliest date prescribed for the giving of such notice, or to all other Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and the second such publication to be not later than the latest date, prescribed herein for the giving of such notice.

In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed in the manner prescribed by this Indenture shall be deemed to have been given whether or not received by any particular Holder. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee for such Securities shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

In case by reason of the suspension of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee for such Securities shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with

 

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the Trustee for such Securities, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 through 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through the operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control. Until such time as this Indenture shall be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, this Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act to the same extent as would be the case if this Indenture were so qualified on the date hereof.

SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by either Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 110. Separability Clause.

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

SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or in any coupons appertaining thereto, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 112. Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 113. Non-Business Day.

Unless otherwise stated with respect to Securities of any series, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of a Security of any particular series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment with respect to Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons) payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with respect to such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding

 

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Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

SECTION 114. Immunity of Partners, Members, Officers and Directors.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), or the interest, if any, on any Security or coupon of any series, or for any claim based thereon, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any partner, member, incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or member of the Board of Directors, as such, past, present or future, of either of the Issuers or of any successor or any of their assets, either directly or indirectly through an Issuer or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that no personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is incurred by, any partner, member, incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or member of the Board of Directors, past, present or future, of either Issuer or of any successor to either Issuer or any of their assets, either directly or indirectly through an Issuer or any successor to either Issuer, because of the incurring of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or coupons of any series, or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that all such personal liability is hereby expressly released and waived as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the Issuers’ execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities and coupons of each series.

SECTION 115. Certain Matters Relating to Currencies.

Subject to Section 314, each reference to any currency or currency unit in any Security, or in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating thereto, shall mean only the referenced currency or currency unit and no other currency or currency unit.

The Trustee shall segregate moneys, funds and accounts held by the Trustee in one currency or currency unit from any moneys, funds or accounts held in any other currencies or currency units, notwithstanding any provision herein which would otherwise permit the Trustee to commingle such amounts.

Whenever any action or Act is to be taken hereunder by the Holders of Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit, then for purposes of determining the principal amount of Securities held by such Holders, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit shall be deemed to be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of a spot rate of exchange specified to the Trustee for such series in an Officer’s Certificate for such Foreign Currency or currency unit into Dollars as of the date the taking of such action or Act by the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the Securities is evidenced to such Trustee.

 

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SECTION 116. Language of Notices, Etc.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, and any published notice may also be in an official language of the country of publication.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201. Forms of Securities.

The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in such form or forms (including global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Issuer Order of each Issuer or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto or to comply with any law, with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, with any rules of any securities exchange, automated quotation system or clearing agency or to conform to usage, as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.

Unless determined differently as contemplated by the preceding paragraph, Restricted Securities of a series offered and sold to QIBs in the United States of America in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Securities”) shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities, without interest coupons, bearing appropriate legends as set forth in Section 204 (each, a “Rule 144A Global Security”) which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

Unless determined differently as contemplated by the second preceding paragraph, Restricted Securities of a series offered and sold outside the United States of America in reliance on Regulation S (each, a “Regulation S Security”) shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary Global Securities, without interest coupons, bearing appropriate legends as set forth in Section 204 (each a “Regulation S Temporary Global Security”), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall be exchanged

 

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for beneficial interests in one or more permanent Global Securities, without interest coupons, bearing appropriate legends as set forth in Section 204 (each, a “Regulation S Permanent Global Security” and together with the Regulation S Temporary Global Security, each a “Regulation S Global Security”) upon the receipt by the Trustee of a written certificate from the Depositary certifying that it has received certification of non-United States beneficial ownership of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security to be so exchanged (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquire an interest therein during the Regulation S Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Security bearing a Private Placement Legend). The Regulation S Permanent Global Securities shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. As set forth in Section 3.04(c) hereof, simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Securities or corresponding increase of the aggregate principal amount thereof, as applicable, the Trustee shall make a corresponding reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security, and, when the aggregate principal amount of such Regulation S Temporary Global Security is zero, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Security.

Unless determined differently as contemplated by the third preceding paragraph, Restricted Securities of a series offered, sold and initially issued to institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in Rules 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) under the Securities Act) who are not QIBs (“IAIs”) in the United States of America without registration under the Securities Act shall be issued as Definitive Securities, without interest coupons, bearing appropriate legends as set forth in Section 204, (each, a “Definitive IAI Security”). Upon such issuance, the Trustee shall register such Institutional Accredited Investor Securities in the name of the beneficial owner or owners of such Securities (or the nominee of such beneficial owner or owners) and deliver the certificates for such Institutional Accredited Investor Securities to the respective beneficial owner or owners.

Unless determined differently as contemplated by the fourth preceding paragraph, Restricted Securities of a series resold to IAIs who are not QIBs, in the United States shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities, without interest coupons, bearing appropriate legends as set forth in Section 204 (each, a “Global IAI Security”)

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached.

The Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

 

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The Certificate of Authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:

“This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

[Trustee],
as Trustee
By  

 

  Authorized Officer

SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form.

If any Security of a series is issuable in global form, such Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges and transfers. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Security. Any instructions by the Issuers with respect to a Security in global form, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102.

Global Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form.

SECTION 204. Legends.

Unless determined differently as provided in Section 201, Global Securities shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR

 

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THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.”

Unless determined differently as provided in Section 201,

(A) each Rule 144A Global Security (and each Definitive Security issued upon the transfer of all or a portion of the beneficial interest in such Global Security), each Definitive IAI Security and each Global IAI Security (and each Definitive Security issued upon the transfer of all or a portion of the beneficial interest in such Global Security) shall bear the following legend (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof:

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT, (A) UNTIL ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUERS OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES WERE THE OWNER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES, SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) TO THE ISSUERS OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, (B) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO (2) OR (5) ABOVE, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS AND TRUSTEE TO REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF ANY OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION, AND SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO

 

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(5) ABOVE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN EACH CASE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUERS AND TRUSTEE AND (C) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) ABOVE.”

(B) each Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

“THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER AND IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE HEREOF AND ON THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.”

(C) each Definitive IAI Security and each Global IAI Security (and each Definitive Security issued upon the transfer of all or a portion of the beneficial interest in such Global Security) shall also bear the following additional legend on the face thereof:

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIED WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities not bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, the Securities Registrar shall deliver Securities that do not bear a Restricted Securities Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, the Securities Registrar shall deliver only Securities that bear a Restricted Securities Legend unless (i) such Securities are exchanged for Exchange Securities (ii) such Securities are sold under an effective registration statement, (iii) such Security is a Regulation S Security transferred, exchanged or replaced after the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period and the conditions of Section 201 are satisfied or (iv) there is delivered to the Securities Registrar an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301. Title; Payment and Terms.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities from time to time authorized by or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolutions of the respective Issuers.

 

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The Securities may be issued in one or more series, each of which shall be issued pursuant to a Board Resolution or Issuer Order of each Issuer. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders of each Issuer or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders of each Issuer and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer, or established in one or more supplemental indentures hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series all or any of the following, as applicable (each of which, if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Issuers with respect to unissued Securities of that series and set forth in the Securities of that series when issued from time to time):

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

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 309, 906 or 1107);

(3) whether Securities of that series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities or both (and, if Bearer Securities are to be issued, whether such Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached) and, if other than as provided herein, any restrictions on the exchange of one form of Securities for another and on the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities in either form;

(4) the date or dates (or manner of determining the same) on which the principal of the Securities of that series is payable (which, if so provided in such Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders, may be determined by the Issuers from time to time and set forth in the Securities of the series issued from time to time);

(5) the rate or rates (or the manner of calculation thereof) at which the Securities of that series shall bear interest (if any), the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or manner of determining the same) and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 310, and if any certification(s) will be required before payment is made on any Regulation S Temporary Global Security;

(6) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of that series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, any Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served;

 

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(7) the period or periods within which (or manner of determining the same), the price or prices at which (or manner of determining the same), the currency or currency unit in which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of that series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuers, and any remarketing arrangements with respect to the Securities of that series;

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuers to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of that series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which (or manner of determining the same), the price or prices at which (or manner of determining the same), the currency or currency unit in which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of that series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) if the currency in which the Securities of that series shall be issuable is Dollars, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of that series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and the denominations in which any Bearer Securities of that series shall be issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;

(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of that series which shall be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(11) any Events of Default and covenants of the Issuers with respect to the Securities of that series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(12) if a Person other than U.S. Bank National Association is to act as trustee for the Securities of that series, the name and location of the Corporate Trust Office of such trustee;

(13) if other than Dollars, the currency or currency unit in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series shall be made or in which the Securities of that series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 314;

(14) if the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are to be payable, at the election of the Issuers or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currency unit other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, in accordance with provisions in addition to or in lieu of, or in accordance with the provisions of, Section 314, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency or currency unit in which such Securities are denominated or stated

 

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to be payable and the currency or currency unit in which such Securities are to be so payable;

(15) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any;

(16) if the Securities of such series are issuable as Indexed Securities, the manner in which the amount of payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on that series shall be determined;

(17) if the Securities of that series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 701;

(18) if other than as set forth in Article IV, provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series;

(19) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of that series and any Global Security representing Outstanding Securities of that series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of that series to be issued;

(20) the application, if any, of Sections 1006 and 1108 to the Securities of that series;

(21) if other than as provided in Article II and this Article III, whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary and Global Exchange Agent, if any, for such Global Security or Global Securities, whether such global form shall be permanent or temporary and, if applicable, the Exchange Date;

(22) if other than as provided in Article II and this Article III, if Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in the form of a temporary Global Security, the circumstances under which the temporary Global Security can be exchanged for Definitive Securities and whether the Definitive Securities will be Registered Securities and/or Bearer Securities and will be in global form and whether interest in respect of any portion of such Global Security payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date prior to the Exchange Date shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to a portion of such Global Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date if other than as provided in this Article III;

(23) the extent and manner, if any, to which payment on or in respect of Securities of that series will be subordinated to the prior payment of other liabilities and obligations of the Issuers;

(24) whether the Issuers shall enter into an exchange and registration rights agreement with respect to the Securities of the series and if so, the terms thereof;

(25) the forms of the Securities of that series; and

 

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

Except as provided in or pursuant to Section 204, all Securities of any particular series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolutions and set forth in such Officer’s Certificates relating thereto or provided in or pursuant to any supplemental indenture hereto. The terms of such Securities, as set forth above, may be determined by the Issuers from time to time if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in Board Resolutions or Issuer Order of each Issuer. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Securities of such series.

Prior to the delivery of a Security of any series in any such form to the Trustee for the Securities of such series for authentication, the Issuers shall deliver to such Trustee the following:

(1) The Board Resolutions or Issuer Order of each Issuer by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved and, if applicable, the supplemental indenture by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved;

(2) An Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer dated the date such Certificate is delivered to such Trustee stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Securities in such forms have been complied with; and

(3) An Opinion of Counsel stating that Securities in such forms, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when (a) completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Issuers to such Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, (b) authenticated and delivered by such Trustee in accordance with this Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors of each Issuer, and (c) sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, in each case subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles, to an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities.

SECTION 302. Denominations and Currencies.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301, any Registered Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and any Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000, or the equivalent amounts thereof in the case of Registered Securities and Bearer Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit.

 

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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities and any related coupons shall be executed on behalf of each Issuer by the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of an Issuer shall bind such Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuers may deliver Securities of any series together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Issuers, to the Trustee for the Securities of such series for authentication, together with an Issuer Order of each Issuer for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and such Trustee, in accordance with the Issuer Orders, shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, during the “restricted period” (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a Bearer Security may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Trustee for the Securities of such series a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C to this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Security. Except as permitted by Section 309 or 310, the Trustee for the Securities of a series shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured other than matured coupons in default have been detached and cancelled. If all the Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders of each Issuer relating to such Securities shall so permit, such Issuer Orders may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities, including, without limitation, procedures with respect to interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolutions, Officer’s Certificates and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Sections 102 and 301 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

 

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No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein manually executed by the Trustee for such Security or on its behalf pursuant to Section 614, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for such series then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Trustee, or any successor Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee or successor Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Securities.

Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

SECTION 304. Temporary Securities and Exchange of Securities.

(a) Pending the preparation of permanent Securities of any particular series, the Issuers may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order of each Issuer, the Trustee for the Securities of such series shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner specified in Section 303, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, photocopied or otherwise produced, in any denomination, with like terms and conditions as the permanent Securities of like series in lieu of which they are issued in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein.

Except in the case of temporary Bearer Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged only in accordance with the provisions of Section 304(b)) and Regulation S Temporary Global Securities, which shall be exchanged only in accordance with the provisions of Section 201, if temporary Securities of any particular series are issued, the Issuers will cause permanent Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of such permanent Securities, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for such permanent Securities of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series, together with all unmatured and matured coupons in default, if any, at the office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any particular series, the Issuers shall execute and (in accordance with Issuer Orders of each Issuer delivered at or prior to the authentication of the first permanent Security of such series) the Trustee for the Securities of such series or the Global Exchange Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of permanent Securities of authorized denominations of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions; provided, however, unless otherwise specified

 

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pursuant to Section 301, no permanent Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a permanent Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 304(b). Until exchanged as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as permanent Securities of the same series and with like terms and conditions, except as to payment of interest, if any, authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Any temporary Global Security and any permanent Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to a Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301.

(b) This subsection shall apply only to any temporary Bearer Security in global form. Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any such temporary Global Security (the “Exchange Date”), the Securities represented by any temporary Global Security of a series of Securities issuable in bearer form may be exchanged for Definitive Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Securities, without interest coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee for such Security, as the Issuers’ agent for such purpose, or the agent appointed by the Issuers pursuant to Section 301 to effect the exchange of the temporary Global Security for Definitive Securities (the “Global Exchange Agent”), and following such surrender, such Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent (as authorized by the Trustee as an Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 614) shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Security to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Security, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such Definitive Securities or such permanent Global Security, as the case may be, (4) subject to Section 303, deliver such Definitive Securities to the Holder thereof or, as the case may be, deliver such permanent Global Security to the Depositary or its custodian to be held outside the United States for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts at Euroclear and Clearstream, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Security to the Depositary or its custodian, unless such temporary Global Security shall have been cancelled in accordance with Section 312 hereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, upon such presentation by the Depositary, such temporary Global Security shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged for Definitive Securities or one or more permanent Global Securities, as the case may be, and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream, as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged for Definitive Securities or one or more permanent Global Securities, as the case may be, each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account Holders listed in the records of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Security. An account holder of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of interest in a temporary

 

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Global Security for an interest in Definitive Securities or one or more permanent Global Securities shall instruct Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securities and permanent Global Securities of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as provided in the fourth succeeding paragraph.

The delivery to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent by Euroclear or Clearstream of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Issuers and such Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to Euroclear or to Clearstream, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent Definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the Issuers. At any time on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent by Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Bearer Security represented by a temporary Global Security or a permanent Global Security, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for Definitive Securities without charge and such Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Security or such permanent Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and with like terms and provisions as the portion of such temporary Global Security or such permanent Global Security to be exchanged, which, unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Security or the permanent Global Security only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the thirtieth day following receipt by the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent of such notice with respect to a Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Security or the permanent Global Security, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Depositary to such Trustee, as the Issuers’ agent for such purpose, or the Global Exchange Agent to be exchanged in whole, or from time to time in part, for Definitive Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and such Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Security or the permanent Global Security to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Security, (2) in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Trustee cause the terms of such Security and coupons, if any, to be entered on a Definitive Security, (3) manually authenticate such Definitive Security and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such Definitive Security outside

 

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the United States to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such permanent Global Security.

Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security or permanent Global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security or permanent Global Security, except that a Person receiving Definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such Definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Security or a permanent Global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.

Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any such temporary Global Security or permanent Global Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as permanent Securities of the same series and with like terms and conditions, except as to payment of interest, if any, authenticated and delivered hereunder. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on such temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent in the case of payment of interest on a temporary Global Security with respect to an Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such Global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have, in the case of payment of interest on a temporary Global Security with respect to an Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date, each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C to this Indenture.

Any Bearer Security issued as a Definitive Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Global Exchange Agent in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security or a permanent Global Security shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by such Trustee to Euroclear or Clearstream or by the Issuers to such Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 304.

(c) This subsection shall apply only to any Regulation S Temporary Global Security. Following the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period (the “Regulation S Exchange Date”), the Securities represented by any Regulation S Temporary Global Security of a series of Securities may be exchanged for Securities represented by a Regulation S Permanent Global Security in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. On or after the Regulation S Exchange Date, such Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee for such Security, as the Issuers’ agent for such purpose, or the agent appointed by the Issuers pursuant to Section 301 to effect the exchange of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security for the Regulation S Permanent Global Security (the “Regulation S Global Exchange Agent”), and following such surrender, such Trustee or the Regulation S Global Exchange Agent (as authorized by the Trustee as an Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 614) shall

 

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(1) endorse the Regulation S Temporary Global Security to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Regulation S Permanent Global Security, (2) endorse the Regulation S Permanent Global Security to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such Regulation S Permanent Global Security, (4) subject to Section 303, deliver such Regulation S Permanent Global Security to the Depositary or its custodian for credit to the accounts at the relevant clearing system, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such Regulation S Temporary Global Security to the Depositary or its custodian, unless such Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall have been cancelled in accordance with Section 312 hereof; provided, however, that, such Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Regulation S Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the relevant clearing system as to the portion of such Regulation S Temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged for a Regulation S Permanent Global Security, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto of the relevant Depositary shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of such relevant Depositary, as being entitled to all or any portion of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security. An account holder desiring to effect the exchange of interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security for an interest in Regulation S Permanent Global Security shall instruct the relevant clearing system to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the relevant clearing system a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto. Until so exchanged, Securities in the form of a Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Securities in the form of a Regulation S Permanent Global Security, except that, only if so specified in the applicable Issuer Orders or Board Resolutions, no interest shall be payable pursuant to Section 310 hereof on any beneficial interest therein until such Securities are exchanged for Securities in the form of a Regulation S Permanent Global Security.

The delivery to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series or the Regulation S Global Exchange Agent by the relevant clearing system of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto may be relied upon by the Issuers and such Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the relevant clearing system pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

(d) With respect to Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F and G to this Indenture, the Issuers may, in their discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with Issuer Requests and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall a holder have the right to exchange a Registered Security for a Security in bearer form.

 

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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Issuers shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee for the Securities of each series a register (the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe (including, without limitation, such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to confirm compliance with applicable laws and regulations), the Issuers shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Trustee for the Securities of each series is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities of such series as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any particular series at the office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee for the Securities of that series shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of any authorized denominations, and of a like Stated Maturity and of a like series and aggregate principal amount and with like terms and conditions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Restricted Securities and beneficial interests therein shall only be transferred in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and only in accordance with Section 306.

In connection with the transfer or exchange of a Definitive IAI Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security, upon receipt by the Trustee of such Definitive IAI Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer in accordance with Section 306(a), the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive IAI Security and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the applicable Global Security to be increased accordingly. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount. The Trustee shall deliver copies of each certification and instruction received by it to the Depositary and, upon receipt thereof, the Securities Custodian shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Definitive IAI Security so transferred or exchanged.

In connection with the exchange of a portion of a Definitive IAI Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security, the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive IAI Security, and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to the transferring Holder a new Definitive IAI Security representing the principal amount not so transferred.

The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall deliver a written order given in

 

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accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Security or another Global Security and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Security and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred.

If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Security which is a Restricted Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security which is a Restricted Security, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.

Except as otherwise provided herein, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any particular series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of any authorized denominations, and of a like Stated Maturity and of a like series and aggregate principal amount and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee for such Securities shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 304, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities issued in the form of Definitive Securities, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment for that series, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Issuers (or to the Trustee for the Security in case of matured coupons in default) in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Issuers and such Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by

 

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coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on or after (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee for such Securities shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

If at any time the Depositary for Securities of a series in registered form notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 303, the Issuers shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities for such series. If (i) a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuers within 90 days after the Issuers receive such notice or become aware of such ineligibility or (ii) each Issuer delivers to the Trustee for Securities of such series in registered form an Issuer Order stating that the Securities of such series shall be exchangeable, the Issuers’ election pursuant to Section 301 shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities for such series and the Issuers will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order from each of the Issuers for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

The Issuers may at any time and in their sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuers will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order of each of the Issuers for the authentication and delivery of definitive Registered Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

If specified by the Issuers pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities in registered form, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series of like tenor

 

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and terms and in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuers and such Depositary. Thereupon the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 304, a beneficial interest in any Regulation S Temporary Global Security may not be exchanged for a Definitive Security prior to (x) the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Trustee of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.

Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Registered Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such Registered Security to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

An interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall not be exchanged for an interest in a Regulation S Permanent Global Security, nor shall any payment be made with respect to an interest held in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security, prior to (i) the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (ii) the receipt by the Trustee of the certification required herein (a) with respect to exchanges, pursuant to Section 304 or (b) only if so specified in the applicable Issuer Orders or Board Resolutions, with respect to payments, pursuant to the second to last paragraph of Section 310.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Issuers or the Trustee for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Security Registrar for such series duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

The Issuers shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1104 and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are

 

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issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption as a whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor; provided, however, that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption.

Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 305, the Issuers will not be required to exchange any Securities if, as a result of the exchange, the Issuers would or would be reasonably likely to suffer adverse consequences under any United States law or regulation.

SECTION 306. Additional Provisions Applicable to Transfer and Exchange of Restricted Securities.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of Rule 144A Securities or IAI Securities prior to the date which is one year after the later of the date of its original issue and the last date on which an Issuer or any Affiliate of an Issuer was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) other than transfers pursuant to an effective registration statement or a transfer in exchange for Exchange Securities as part of a registered exchange offer:

(A) a transfer of a Rule 144A Security or an IAI Security or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the representation of the transferee, in the form of an assignment on the reverse of the certificate, that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuers as such transferee has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A;

(B) a transfer of a Rule 144A Security or an IAI Security or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 307 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuers or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them; and

(C) a transfer of a Rule 144A Security or an IAI Security or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 308 from the proposed transferor and, if requested by the Issuers or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of a Regulation S Security prior to the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period and the issuance of a Regulation S Permanent Global Security other than transfers pursuant to an effective registration statement or a transfer in exchange for Exchange Securities as part of a registered exchange offer:

(A) a transfer of a Regulation S Security or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the representation of the transferee, in the form of assignment on the reverse of the certificate, that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuers as such transferee has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A;

(B) a transfer of a Regulation S Security or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 307 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuers or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them; and

(C) a transfer of a Regulation S Security or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Trustee or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 308 hereof from the proposed transferor and, if requested by the Issuers or the Trustee, receipt by the Trustee or its agent of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them.

After the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period, interests in a Regulation S Security may be transferred without requiring certification set forth in Section 307, Section 308 or any additional certification; provided that certification shall be required in the case of a transferee who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Global Security and, at any time, in the case of a transfer to an IAI, a certificate in the form set forth by Section 307 may be required by the Issuers.

(c) The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer setting forth the Resale Restriction Termination Date and the Regulation S Restricted Period.

The Securities Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 204 or this Section 306. The Issuers shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Securities Registrar.

SECTION 307. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors.

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[Trustee]

Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division

Dear Sirs:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $             principal amount of the              Notes due 20     (the “Securities”) of Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”) and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”).

Upon transfer, the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

Name:                                         

Address:                                     

Taxpayer ID Number:               

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $250,000 principal amount of the Securities, and we are acquiring the Securities not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our investment in the Securities and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business. We and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

2. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date which is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which an Issuer or any Affiliate of an Issuer was the owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Partnership or one of its affiliates, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” in each case in a minimum principal amount of Securities of $250,000 or (f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our

 

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property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuers and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Termination Date of the Securities pursuant to clauses (d), (e) or (f) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.

 

TRANSFEREE:  

 

BY  

 

Signature Medallion Guaranteed

SECTION 308. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S.

[Date]

[Trustee]

Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division

 

Re:   

Cellco Partnership and Verizon

Wireless Capital LLC (the “Issuers”)

            % Notes due 20     (the “Securities”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our proposed sale of $            aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(a) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

(b) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

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(c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

You and the Issuers are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,       
[Name of Transferor]       
By:                                                

 

      
Authorized Signature     Signature Medallion Guaranteed   

SECTION 309. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and Coupons.

If (i) any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee for such Security or the Issuers and the Trustee for a Security receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) there is delivered to the Issuers and such Trustee 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 Issuers or such Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuers shall execute and upon its request such Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for such mutilated Security, or in exchange for the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen) a new Security of the same series and in a like principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security or coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuers and the Trustee for such Security such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Issuers and such Trustee and any agent of any of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and the ownership thereof; provided, however, that the principal of (and premium, if any) and

 

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interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuers 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 all fees and expenses of the Trustee for such Security) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for any mutilated Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and each such new Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and each such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.

SECTION 310. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, if so provided in such Security, be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more predecessor securities thereof (the “Predecessor Securities”)) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made at the Corporate Trust Office (in the case of Bearer Securities, if the Corporate Trust Office is outside the United States) or, at the option of the Issuers (i) in the case of Registered Securities, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (ii) in the case of Bearer Securities, upon presentation and surrender of the appropriate coupon appertaining thereto at a place located outside the United States or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series in definitive form, whether having identical or different terms and provisions, having the same Interest Payment Dates will, at the option of the Issuers, be entitled to receive interest payments (in the case of Bearer Securities, if payment is made to an account outside the United States), other than at Maturity, by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee for the Securities of such series at least 15 days prior to the applicable

 

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Interest Payment Date. Any wire instructions received by the Trustee for the Securities of such series shall remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

Unless otherwise provided or contemplated by Section 301, interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to a permanent Global Security will be paid to each of Euroclear and Clearstream with respect to that portion of such permanent Global Security held for its account by the Depositary. Each of Euroclear and Clearstream will in such circumstances credit the interest received by it in respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.

Any interest on any Registered Security of any particular series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuers, at their election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of that series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee for the Registered Securities of such series in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of that series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuers, shall deposit with such Trustee an amount of money in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)), equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to such Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon such Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by such Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. Such Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of that series at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Such Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of that series (or their respective

 

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Predecessor Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2) The Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Registered Securities of any particular series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Registered Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice is given by the Issuers to the Trustee for the Securities of such series of the proposed manner of payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by such Trustee.

If so specified in the applicable Issuer Orders or Board Resolutions, a beneficial owner of an interest in Regulation S Temporary Global Securities may arrange to receive interest installments on such Regulation S Temporary Global Securities only after delivery by such beneficial owner to the relevant clearing system of a written certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, and upon delivery by the relevant clearing system to the Paying Agent of a certification or certifications substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto. In such case, no interest shall be paid to any beneficial owner and no interest shall be paid to the relevant Depositary of such beneficial owner’s interest in Regulation S Temporary Global Securities unless the relevant clearing system has provided a certification to the Paying Agent with respect to such interest.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 311. Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Issuers, the Trustee for such Security and any agent of the Issuers or such Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 310) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuers, such Trustee nor any agent of either of the Issuers or such Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Issuers, the Trustee for such Security and any agent of the Issuers or such Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and none of the Issuers, such Trustee nor any agent of either of the Issuers or such Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

SECTION 312. Cancellation.

All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or delivered in satisfaction of any sinking fund payment, shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee for such Securities, be delivered to such Trustee and, in the case of Registered Securities and matured coupons, shall be promptly cancelled by it. All Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons so delivered to the Trustee for such Securities shall be cancelled by such Trustee. An Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for Securities of a series for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which such Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by such Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, in the case of a series, all the Securities of which are not to be originally issued at one time, a Security of such series shall not be deemed to have been Outstanding at any time hereunder if and to the extent that, subsequent to the authentication and delivery thereof, such Security is delivered to the Trustee for such Security for cancellation by an Issuer or any agent thereof upon the failure of the original purchaser thereof to make payment therefor against delivery thereof, and any Security so delivered to such Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee for such Securities shall be disposed of by such Trustee in accordance with its standard procedures and a certificate of disposition evidencing such disposition of Securities and coupons shall be provided to the Issuers by such Trustee. In the case of any temporary Global Security, which shall be disposed of if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of disposition shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 304 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (or in the form of any substitute exhibit as provided in the last paragraph of Section 304), to be given by Euroclear or Clearstream, have been duly presented to the Trustee for such Securities by Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be. Permanent Global Securities shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for definitive Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

SECTION 313. Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any particular series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 314. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.

Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the following provisions shall apply:

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will be payable by the Issuers in Dollars based on the equivalent of that Foreign Currency or currency unit converted into Dollars in the manner described in paragraph (c) below.

(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Registered Securities of any series denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraph (d) below, to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Registered Securities in such Foreign Currency or currency unit by delivering to the Trustee (or to any duly appointed Paying Agent) for the Registered Securities of that series a written election, to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee (or to any such Paying Agent), not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in such Foreign Currency or currency unit, such election will remain in effect for such Holder until changed by such Holder by written notice to the Trustee (or to any such Paying Agent) for the Registered Securities of that series; provided, however, that any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date; and provided, further, that no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred, the Issuers have exercised any defeasance, satisfaction or discharge options pursuant to Article IV or notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Article XI. If any Holder makes any such election, such election will not be effective as to any transferee of such Holder and such transferee shall be paid in Dollars unless such transferee makes an election as specified above; provided, however, that such election, if in effect while funds are on deposit with respect to the Registered Securities of such series as described in Section 404 or Section 405, will be effective on any transferee of such Holder unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for such Registered Securities. Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee (or to any duly appointed Paying Agent) for the Registered Securities of such series not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in Dollars.

(c) With respect to any Registered Securities of any series denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit and payable in Dollars, the amount of Dollars so payable will be determined by the Currency Determination Agent based on the highest indicative quotation in The City of New York selected by the Currency Determination Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date. Such selection shall be made from among the quotations appearing on the bank composite or multi-contributor pages of the Reuters Monitor Foreign Exchange Service or, if not available, the Telerate Monitor Foreign Exchange Service, for three (or two if three are not available) major banks in New York City. The first three (or two) such banks selected by the Currency Determination Agent which are offering quotes on the Reuters Foreign Exchange Service, as the case may be, shall be used. If such quotations are unavailable from either such foreign exchange service, such selection shall be made from the quotations received by the Currency Determination Agent from no more than three nor less than two recognized foreign exchange dealers in The City of New York selected by the Currency Determination Agent and approved by the Issuers (one of which may be the Currency Determination Agent) for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for settlement on such payment date, of the aggregate amount of the Foreign Currency or currency unit payable on such payment date in respect of all Registered Securities

 

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denominated in such Foreign Currency or currency unit and for which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If fewer than two such bid quotations are available at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, such payment will be based on the Market Exchange Rate as of the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date. If the Market Exchange Rate for such date is not then available, payments shall be made in the Foreign Currency or currency unit. All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in Dollars on any such Registered Securities will be borne by the Holder thereof by deductions from such payment.

(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency or currency unit in which Registered Securities of any series are payable, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Registered Securities of that series occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency or currency unit was used, the Issuers may make such payment in Dollars. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Issuers to the Trustee for the Registered Securities of such series and by such Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Registered Securities of such series to the Holders of such Registered Securities with respect to such payment date shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate as of the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate, or as otherwise established pursuant to Section 301 with respect to such Securities. Any payment in respect of such Registered Security made under such circumstances in Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

(e) For purposes of this Indenture the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A “Component Currency” shall mean any currency which is a component currency of any currency unit.

“Election Date” shall mean, for the Registered Securities of any series, the date specified pursuant to Section 301(14).

(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 314, the following shall apply: (i) if the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the number of units of that currency as a component shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion, (ii) if two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of those currencies as components shall be replaced by an amount in such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such a single currency, (iii) if any Component Currency is divided into two or more currencies, the amount of that original Component Currency as a component shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies having an aggregate value on the date of division equal to the amount of the former Component Currency immediately before such division and (iv) in the event of an official redenomination of any currency (including, without limitation, a currency unit), the obligations of the Issuers to make payments in or with reference to such currency on the Registered Securities of any series shall, in all cases, be deemed immediately following such redenomination to be obligations to make payments in or with reference to that

 

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amount of redenominated currency representing the amount of such currency immediately before such redenomination.

(g) All determinations referred to in this Section 314 made by the Currency Determination Agent shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Holders of the applicable Securities. The Currency Determination Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Trustee for the Securities of such series of any such decision or determination. The Currency Determination Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Trustee of any such decision or determination. The Currency Determination Agent shall have no liability for any determinations referred to in this Section 314 made by it.

(h) The Trustee for the Securities of a particular series shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Issuers and the Currency Determination Agent with respect to any of the matters addressed in or contemplated by this Section 314 and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

SECTION 315. Appointment and Resignation of Currency Determination Agent.

(a) If and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a currency unit or a currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a currency unit or a currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Issuers shall maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, a Currency Determination Agent. The Issuers shall cause the Currency Determination Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and for the purpose of converting the issued currency or currency unit into the applicable payment currency or currency unit for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 314.

(b) No resignation of the Currency Determination Agent and no appointment of a successor Currency Determination Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Currency Determination Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Issuers and the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment executed by the successor Currency Determination Agent.

(c) If the Currency Determination Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Currency Determination Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuers, by a Board Resolution of each Issuer , shall promptly appoint a successor Currency Determination Agent or Currency Determination Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Currency Determination Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall only be one Currency Determination Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series).

 

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ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Issuers may, at the option of their respective Boards of Directors evidenced by an Issuer Resolution of each Issuer set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, at any time, with respect to the Securities of any series, elect to have either Section 402 or 403 be applied to all of the Outstanding Securities of that series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article IV.

SECTION 402. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 401 of the option applicable to this Section 402, the Issuers shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of the particular series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the Outstanding Securities of that series and the Securities of that series shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 406, Section 408 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in this Section 402, and to have satisfied all of their other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture and cured all then existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of the particular series and coupons, if any, of such series to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due or on the Redemption Date solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture; (b) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Securities concerning issuing temporary Securities of that series, or, where relevant, registration of such Securities, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of that series and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for Security payments held in trust; (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee for the Securities of that series, and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and (d) this Article IV and the obligations set forth in Section 406 hereof.

Subject to compliance with this Article IV, the Issuers may exercise their option under Section 402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 403 with respect to the Securities of a particular series.

SECTION 403. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 401 of the option applicable to this Section 403, the Issuers shall be released from any obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 704, 801 and 1004 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Securities of the particular series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of that series shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of

 

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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 Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of that series, the Issuers 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 Event of Default under subsection 501(3) but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of that series shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 404. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 402 or Section 403 to the outstanding Securities of a particular series:

(a) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit, or cause to be irrevocably deposited, with the Trustee for the Securities of that series, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, cash in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of that series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of that series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d), in which case the deposit to be made with respect to Securities for which an election has occurred pursuant to Section 314(b), or a Conversion Event has occurred as provided in Section 314(d), shall be made in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of that series are payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event), Government Obligations or a combination thereof in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, due on the outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons at the Stated Maturity, or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, with respect to the outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons;

(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to such Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (1) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (2) since the Issue Date, 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 in the United States shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities 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;

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the Outstanding Securities 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 such 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;

(d) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and no Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(5) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date;

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument to which either of the Issuers is a party or by which either of the Issuers is bound;

(f) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel in the United States (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, as the case may be, have been complied with.

SECTION 405. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Securities of any particular series issued hereunder when either (i) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (except (A) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (B) lost, stolen or destroyed Securities or coupons of such series which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 309, (C) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender is not required as provided in Section 1106 and (D) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series for cancellation or (ii) (A) all Securities of that series and any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to Trustee for cancellation are due and payable by their terms within one year or have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption and the Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount of cash in any combination of currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d), in which case the deposit to be made with respect to Securities for which an election has occurred pursuant to Section 314(b) or a Conversion Event has occurred as provided in Section 314(d), shall be made in the currency or currency unit in which such Securities are payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and

 

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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (B) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and no Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(5) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date; (C) the Issuers have paid, or caused to be paid, all sums payable by them under this Indenture; and (D) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee for the Securities of that series under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Securities and coupons at the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be. In addition, the Issuers must deliver an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee for the Securities of that series stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

SECTION 406. Survival of Certain Obligations.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and of the Securities of a particular series referred to in Sections 401, 402, 404, or 405, the respective obligations of the Issuers and the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series under Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 310, 312, 407, 408, 409, 410, and 508, Article VI, and Sections 701, 702, 1002, 1003 and 1006, shall survive with respect to Securities of that series until the Securities of that series are no longer outstanding, and thereafter the obligations of the Issuers and the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series with respect to that series under Sections 407, 408, 409, and 410 shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article IV shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee of any series of Securities under this Indenture.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 404 or 405 with respect to all the Securities of any series not payable in Dollars, upon the happening of any Conversion Event the Issuers shall be obligated to make the payments in Dollars required by Section 314(d) to the extent that the Trustee is unable to convert any Foreign Currency or currency unit in its possession pursuant to Sections 404 or 405 into the Dollar equivalent of such Foreign Currency or currency unit, as the case may be. If, after the deposits referred to in Sections 404 or 405 have been made, (x) the Holder of a Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 314(b) to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Sections 404 or 405 was made, or (y) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 314(d), then the indebtedness represented by such Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that the deposit made with respect to such Security shall be converted into the currency or currency unit in which such Security is payable. The Trustee shall return to the Issuers any non-converted funds or securities in its possession after such payments have been made.

SECTION 407. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee.

Subject to Section 410, after (i) the conditions of Section 404 or 405 have been satisfied with respect to the Securities of a particular series, (ii) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuers and (iii) the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee for the Securities of that

 

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series upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of all of the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in this Article IV.

SECTION 408. Application of Trust Moneys.

All money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series pursuant to Section 404 or 405 in respect of the Securities of that series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the Securities and all related coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 404 or 405 with respect to the Securities of that series or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Securities of that series.

SECTION 409. Repayment to the Issuers; Unclaimed Money.

The Trustee and any Paying Agent for a series of Securities shall promptly pay or return to the Issuers upon receipt of an Issuer Order executed by each Issuer any cash or Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities and all related coupons for Securities of that series for which cash or Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 404 or 405.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Securities of any series, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security of any particular series and all related coupons appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Partnership on an Issuer Request by each Issuer, or (if then held by either Issuer) shall be discharged from such trusts; and the Holder of such Security and all related coupons shall, thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of such Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustees thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that such Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment may give written notice to the Holder of such Security in the manner set forth in Section 106, that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuers, as the case may be.

 

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SECTION 410. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent for a series of Securities is unable to apply any cash or Government Obligations, as applicable, in accordance with Section 402, 403, 404 or 405 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of that series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 402, 403, 404 or 405 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent for that series is permitted to apply all such cash or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 402, 403, 404 or 405; provided, however, that if the Issuers have made any payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Securities and any related coupons because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities and such coupons to receive such payment from the cash or Government Obligations, as applicable, held by such Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

SECTION 501. Events of Default.

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities means any one of the following events and such other events as may be established with respect to the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 301 (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Security of that series and any related coupon when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days (the term “interest” shall include any amounts of additional interest due under any registration rights or similar agreements with respect to any series of Securities, as authorized by the applicable Board Resolutions under which such series is issued as contemplated by Section 301); or

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity or default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or

(3) default in the performance of, or breach of, any covenant or warranty of the Issuers in respect of any Security of that series contained in this Indenture or in such Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) or in the applicable Board Resolutions or Issuer Orders under which such series is issued as contemplated by Section 301 and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuers by the Trustee for the

 

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Securities of such series or to the Issuers and such Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) the Partnership shall commence any case or proceeding seeking to have an order for relief entered on its behalf as debtor or to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent or seeking reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, arrangement, composition or readjustment of its debts or any other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement, composition, readjustment of debt or other similar act or law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, now or hereafter existing; or the Partnership shall apply for a receiver, custodian or trustee (other than any trustee appointed as a mortgagee or secured party in connection with the issuance of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Partnership) of it or for all or a substantial part of its property; or the Partnership shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Partnership shall take any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

(5) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Partnership with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official of the Partnership or any substantial part of its property; and such case or other proceeding (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or a similar order against the Partnership or (B) shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(6) any other Event of Default provided in the Security or the Board Resolutions with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to any particular series of Securities and any related coupons occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case either the Trustee for the Securities of such series or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the entire principal amount (or, in the case of (i) OID Securities, such lesser amount as may be provided for in the terms of that series or (ii) Indexed Securities, the amount determined in accordance with the specified terms of those Securities) of all the Securities of that series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuers (and to such Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration of acceleration such principal or such lesser amount, as the case may be, together with accrued interest and all other amounts owing hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Issuers and such Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(1) the Issuers have paid or deposited with such Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)):

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series and any related coupons;

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon from the date such principal became due at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by the Securities of such series (or, in the case of (i) OID Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity or (ii) Indexed Securities, the rate determined in accordance with the specified terms of those Securities), to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable;

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by the Securities of such series (or, in the case of (i) OID Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity or (ii) Indexed Securities, the rate determined in accordance with the specified terms of those Securities); and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by such Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due to such Trustee under Section 607; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series which has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Issuers covenant that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest upon any Security of any series and any related coupons when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 90 days; or

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the Issuers will, upon demand of the Trustee for the Securities of such series, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium if any) and interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by such Securities (or, in the case of (i) OID Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity or (ii) Indexed Securities, the rate determined in accordance with the specified terms of those Securities); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due to such Trustee under Section 607.

If the Issuers fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, such Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding against the Issuers for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any particular series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee for the Securities of such series may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of that series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as such Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to either of the Issuers or any other obligor upon the Securities of any series or the property of either of the Issuers or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee for the Securities of such series (irrespective of whether the principal (or, if the Securities of such series are (i) OID Securities or (ii) Indexed Securities, such amount as may be due and payable with respect to such Securities pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 502) of any Security of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Trustee shall have made any demand on either of the Issuers for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise.

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Securities of such series are (i) OID Securities or (ii) Indexed Securities, such amount as may be due and payable with respect to such Securities pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 502) (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of such series and any related coupons and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or

 

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advisable in order to have the claims of such Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due to such Trustee under Section 607) and of the Holders of the Securities of such series and any related coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding;

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and

(iii) unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of such series in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar functions;

and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities and coupons to make such payments to such Trustee, and in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Securities and coupons, to pay to such Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due such Trustee under Section 607.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee for the Securities of any series to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee for the Securities or coupons of any series to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding, except as aforesaid, for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar functions.

SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee for the Securities of any series without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons of such series or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by such Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due to such Trustee under Section 607, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee for the Securities of any series pursuant to this Article with respect to the Securities or coupons of such series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by such Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons of such series, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due such Trustee under Section 607;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and coupons of such series for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.

SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any particular series or any related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(1) an Event of Default with respect to that series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee for the Securities of such series of such default and the continuance thereof;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee for the Securities of such series to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to such Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) such Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and Offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to such Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of that series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of that series, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Securities of that series.

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal (and Premium, if any) and Interest, if any.

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on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee for the Securities of any series or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Issuers, such Trustee and the Holders of Securities or coupons shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 309, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee for the Securities of any series or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee for the Securities of any series or of any Holder of any Security of such series to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to such Trustee for the Securities or coupons of any series or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by such Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 512. Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any particular series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee for the Securities of such series with respect to the Securities of that series or exercising any trust or power conferred on such Trustee with respect to such Securities, provided that:

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(2) such Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by such Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any particular series and any related coupons may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series waive any past default hereunder with respect to that series and its consequences, except:

(1) a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of that series; or

(2) a default with respect to a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of that series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for the Securities or coupons of any series for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by (i) the Issuers or (ii) the Trustee for the Securities of any series, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any particular series or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or the payment of any coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

Each of the Issuers covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Issuers (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power

 

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herein granted to the Trustee for any series of Securities, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

SECTION 516. Judgment Currency.

If, for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect to any obligation of the Issuers hereunder or under any Security or any related coupon, it shall become necessary to convert into any other currency or currency unit any amount in the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or coupon, then such conversion shall be made by the Currency Determination Agent at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of entry of the judgment (the “Judgment Date”). If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date (the “Substitute Date”) other than the Judgment Date and there shall occur a change between the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Substitute Date, the Issuers agree to pay such additional amounts, if any, as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other currency or currency unit which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date, is the amount due hereunder or under such Security or coupon. Any amount due from the Issuers under this Section 516 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Security or coupon. In no event, however, shall the Issuers be required to pay more in the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or coupon at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date than the amount of currency or currency unit stated to be due hereunder or under such Security or coupon so that in any event the Issuers’ obligations hereunder or under such Security or coupon will be effectively maintained as obligations in such currency or currency unit, and the Issuers shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion on the Substitute Date over the amount due and payable on the Judgment Date.

ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which the Trustee is serving as such,

(1) such Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against such Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, such Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to such Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to such Trustee, such

 

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Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to a series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee for the Securities of such series shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

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

(3) such Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any particular series, determined as provided in Section 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to such Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon such Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series; and

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

(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 for any series of Securities shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Securities of any particular series, the Trustee for the Securities of such series shall give to Holders of Securities of that series, in the manner set forth in Section 106, notice of such default known to such Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of that series, or in the deposit of any sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of that series, such Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or

 

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Responsible Officers of such Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of that series and related coupons; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(3) with respect to Securities of that series no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 601:

(a) the Trustee for any series of Security may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, discretion, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of an Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order of such Issuer and any action of the Board of Directors of an Issuer may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of such Issuer;

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

(d) such Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) such Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture for which it is acting as Trustee, unless such Holders shall have offered to such Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) such 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, discretion, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but such Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters at it may see fit, and, if such Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney; and

 

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(g) such Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and such Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication thereof, and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Issuers, and neither the Trustee for any series of Securities, nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee for any series of Securities makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities of any series or coupons. Neither the Trustee for any series of Securities nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuers of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.

The Trustee for any series of Securities, any Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other agent of either of the Issuers or such Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not such Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee for any series of Securities in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except as provided in Section 115 and except to the extent required by law. The Trustee for any series of Securities shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Issuers.

SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Issuers jointly and severally agree:

(1) to pay to the Trustee for any series of Securities from time to time reasonable compensation in Dollars for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee for any series of Securities in Dollars upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by such Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith; and

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faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuers under this Section the Trustee for any series of Securities shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by such Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities.

SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

The Trustee for the Securities shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of time required thereby. Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. In determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded Securities of any particular series of Securities other than that series.

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Different Trustees for Different Series; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be

(i) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, or

(ii) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a rule, regulation, or other order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustee, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. None of the Issuers or any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under the common control of the Issuers shall serve as Trustee for the Securities. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereunder specified in this Article.

 

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SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee for the Securities of any series and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee for the Securities of any series may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of such series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuers. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of such series within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee for the Securities of any series may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of such series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to such Trustee and to the Issuers.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee for the Securities of any series shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 608 hereof after written request therefor by the Issuers or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, or

(2) such Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuers or by any such Holder, or

(3) such Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of such Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of such Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Issuers by a Board Resolution of each Issuer may remove such Trustee or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee for the Securities of any series shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for the Securities of any series for any cause, the Issuers, by a Board Resolution of each Issuer, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Issuers and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in

 

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accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee for the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuers. If no successor Trustee for the Securities of such series shall have been so appointed by the Issuers or the Holders and shall have accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, and if such Trustee is still incapable of acting, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f) The Issuers shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) Every such successor Trustee appointed hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuers and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuers or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuers, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall

 

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become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of either of the Issuers or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuers shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in Subsections (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

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

SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee for the Securities of any series may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for such series then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee or Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee or successor Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Securities.

SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers.

The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated.

SECTION 614. Authenticating Agents.

From time to time the Trustee for the Securities of any series may, in its sole discretion, appoint one or more Authenticating Agents with respect to the Securities of such series, which may include either of the Issuers or any Affiliate of either of the Issuers, with power to act on the Trustee’s behalf and subject to its discretion in the authentication and delivery of Securities of such series in connection with transfers and exchanges under Sections 304, 305, 306 and 1107 as fully to all intents and purposes as though such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections of this Indenture to authenticate and deliver Securities of such series. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Securities of such

 

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series by an Authenticating Agent for such Securities pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Securities “by the Trustee” for the Securities of such series. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.

Any Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Issuers. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuers in the manner set forth in Section 105. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Issuers and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Trustee for the Securities of each series agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and such Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to Section 607.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series of Securities is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certification of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

“This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.”

 

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ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, ISSUERS

SECTION 701. Issuers to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

With respect to each particular series of Securities, the Issuers will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee for the Securities of such series,

(a) semiannually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date relating to that series (or, if there is no Regular Record Date relating to that series, on June 30 and December 31), a list, in such form as such Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the information in the possession or control of the Issuers or any of their Paying Agents other than such Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of that series as of such dates,

(b) on semi-annual dates on each year to be determined pursuant to Section 301 if the Securities of such series do not bear interest, a list of similar form and content, and

(c) at such other times as such Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuers of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by such Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar for the Securities of such series, if so acting.

SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

(a) The Trustee for each series of Securities shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of the Securities of such series contained in the most recent lists furnished to such Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders of the Securities of such series received by such Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar for such series, if so acting. The Trustee for each series of Securities may destroy any list relating to such series of Securities furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list relating to such series so furnished.

(b) If three or more Holders of Securities of any particular series (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee for the Securities of any such series, and furnish to such Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of that series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of that series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities of that series

 

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and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then such Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by such Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of that series whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by such Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.

If any such Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to that information, such Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder of Securities of that series whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by such Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to such Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, such Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of such Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of that series or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, such Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise such Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

(c) Every Holder of Securities of each series or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuers and the Trustee for the Securities of such series that none of the Issuers nor such Trustee, nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).

SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.

(a) If required by applicable law, within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Trustee for the Securities of each series shall mail to each Holder of the Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 704(3), a brief reported dated as of such date that

 

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complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee for the Securities of each series shall also comply with Sections 313(b), 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) At the time that the Trustee for the Securities of each series mails such a report to the Holders of Securities of such series, each such Trustee shall file a copy of that report with the Commission and with each stock exchange on which the Securities of that series are listed. The Issuers shall provide notice to the appropriate Trustee when the Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 704. Reports by the Issuers.

The Issuers will:

(1) file with the Trustee for the Securities of such series, within 15 days after an Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which such Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if an Issuer is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then they will file with such Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;

(2) file with the Trustee for the Securities of such series and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuers with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;

(3) transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of each series within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee for the Securities of such series, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuers, as the case may be, pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and

(4) deliver to the Trustee, on or before April 15 in each year, an Officer’s Certificate signed by at least one of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of such entity, stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signers thereof the applicable Issuer is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if such Issuer shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which the signers may have knowledge.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER

SECTION 801. Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a) The Partnership shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Partnership shall not permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge into it or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to it, unless:

(1) the Partnership is the surviving Person or the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Partnership is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Partnership substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee for each series of Securities, in form reasonably satisfactory to each such Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (including all additional amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Sections 516 or 1006), on all the Securities and any related coupons and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Partnership to be performed or observed;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities, shall have happened and be continuing;

(3) the Partnership has delivered to the Trustee for each series of Securities an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with; and

(4) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Partnership would become subject to any Mortgage which would not be permitted by Section 1004 without equally and ratably securing the Securities as provided therein, the Partnership or such successor corporation or Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby pursuant to Section 1004.

(b) Capital may not consolidate with, merge with or into any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into it unless:

(1) concurrently therewith, a limited liability company Subsidiary of the Partnership (which may be Capital or the successor person of such transaction) expressly assumes all of the obligations of Capital under the Securities of each series and the Indenture; or

 

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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, at least one obligor on the securities of each series is a limited liability company.

SECTION 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation of an Issuer with, or merger of an Issuer into, any other Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Partnership substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Issuer is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the applicable Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the applicable Issuer herein and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities, and any related coupons and, in the event of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, the applicable Issuer, as the predecessor Person, may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up, or liquidated.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Issuers, when authorized by a Board Resolution of each Issuer and the Trustee for the Securities of any or all series, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to either of the Issuers, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of such Issuer herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to add to the covenants of the Issuers, for the benefit of the Holders of all or any particular series of Securities and any related coupons (and, if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers; or

(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to any or all series of Securities (and, if any such Event of Default applies to fewer than all series of Securities, stating each series to which such Event of Default applies); or

(4) to add to or to change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations, to provide for the issuance of uncertificated Securities of any

 

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series in addition to or in place of any certificated Securities and to make all appropriate changes for such purposes; provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or

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

(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder of a Trustee other than U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for a series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 609; or

(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(8) to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, form, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth, other conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed; or

(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 401; provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or

(10) to add to or change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to qualify the Indenture under, or in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; or

(11) to issue and establish the form and terms of any series of Securities; or

(12) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee for the Securities of any series or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any particular series in any material respect.

 

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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

The Issuers, when authorized by a Board Resolution of each Issuer, and the Trustee for the Securities of any or all series may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture, but only with the consent of the Holders of more than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities then Outstanding affected thereby, in each case by Act of said Holders of Securities of each such series delivered to the Issuers and the Trustee for Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, if any (or, in the case of OID Securities, reduce the rate of accretion of original issue discount), or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Issuers to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 1006 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)) or reduce the amount of the principal of an OID Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, or provable in bankruptcy, or, in the case of Indexed Securities, reduce the amount payable in accordance with the terms of those Securities upon a declaration of acceleration of Maturity thereof, or provable in bankruptcy, pursuant to Section 502, or change the Place of Payment, or the currency or currency unit in which any Security or the principal or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or impair any right of Holders of Securities hereunder to require the Issuers to repay or purchase Securities at their option; or reduce or alter the method of computation of any amount payable upon redemption, repayment or purchase of any Securities by the Issuers (or the time when such redemption, repayment or purchase may be made); or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any particular series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513 or 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security or coupon with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 609, 61l(b), 901(6) and 901(7).

 

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee for any series of Securities shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee for any series of Securities may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects such Trustee’s own rights, liabilities, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any particular series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee for the Securities of such series, bear a notation in form approved by such Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuers shall so determine, new Securities of any series and any related coupons so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee for the Securities of such series and the Board of Directors of each Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuers and such Securities may be authenticated and delivered by such Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series and any related coupons.

 

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ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal (and Premium, if any) and Interest, if any.

The Issuers jointly and severally agree, for the benefit of each particular series of Securities, that they will duly and punctually pay in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on that series of Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. The interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary or permanent Global Security, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Security, shall be payable, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1006, only upon presentation of such Security to the Trustee thereof for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities the Issuers will maintain in each Place of Payment for that series an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers with respect to the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Issuers will maintain (A) an office or agency (which may be the same office or agency) in a Place of Payment for that series in the United States where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Issuers will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or

 

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upon the Issuers in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee for the Securities of that series of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee for the Securities of that series with the address thereof, such presentations (to the extent permitted by law), and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of such Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the Security, and the Issuers hereby appoint the same as their agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

No payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Issuers or at any office of a paying agent (including the Paying Agent and the Trustee) in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States. Payments will not be made in respect of Bearer Securities or coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to presentation to the Issuers or their designated Paying Agents within the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Bearer Security denominated and payable in Dollars will be made at the office of the Issuers’ Paying Agent in the United States, if, and only if, payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for that purpose by the Issuers in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions and the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.

The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Place of Payment, but in the case of Bearer Securities only, outside the United States) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all of the purposes specified above in this Section and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligations to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for such purpose. The Issuers will give prompt written notice to the Trustee for the Securities of each series so affected of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such office or agency.

If and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Issuers will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, a Currency Determination Agent.

SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust.

If any Issuer shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any particular series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to

 

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Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee for the Securities of such series of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Issuers shall have one or more Paying Agents for any particular series of Securities and any related coupons, they will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent for the Securities of such series a sum (in the currency or currency unit described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee for the Securities of such series) the Issuers will promptly notify such Trustee of their action or failure so to act.

The Issuers will cause each Paying Agent for any particular series of Securities other than the Trustee for the Securities of such series to execute and deliver to such Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with such Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give such Trustee notice of any default by the Issuers (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (or premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of that series; and

(3) at any time during the continuation of any such default, upon the written request of such Trustee, forthwith pay to such Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by an Issuer Order of each Issuer direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee for the Securities of any series all sums held in trust by the Issuers or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by such Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuers or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to such Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

SECTION 1004. Lien on Assets.

If at any time the Partnership mortgages, pledges or otherwise subjects to any lien the whole or any part of any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except as hereinafter provided in this Section 1004, the Partnership will secure the then-Outstanding Securities, and any other obligations of the Partnership which may then be outstanding and entitled to the benefit of a covenant similar in effect to this covenant, equally and ratably with the

 

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indebtedness or obligations secured by such mortgage, pledge or lien, for as long as any such indebtedness or obligation is so secured. The foregoing covenant does not apply to the creation, extension, renewal or refunding of purchase-money mortgages or liens or other liens to which any property or asset acquired by the Partnership is subject as of the date of its acquisition by the Partnership; or to the making of any deposit or pledge to secure public or statutory obligations or with any governmental agency at any time required by law in order to qualify the Partnership to conduct its business or any part thereof or in order to entitle it to maintain self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any law relating to workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security; or with any court, board, commission or governmental agency as security incident to the proper conduct of any proceeding before it. Nothing contained in this Indenture prevents an Affiliate, including without limitation Capital, from mortgaging, pledging or subjecting to any lien any property or assets, whether or not acquired by such Affiliate from the Partnership.

SECTION 1005. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Issuers may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 1004, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities affected by the omission shall, in each case by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuers and the duties of the Trustee for the Securities of each series with respect to any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 1006. Payment of Additional Amounts.

If specified pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Section 1006 shall be applicable to Securities of any series.

The Issuers will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay to the Holder of any Security or coupon who is a United States Alien such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment on such Security or coupon, after deduction or withholding by the Issuers or any of their Paying Agents for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in such Security or in such coupon to be then due and payable. However, the Issuers will not be required to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:

(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settler or beneficiary of, or a person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or

 

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having been a citizen, resident or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been engaged in trade or business or present therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein, or (ii) such Holder’s present or former status as a personal holding company, foreign personal holding company, controlled foreign corporation or passive foreign investment company with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;

(b) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been so imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of such Security or coupon for payment on a date more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(c) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment in respect of any Security or coupon, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other Paying Agent;

(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments in respect of such Security or coupon;

(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder of a Security or coupon that actually or constructively owns 10 percent or more of the capital or profits of the Partnership entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code or that is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Issuers through equity ownership;

(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed as a result of the failure to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Security or coupon, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States, as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed with respect to payments on any Registered Security by reason of the failure of the Holder to fulfill the statement requirement of Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code; or

(i) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h);

nor will additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment on any such Security or coupon to a Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) to be included in the income for federal income tax purposes of a beneficiary or settler with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to payment of the additional amounts had beneficiary, settler, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of such Security or coupon.

 

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The term “United States Alien” means any corporation, partnership, individual or fiduciary that is, as to the United States, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a nonresident fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, as to the United States, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual or a nonresident fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.

Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security or payment with respect to any coupon of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in the terms of such Securities and this Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts as contemplated by Section 301(20), at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officer’s Certificates, the Issuers will furnish the Trustee for that series of Securities and the Issuers’ principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than such Trustee, with an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer instructing such Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge referred to above or described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officer’s Certificates shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons and the Issuers will pay to the Trustee for such series of Securities or such Paying Agent such additional amounts as may be required pursuant to the terms applicable to such series. The Issuers jointly and severally covenant to indemnify the Trustee for such series of Securities and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 1006.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1101. Applicability of This Article.

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if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.

SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Issuers to redeem any Securities of any series shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Issuer Order of each Issuer. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuers of less than all of the Securities of any particular series, the Issuers shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuers (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee for the Securities of such series) notify such Trustee by an Issuer Request of each Issuer of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed and shall deliver to such Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable such Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities of any series prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Issuers shall furnish the Trustee for Securities of such series with an Officer’s Certificate of each Issuer evidencing compliance with such restriction.

SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Issuers may select the series to be redeemed, and if less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of that series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee for the Securities of such series, from the Outstanding Securities of that series not previously called for redemption, by such method as such Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series, or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of that series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series pursuant to Section 302 in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are denominated.

The Trustee for the Securities of any series to be redeemed shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 not later than the thirtieth day and not earlier than the sixtieth day prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

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(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of a particular series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, including the CUSIP number of such Securities,

(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest thereon, if any (or in the case of OID Securities, original issue discount), shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

(5) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,

(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price or security or indemnity satisfactory to the Issuers, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished, and

(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Issuers, on which such exchanges may be made.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuers shall be given by the Issuers or, at the Issuers’ request, by the Trustee for such Securities in the name and at the expense of the Issuers.

SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to the opening of business on any Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee for the Securities to be redeemed or with a Paying Agent for such Securities (or, if the Issuers are acting as their own Paying Agent for such Securities, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such Series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)) sufficient to pay the principal amount of (and premium, if any, thereon), and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

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SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)) and from and after such date (unless the Issuers shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security or specified portions thereof shall be paid by the Issuers at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest, and provided, further, that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 310.

If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Issuers if there is furnished to the Issuers, the Trustee for such Security and any Paying Agent such security or indemnity as they may require to save the Issuers, such Trustee and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to such Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof (and premium, if any, thereon) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at a rate per annum equal to the rate borne by the Security (or, in the case of (i) OID Securities, the Security’s Yield to Maturity or (ii) Indexed Securities, the rate determined in accordance with the specified terms of those Securities).

SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

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endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuers shall execute and such Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, of the same series and having the same terms and provisions and in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Registered Security so surrendered.

SECTION 1108. Tax Redemption; Special Tax Redemption.

(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, Securities of any series may be redeemed at the option of the Issuers in whole, but not in part, on not more than 60 days’ and not less than 30 days’ notice, on any Redemption Date at the Redemption Price specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Issuers determine that (A) as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official position regarding application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after a date specified in Section 301 with respect to any Security of such series, the Issuers have or will become obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 1006 with respect to any Security of such series or (B) on or after a date specified in Section 301 with respect to any Security of such series, any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in (A) above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to the Issuers, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the Opinion of Counsel to the Issuers will result in a material probability that the Issuers will become obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 1006 with respect to any Security of such series, and (C) in any such case specified in (A) or (B) above each of the Issuers, in its business judgment, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Issuers.

(b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Issuers shall determine that any payment made outside the United States by the Issuers or any of their Paying Agents of principal or interest due in respect of any Bearer Security (an “Affected Security”) of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States, be subject to any certification, information or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Issuers, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity (as distinguished from, for example, status as a United States Alien) of a beneficial owner of such Affected Security of such series or coupon that is a United States Alien (other than such a requirement that (i) would not be applicable to a payment made by the Issuers or any one of their Paying Agents (A) directly to the beneficial owner or (B) to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, (ii) can be satisfied by such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided that, in each case referred to in clauses (i)(B) or (ii), payment by such custodian, nominee or other agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise

 

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subject to any such requirement (other than a requirement which is imposed on a custodian, nominee or other agent described in item (iv) of this sentence), (iii) would not be applicable to a payment made by at least one other Paying Agent of the Issuers or (iv) is applicable to a payment to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner of such Security who is a United States person (as hereinafter defined), a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes, a foreign person 50 percent or more of the gross income of which for the three-year period ending with the close of its taxable year preceding the year of payment is effectively connected with a United States trade or business, or is otherwise related to the United States), the Issuers shall elect by notice to the Trustee for such series of Securities either (x) to redeem the Affected Securities of such series, as a whole, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, or (y) if the conditions of the next succeeding paragraph are satisfied, to pay the additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Issuers shall make such determination and election as soon as practicable and give prompt notice thereof (the “Determination Notice”) in the manner described in Section 106 stating the effective date of such certification, information or reporting requirement, whether the Issuers have elected to redeem the Affected Securities of such series or to pay the additional amounts specified in the next succeeding paragraph, and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Affected Securities of such series must take place, as provided in the next succeeding sentence. If the Issuers elect to redeem the Affected Securities of such series, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after the giving of the Determination Notice, as the Issuers shall specify by notice to such Trustee given not less than 45 nor more than 75 days before the Redemption Date. Notice of such redemption of the Affected Securities of such series shall be given to the Holders thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers shall not so redeem the Affected Securities of such series if the Issuers shall subsequently determine by notice to the Trustee, not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, that subsequent payments on the Affected Securities of such series would not be subject to any such certification, information or other reporting requirement, in which case the Issuers shall give prompt notice of such subsequent determination in the manner specified in Section 106 and any earlier redemption notice shall be revoked and be of no further effect. The right of the Holders of Affected Securities called for redemption to exchange such Affected Securities for Registered Securities (which Registered Securities will remain Outstanding following such redemption) will terminate on the fifteenth day prior to the Redemption Date, and no further exchanges of Affected Securities for Registered Securities shall be permitted unless the Issuers shall have made the subsequent determination and given the notice referred to in the preceding sentence. As used hereinabove, “United States person” means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

If and so long as the certification, information or other reporting requirement referred to in the preceding paragraph would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Issuers may elect by notice to the Trustee to pay such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made outside the United States following the effective date of such requirement by the Issuers or any of their Paying Agents of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, due in respect of any Affected Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto to a Holder who certifies that the

 

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beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Issuers, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup withholding tax or similar charge that (i) is the result of a certification, information or other reporting requirement described in the third parenthetical clause of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph or (ii) is imposed as a result of presentation of any such Affected Security or such coupon for payment more than 10 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will not be less than the amount provided in such Affected Security or such coupon to be then due and payable. In the event the Issuers elect to pay such additional amounts (the Issuers’ election to exercise such right to be evidenced by prompt notice to the Trustee for the Securities of the appropriate series), the Issuers will have the right, at their sole option, at any time, to redeem the Affected Securities of such series as a whole, but not in part, at the Redemption Price, subject to the provisions of the last four sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph. If the Issuers have made the determination described in the preceding paragraph with respect to certification, information or other reporting requirements applicable only to interest and subsequently makes a determination in the manner and of the nature referred to in such preceding paragraph with respect to such requirements applicable to principal, the Issuers will redeem the Affected Securities of such series in the manner and on the terms described in the preceding paragraph unless the Issuers elect to have the provisions of this paragraph apply rather than the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. If in such circumstances the Affected Securities of such series are to be redeemed, the Issuers shall have no obligation to pay additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph with respect to principal (or premium, if any) or interest accrued and unpaid after the date of the notice of such determination indicating such redemption, but will be obligated to pay such additional amounts with respect to interest accrued and unpaid to the date of such determination. If the Issuers elect to pay additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph and the condition specified in the first sentence of this paragraph should no longer be satisfied, then the Issuers shall promptly redeem the Affected Securities of such series in whole, but not in part, at the Redemption Price subject to the provisions of the last four sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph. If the Issuers elect to, or are required to, redeem the Affected Securities of such series pursuant to this paragraph, they shall publish in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 106 prompt notice thereof. If the Affected Securities of such series are to be redeemed pursuant to this paragraph, the redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the notice of redemption, as the Issuers shall specify by notice to the Trustee for such series of Securities at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. Any redemption payments made by the Issuers pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the continuing obligation of the Issuers to pay additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph.

 

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ARTICLE XII

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1201. Applicability of This Article.

Redemption of Securities through operation of a sinking fund as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any particular series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any particular series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any particular series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any particular series as provided for by the terms of Securities of that series.

SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities.

The Issuers (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Issuers pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee for such Securities at the principal amount thereof and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any particular series of Securities, each of the Issuers will deliver to the Trustee for the Securities of such series an Officer’s Certificate of such Issuer specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of that series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of that series and except as provided in Sections 314(b) and 314(d)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and shall state the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited and will also deliver to such Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Such

 

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Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Issuers in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

ARTICLE XIII

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee for any series of Securities that includes Bearer Securities, may at any time call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, as such Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of such series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuers, pursuant to a Board Resolution of each Issuer, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any such series shall have requested the Trustee for any such series to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and such Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuers or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.

SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons

 

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entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee for such series and its counsel and any representatives of the Issuers and their counsel.

SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action.

The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Subject to Section 1305(d), notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly that Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.

Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage which is less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series of Securities that includes Bearer Securities may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by

 

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having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.

(b) The Trustee for any series of Securities that includes Bearer Securities shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuers or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Issuers or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series held or represented by him as determined in accordance with Section 115; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuers and another to the Trustee for such series of Securities to be preserved by such Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of November 21, 2008.

 

     

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

      Issuer

      By:  

/s/ John Townsend

      Name:   John Townsend
      Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Attest:        

/s/ Karen M. Shipman

     
Name:   Karen M. Shipman      
Title:   Assistant Secretary      
     

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

      Issuer

      By:  

/s/ John Townsend

      Name:   John Townsend
      Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Attest:        

/s/ Karen M. Shipman

     
Name:   Karen M. Shipman      
Title:   Assistant Secretary      
      U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
      By:  

/s/ Constantine Hromych

      Name:   Constantine Hromych
      Title:   Vice President
Attest:        

/s/ Ralph Jones

     
Title:   Vice President      

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED TO EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER OF SECURITIES IN BEARER FORM, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A DEFINITIVE SECURITY IN BEARER FORM IN EXCHANGE FOR AN INTEREST IN A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM OR TO EXCHANGE AN INTEREST IN A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM FOR AN INTEREST IN A PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM ]

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

[Insert title or description of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and                                 , as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This is to certify that as of the date hereof [and except as provided in the fourth paragraph hereof]*, $             principal amount of the above-captioned Securities represented by a temporary Global Security (the “temporary Global Security”) held by you for our account is:

(i) beneficially owned by persons that are not United States persons (as defined below);

(ii) owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) (“financial institutions”)) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, for the benefit of the Issuers, that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder); or

(iii) owned by financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, in addition, financial institution(s) described in this clause (iii) (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), further certify that they have not acquired the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States.


“United States person” means (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source and (iv) a trust (X) that is subject to the supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more United States persons as described in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (Y) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico).

[This certificate excepts and does not relate to $             principal amount of the temporary Global Security held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary Global Security for [definitive Bearer Securities] [interests in a permanent Global Security] cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.]* We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

 

Dated:

     

                    

     
    [Name of Person Making Certification]
    By:  

 

 

* Delete if inappropriate.


EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM REGARDING THE EXCHANGE OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITIES IN BEARER FORM OR FOR A PORTION OF A PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM]

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

[Insert title or description of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and                                 , as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

We refer to that portion of the temporary Global Security in respect of the above-captioned Securities which is herewith submitted to be exchanged for [definitive Bearer Securities] [interests in a permanent Global Security] (the “Submitted Portion”) as provided in the [Offering Document] dated [insert date of Offering Document] in respect of such issue. This is to certify that (i) we have received in writing or by tested telex or electronically (in accordance with the requirements of United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(3)(ii)) a certificate or certificates with respect to the entire Submitted Portion, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture, and (ii) the Submitted Portion includes no part of the temporary Global Security excepted in such certificates.

We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of the persons giving such certificates to the effect that the statements made by them with respect to any part of the Submitted Portion are no longer true and cannot be relied on as of the date thereof.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations in the United States of America. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. Submitted Portion:

 

U.S. $                    

     

Dated:                    

     
    [Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System]*

[Clearstream]*

 

    By:  

 

 

* Delete if inappropriate.


EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED TO EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER OF SECURITIES IN BEARER FORM, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PAYMENT ON A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM]

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

[Insert title or description of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and                                 , as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This is to certify that as of the date hereof [and except as provided in the fourth paragraph hereof]*, $             principal amount of the above-captioned Securities represented by a temporary Global Security (the “temporary Global Security”) held by you for our account is:

(i) beneficially owned by persons that are not United States persons (as defined below);

(ii) owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) (“financial institutions”)) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, for the benefit of the Issuers, that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder); or

(iii) owned by financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, in addition, financial institution(s) described in this clause (iii) (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), further certify that they have not acquired the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Security for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States.

“United States person” means (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United States


federal income taxation regardless of its source and (iv) a trust (X) that is subject to the supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more United States persons as described in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (Y) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person. “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico).

[This certificate excepts and does not relate to $             principal amount of the temporary Global Security held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that payments, if any, due with respect to such portion of the temporary Global Security cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.]*

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

 

Dated:                     

     
     
    [Name of Person Making Certification]
    By:  

 

 

* Delete if inappropriate.


EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM REGARDING PAYMENT ON A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY IN BEARER FORM]

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

VERIZON WIRELESS CAPITAL LLC

[Insert title or description of Securities]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and                                 , as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

We refer to that portion of the temporary Global Security in respect of the above-captioned Securities for which we hereby request that you make payment to us of the amounts payable on the relevant payment date (the “Submitted Portion”) as provided in the Offering Document [insert date of Offering Document] in respect of such issue. This is to certify that (i) we have received in writing or by tested telex or electronically (in accordance with the requirements of United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(3)(ii)) a certificate or certificates with respect to the entire Submitted Portion, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture, and (ii) the Submitted Portion includes no part of the temporary Global Security excepted in such certificates.

We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of the persons giving such certificates to the effect that the statements made by them with respect to any part of the Submitted Portion are no longer true and cannot be relied on as of the date thereof.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations in the United States of America. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Submitted Portion:

 

U.S. $                    

     

Dated:                    

     
    [Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System]*

[Clearstream]*

 

    By:  

 

 

* Delete if inappropriate.


EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITIES IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE AN INTEREST IN A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY FOR AN INTEREST IN REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY]

            ,         

[Insert Depository address]

[address]

 

  Re:     % Notes due                         of Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to $[            ] million aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due                      issued by the Issuers and represented by the Regulation S Temporary Global Security (CUSIP No.        ) held by the undersigned (the “Holder”). The Holder hereby requests the exchange of such interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security for $[            ] million aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due                      represented by the Regulation S Permanent Global Security pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Indenture.

The holder hereby certifies, represents and warrants that (1) it is the beneficial owner of such principal amount of Securities represented by the Regulation S Temporary Global Security described above and (2) is not a U.S. person and (3) does not hold the above-referenced Regulation S Temporary Global Security for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than a distributor). Terms in this sentence have the meanings given to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

You, the Issuers, the Paying Agent and counsel for the Issuers are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

  Very truly yours,
 

[Name of Holder]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


EXHIBIT F

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM REGARDING THE EXCHANGE OF A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY FOR A PORTION OF A REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL SECURITY]

            ,         

[TRUSTEE ADDRESS]

Attention:

 

  Re: Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC
     $             aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due             

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to [            ] principal amount of     % Notes due                      issued by the Issuers held in the form of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security (CUSIP No.        ) through [insert name of relevant clearing system]. Certain Holders of the beneficial interests in such Regulation S Temporary Global Security have requested the exchange of such interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security for $[            ] million aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due                      represented by the Regulation S Permanent Global Security pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Indenture.

We have received from such Holders certifications to the effect that they (i) are not U.S. persons and (ii) do not hold the above-referenced Regulation S Temporary Global Security for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (other than distributors). Terms in this sentence have the meanings given to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Accordingly, the Holders of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Security, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture in the amount of $            .

 

[RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


EXHIBIT G

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITIES REGARDING PAYMENT ON A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]

            ,         

[RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM]

[address]

 

  Re: Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC
     $            aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due             

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to $             principal amount of     % Notes due                      issued by the Issuers held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities (CUSIP No.[        ]) through [insert name of Depository] by the undersigned (the “Holder”) in the name of [insert name of Participant]. The Holder of such Regulation S Temporary Global Securities hereby requests the receipt of payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, due and payable [on the applicable Payment Date] pursuant to the second to last paragraph of Section 3.10 of the Indenture.

The Holder hereby represents and warrants that it (i) is not a U.S. person and (ii) does not hold the above-referenced Regulation S Temporary Global Securities for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than a distributor). Terms in this sentence have the meanings given to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Paying Agent.

 

[Insert name of Holder]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


EXHIBIT H

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM REGARDING PAYMENT ON A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]

            ,         

[TRUSTEE ADDRESS]

Attention:

 

  Re: Re:        Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC
     $             aggregate principal amount of     % Notes due             

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of                  , 2008 (the “Indenture”) among Cellco Partnership (the “Partnership”), Verizon Wireless Capital LLC (“Capital” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to [            ] principal amount of     % Notes due                      issued by the Issuers held in the form of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities (CUSIP No.        ) through [insert name of relevant clearing system]. Certain Holders of the beneficial interests in such Regulation S Temporary Global Securities have requested the receipt of payment of interest, principal and redemption price or premium, if any, on the applicable Payment Date pursuant to the second to last paragraph of Section 3.10 of the Indenture.

We have received from such Holders certifications to the effect that they (i) are not U.S. persons and (ii) do not hold the above-referenced Regulation S Temporary Global Securities for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (other than distributors). Terms in this sentence have the meanings given to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Accordingly, the Holders of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities are entitled to receive interest, principal and redemption price or premium, if any, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture in the amount of $            .

 

[RELEVANT CLEARING SYSTEM]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title: