EX-7.1 6 d61369dex71.htm EX-7.1 EX-7.1

Exhibit 7.1

WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC.

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of [    ]

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST

COMPANY, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION,

as U.S. Trustee

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST

COMPANY OF CANADA,

as Canadian Trustee

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Indenture
Section
 

310(a)(1)

     7.10   

(a)(2)

     7.10   

(a)(3)

     N.A.   

(a)(4)

     N.A.   

(a)(5)

     7.10   

(b)

     7.10   

(c)

     N.A.   

311(a)

     7.11   

(b)

     7.11   

(c)

     N.A.   

312(a)

     2.06   

(b)

     12.03   

(c)

     12.03   

313(a)

     7.06   

(b)(2)

     7.06; 7.07   

(c)

     7.06; 12.02   

(d)

     7.06   

314(a)

    
 
4.03; 4.04;
12.02
  
  

(b)

     N.A.   

(c)(l)

     12.04   

(c)(2)

     12.04   

(c)(3)

     N.A.   

(d)

     N.A.   

(e)

     12.05   

(f)

     N.A.   

315(a)

     7.01   

(b)

     7.05; 12.02   

(c)

     7.01   

(d)

     7.01   

(e)

     6.11   

316(a) (last sentence)

     2.10   

(a)(l)(A)

     6.05   

(a)(l)(B)

     6.04   

(a)(2)

     N.A.   

(b)

     6.07   

(c)

     2.14   

317(a)(l)

     6.08   

(a)(2)

     6.09   

(b)

     2.05   

318(a)

     12.01   

(b)

     N.A.   

(c)

     12.01   

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

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


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   
  Section 1.01   Definitions.      1   
  Section 1.02   Other Definitions.      6   
  Section 1.03   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.      6   
  Section 1.04   Rules of Construction.      6   

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

     7   
  Section 2.01   Issuable in Series.      7   
  Section 2.02   Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes.      7   
  Section 2.03   Execution and Authentication.      9   
  Section 2.04   Registrar and Paying Agent.      9   
  Section 2.05   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.      10   
  Section 2.06   Holder Lists.      10   
  Section 2.07   Transfer and Exchange.      10   
  Section 2.08   Replacement Notes.      11   
  Section 2.09   Outstanding Notes.      11   
  Section 2.10   Treasury Notes.      11   
  Section 2.11   Temporary Notes.      11   
  Section 2.12   Cancellation.      12   
  Section 2.13   Defaulted Interest.      12   
  Section 2.14   Global Notes.      12   
  Section 2.15   CUSIP Number.      13   
  Section 2.16   Computation of Interest.      13   

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

     14   
  Section 3.01   Notice to Trustee.      14   
  Section 3.02   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.      14   
  Section 3.03   Notice of Redemption.      14   
  Section 3.04   Effect of Notice of Redemption.      15   
  Section 3.05   Deposit of Redemption Price.      15   
  Section 3.06   Notes Redeemed in Part.      15   

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

     16   
  Section 4.01   Payment of Principal and Interest.      16   
  Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency.      16   
  Section 4.03   Reports.      16   
  Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate.      16   
  Section 4.05   [Intentionally Omitted]      16   
  Section 4.06   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.      17   
  Section 4.07   Corporate Existence.      17   

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS

     17   
  Section 5.01   Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.      17   
  Section 5.02   Successor Corporation Substituted.      18   

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     18   
  Section 6.01   Events of Default.      18   
  Section 6.02   Acceleration.      19   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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  Section 6.03   Other Remedies.      19   
  Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults.      19   
  Section 6.05   Control by Majority.      20   
  Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits.      20   
  Section 6.07   Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.      20   
  Section 6.08   Collection Suit by U.S. Trustee.      20   
  Section 6.09   U.S. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.      21   
  Section 6.10   Priorities.      21   
  Section 6.11   Undertaking for Costs.      21   
  Section 6.12   Restoration of Rights and Remedies.      21   
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE      22   
  Section 7.01   Duties of the Trustees.      22   
  Section 7.02   Rights of the Trustees.      23   
  Section 7.03   Individual Rights of the Trustees.      24   
  Section 7.04   Trustees’ Disclaimer.      24   
  Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults.      24   
  Section 7.06   Reports by U.S. Trustee to Holders of the Notes.      25   
  Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity.      25   
  Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustees.      26   
  Section 7.09   Successor Trustees by Merger, etc.      26   
  Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification.      27   
  Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.      27   
  Section 7.12   Required Canadian Trustee Eligibility.      27   
  Section 7.13   Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Suppression of Terrorism Legislation.      27   
  Section 7.14   Compliance with Privacy Laws.      27   
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE      28   
  Section 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.      28   
  Section 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge.      28   
  Section 8.03   Covenant Defeasance.      28   
  Section 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.      29   
  Section 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.      30   
  Section 8.06   Repayment to Company.      30   
  Section 8.07   Reinstatement.      30   
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER      31   
  Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders of Notes.      31   
  Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders of Notes.      32   
  Section 9.03   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.      33   
  Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents.      33   
  Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Notes.      33   
  Section 9.06   Trustees to Sign Amendments, etc.      33   
ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE      33   
  Section 10.01   Satisfaction and Discharge.      33   
  Section 10.02   Application of Trust Money.      34   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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ARTICLE 11 MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES      35   
  Section 11.01   Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.      35   
  Section 11.02   Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.      35   
  Section 11.03   Quorum; Action.      35   
  Section 11.04   Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.      36   
  Section 11.05   Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.      37   
  Section 11.06   Instruments in Writing.      37   
  Section 11.07   Acts of Holders; Record Dates.      37   
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS      38   
  Section 12.01   Trust Indenture Act Controls.      38   
  Section 12.02   Notices.      38   
  Section 12.03   Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.      39   
  Section 12.04   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.      40   
  Section 12.05   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.      40   
  Section 12.06   Rules by Trustee and Agents.      40   
  Section 12.07   Calculation of Foreign Currency Amounts.      40   
  Section 12.08   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders.      40   
  Section 12.09   Governing Law; Jurisdiction.      41   
  Section 12.10   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.      41   
  Section 12.11   Successors.      41   
  Section 12.12   Severability.      41   
  Section 12.13   Counterpart Originals.      42   
  Section 12.14   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      42   
  Section 12.15   Waiver of Jury Trial      42   
  Section 12.16   Documents in English      42   
  Section 12.17   Patriot Act Compliance      42   
  Section 12.18   Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)      42   
  Section 12.19   Force Majeure      42   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of [            ], 20__, by and between Westport Innovations Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (the “Company”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association as U.S. trustee (the “U.S. Trustee”) and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, a trust company organized under the laws of Canada, as Canadian trustee (the “Canadian Trustee”).

The Company, the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes issued under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01     Definitions.

Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Notes, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.

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

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

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any payment, tender, redemption, transfer, exchange, or conversion of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such payment, tender, redemption, transfer, exchange, or conversion.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any similar federal, state or provincial law for the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

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

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

Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday. If a payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date the payment is due, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

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Canadian Securities Laws” means the securities acts or similar statutes of each of the provinces of Canada and all regulations, rules, policy statements notices and blanket orders or rulings thereunder.

Canadian Trustee” means the person named as the “Canadian trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Canadian trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Canadian Trustee” shall mean each person who is then a Canadian trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Canadian Trustee” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Canadian trustee with respect to Notes of that Series.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Company” means Westport Innovations Inc., and any and all successors thereto.

Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the designated office of the applicable Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business in respect of this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at, in the case of the U.S. Trustee, 8742 Lucent Boulevard, Suite 225, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, Attention: Corporate Trust - John Wahl or, in the case of the Canadian Trustee, 510 Burrard Street, 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B9, Attention: General Manager, Corporate Trust, or such other address as the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, as applicable, may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary with respect to any Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

Currency,” with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Notes, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Notes and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Notes, means Dollars.

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

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Notes of such Series.

 

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

Dollars” and “$” means the currency of the United States of America.

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

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

Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of the United States of America.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which with respect to any determination required or permitted hereunder are in effect as of the date of such determination.

Global Note” or “Global Notes” means a Note or Notes, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.02 evidencing all or part of a Series of Notes, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

Government Securities” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments or confederation or association of governments which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Notes or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or confederation or association of governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments or confederation or association of governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments or confederation or association of governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Security or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Security held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Security or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Security evidenced by such depository receipt.

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

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

 

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(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit, or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof;

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items, other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations, would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person, and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person or any liability of any Person, whether or not contingent and whether or not it appears on the balance sheet of such Person.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:

(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness that does not require the current payment of interest; and

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Notes established as contemplated hereunder.

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the city where the Corporate Trust Office of the U.S. Trustee is located at such time are required or authorized by law, regulation or executive order to close or be closed.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any effective filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Notes” means notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series issued under this Indenture.

 

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Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Trustee, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.

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

Privacy Laws” mean any Canadian federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information.

Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to either Trustee, means any director, vice president, assistant vice president or associate within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers who at the time shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.

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

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

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

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or shareholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).

Trustees” means the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee and each of their successors and assigns.

 

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U.S. Trustee” means the person named as the “U.S. trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor U.S. trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Trustee” shall mean each person who is then a U.S. trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “U.S. Trustee” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the U.S. trustee with respect to Notes of that Series.

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

Section 1.02     Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined
in Section
 

Authentication Order

     2.03   

Covenant Defeasance

     8.03   

Event of Default

     6.01   

Legal Defeasance

     8.02   

Paying Agent

     2.04   

Registrar

     2.04   

Section 1.03     Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

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

indenture securities” means the Notes;

indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the U.S. Trustee; and

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, and any other obligor upon the Notes.

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

Section 1.04     Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

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

 

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

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

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01     Issuable in Series.

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

Section 2.02     Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes.

At or prior to the issuance of any Notes within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsections 2.02(a), 2.02(s) and 2.02(t) and either as to such Notes within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.02(b) through 2.02(r) and Subsection 2.02(u)) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

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

(b) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Notes of the Series will be issued;

(c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.11, 3.06 or 9.05);

(d) the date or dates on which the Notes of the Series will mature, on which the principal of the Notes of the Series is payable and the right, if any, to extend such date or dates;

(e) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Notes of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Notes of the Series shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest on a floating rate Note of the Series and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(f) the right, if any, to extend the interest periods for the Notes of the Series and the duration of such extension;

 

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(g) the place or places where the principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Notes of the Series shall be payable, where the Notes of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes of such Series and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

(h) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Notes of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

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

(j) the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Notes of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

(k) the denominations in which the Notes of the Series shall be issuable, if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(l) the forms of the Notes of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Notes will be issuable as Global Notes);

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

(n) the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Notes of the Series will be made if other than U.S. dollars;

(o) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Notes of the Series, and any subordination in right of payment, if any, of the Notes of the Series;

(p) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Notes of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustees or the requisite Holders of such Notes to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

(q) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles 4 or 5 that applies to Notes of the Series;

(r) whether the Notes of the Series may be exchangeable for and/or convertible into the common shares of the Company or any other security;

(s) the applicability of the legal defeasance and the covenant defeasance provisions of this Indenture;

(t) any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Notes of such Series if other than those appointed herein; and

(u) any other terms of the Notes of the Series (which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series).

All Notes of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution and Officer’s Certificate referred to above, or supplemental indenture hereto, and, unless otherwise provided, a Series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Notes of such Series; provided, however, that if such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes of such Series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional

 

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Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. No Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate may affect each of the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise with respect to any series of Notes except as such Trustee may agree in writing.

Section 2.03     Execution and Authentication.

One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time such Note is authenticated, such Note shall nevertheless be valid.

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the U.S. Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note, as applicable, has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The U.S. Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue in accordance with this Indenture. The Notes shall be dated their date of authentication.

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

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes of any Series executed by the Company to the U.S. Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the U.S. Trustee in accordance with the Authentication Order will authenticate and deliver such Notes. In authenticating such Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Notes, the U.S. Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:

(a) that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

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

(c) that the Indenture and such Notes, when authenticated and delivered by the U.S. Trustee and, with respect to the Notes, when issued by the Company, in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity.

Section 2.04     Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents or change the office of such Registrar or Paying Agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder; however, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent in each place of payment for the Notes of each Series. The Company shall notify the Trustees in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the U.S. Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. The ownership of Notes of any Series shall be proved by the register with respect to such Series.

The Company initially appoints the U.S. Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. The Company shall be responsible for making calculations called for under the Notes and this Indenture, including, but not limited to, determination of interest, additional amounts,

 

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redemption price, premium, if any, and any other amounts payable on the Notes. The Company will make the calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on the Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the U.S. Trustee when requested by the U.S. Trustee in writing, and the U.S. Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The U.S. Trustee shall forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of the Notes upon the written request of such Holder.

Section 2.05     Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the U.S. Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes, or the U.S. Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal or interest on the Series of Notes, and shall notify the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee, of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the U.S. Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the U.S. Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the U.S. Trustee. All payments to a Paying Agent on any Notes which remain unclaimed for a period of two years after such payment was due shall be repaid to the Company. Thereafter, the Holder may look only to the Company for repayment. Upon payment over to the U.S. Trustee, or to the Company, as the case may be, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the U.S. Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.06     Holder Lists.

The U.S. Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Notes and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the U.S. Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the U.S. Trustee, at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the U.S. Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the U.S. Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

Section 2.07     Transfer and Exchange.

Notes may be transferred or exchanged at the office of the Registrar or co-registrar designated by the Company. Where Notes of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the U.S. Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company or either of the Trustees may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06 or 9.05).

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Notes of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Notes of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or a portion thereof, except the unredeemed portion of Notes being redeemed in part.

Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Company and the U.S. Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law and/or applicable Canadian federal or provincial laws.

 

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The U.S. Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 2.08     Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the U.S. Trustee, or if the Company and the U.S. Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the U.S. Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order together with such indemnity or security sufficient in the judgment of the U.S. Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the U.S. Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, shall authenticate a replacement Note of the same Series if the U.S. Trustee’s requirements are met. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note of any Series is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes of that Series duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.09     Outstanding Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the U.S. Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the U.S. Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the U.S. Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.10     Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes of a Series have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the U.S. Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

Section 2.11     Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the U.S. Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the U.S. Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

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Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.12     Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the U.S. Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The U.S. Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall return such canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation. Cancelled Notes shall be disposed of by the U.S. Trustee pursuant to its standard procedures.

Section 2.13     Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of the Series on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustees in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the U.S. Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed (or, in the case of the Depositary with respect to any Global Note, sent electronically) to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.14     Global Notes.

(a) Terms of Notes. A Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate, or a supplemental indenture hereto shall establish whether the Notes of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and shall name the Depositary for such Global Note or Notes. Except as provided herein, each Global Note shall be (i) registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (ii) deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, and (iii) bear the legend indicated in Section 2.14(c).

(b) Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.07 and in addition thereto, any Global Note shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.07 for Notes registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Note or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the U.S. Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes represented by such Global Note shall have happened and be continuing and the Depositary notifies the U.S. Trustee and the Registrar of its decision to exchange the Global Notes for Definitive Notes. Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note with like tenor and terms.

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

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“This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Note is exchangeable for Notes registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”

(d) Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture. The record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture may be determined as provided for in Section 316(c) of the TIA.

(e) Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder thereof. Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustees, and any agent of the Company or the Trustees may treat the Person in whose name such Notes are registered as the owner of such Notes at the close of business on the regular record date for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 2.13) any interest on such Notes and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Notes shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustees nor any agent of the Company or the Trustees will be affected by notice to the contrary.

(f) Consents, Declaration and Directions. The Company, each of the Trustees, and any Agent shall be entitled to treat the Depositary as the sole Holder of Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Depositary participants shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Notes held on their behalf by a Depositary or nominee of a Depositary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, either of the Trustees or any Agent of the Company or the Trustees from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its participants, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(g) Responsibility of Trustees or Agents. Neither the Trustees nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. The Company has entered into a letter of representations with the Depositary in the form provided by the Depositary and the Trustees and each Agent is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such letter and the Applicable Procedures.

Section 2.15     CUSIP Number.

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustees shall use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or the omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustees in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

Section 2.16     Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 or the applicable supplemental indenture for Notes of any series, interest on the Notes of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest for any period of less than one year to which interest at a stated rate computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months is equivalent is the stated rate multiplied by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the product of (i) the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the first day of the relevant period falls and (ii) the sum of (A) the product of (x) 30 and (y) the number of complete months elapsed in the relevant period and (B) the actual number of days elapsed in any incomplete month in the relevant period, and (b) the denominator is the product of (i) 360 and (ii) the actual number of days in the relevant period.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01     Notice to Trustee.

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Notes, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Notes. If a Series of Notes is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Notes pursuant to the terms of such Notes, it shall notify the U.S. Trustees in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Notes to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 15 days prior to the mailing or sending of notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes to be redeemed (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the U.S. Trustee).

Section 3.02     Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the Notes of a Series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the U.S. Trustee (subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary) shall select the Notes of a Series to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes (a) in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, (b) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the U.S. Trustee considers fair and appropriate.

The U.S. Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Canadian Trustee in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes of a Series and portions of them selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, or with respect to Notes of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.02(k), the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes of a Series called for redemption or repurchase also apply to portions of Notes of a Series called for redemption or repurchase.

Section 3.03     Notice of Redemption.

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate, or a supplemental indenture hereto, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, or, in the case of the Depositary with respect to any Global Note, sent electronically, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

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

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price (or manner of calculation if not then known);

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

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

(5) that interest on Notes of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

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

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(8) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series of the Notes or the Notes of a Series being redeemed.

At the Company’s request, and upon receipt by the U.S. Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 12.04 hereof at least 15 days prior to the date notice is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee), together with the notice to be given setting forth the information to be stated therein as provided in the preceding paragraph, the U.S. Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

Section 3.04     Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate, or a supplemental indenture hereto, a notice of redemption may not be conditional.

Section 3.05     Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the U.S. Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The U.S. Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the U.S. Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes.

Section 3.06     Notes Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the U.S. Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder, or transfer by book-entry, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes of the same series of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part (or with respect to Notes of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.02(k), the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof).

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01     Payment of Principal and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Notes that it will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Series of Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in such Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Series of Notes will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

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Section 4.02     Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Notes that it will maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of either of the Trustees for such Notes or an affiliate of the Trustees, Registrar for such Notes or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustees for such Notes of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustees with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the U.S. Trustee.

With respect to each Series of Notes, the Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the U.S. Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

Section 4.03     Reports.

The Company will at all times comply with TIA § 314(a); provided that, to the extent permitted by law, any such document, information and other reports filed and publicly available through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) filing system shall be deemed to have been received by the Trustees, it being understood that neither of the Trustees has any obligation to monitor or verify that any such electronic filing has been made. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustees is for informational purposes only and the Trustees’ receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustees are entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 4.04     Compliance Certificate.

The Company and each guarantor of any Series of Notes (to the extent that such guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee, with respect to such Series, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer, stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to the Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

Section 4.05     [Intentionally Omitted]

Section 4.06     Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not, and each guarantor of such Notes will not, at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of such guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so), as applicable, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustees for such Notes, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07     Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

 

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(a) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and

(b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

provided, however, in the case of subsections (a) and (b), that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if an Officer shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01     Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly:

(a) amalgamate, reorganize, merge or consolidate with or into another Person or Persons; or

(b) sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person or Persons, unless:

(1) either:

(A) the transaction is an amalgamation, reorganization, merger or consolidation and the Company is the surviving corporation; or

(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such amalgamation, reorganization, consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereunder and expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustees;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating the Company’s obligations in connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been incurred as of the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3) the Company or the surviving entity shall have delivered to the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee, (a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the conditions in (1) and (2) above have been satisfied and any other conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied and (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that the conditions in (1) above have been satisfied and any other conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

Section 5.02     Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any amalgamation, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or any sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person into which the Company is merged or formed by such consolidation or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such amalgamation,

 

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reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company shall be relieved from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01     Events of Default.

Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Notes of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days; or

(b) default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Note of that Series; or

(c) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Notes other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 90 days after (i) the Company receives written notice from the U.S. Trustee for such Notes or (ii) the Company and the U.S. Trustee receive written notice from Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes of that Series outstanding; or

(d) the Company:

(1) commences a voluntary case in bankruptcy;

(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary bankruptcy case;

(3) applies for or consents to the appointment of any custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

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

(5) generally is unable to pay its debts as they become due;

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

(1) is for relief against the Company;

(2) appoints a custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company; or

(3) orders the liquidation of the Company;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days; or

(f) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Notes of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate, or a supplemental indenture hereto, in accordance with Section 2.02.

 

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Section 6.02     Acceleration.

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.01(d) or (e)) then in every such case the U.S. Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Notes of that Series are Discount Notes, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Notes) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Notes of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the U.S. Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) or (e) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the U.S. Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Notes of any Series has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the U.S. Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived and all sums paid or advanced by the U.S. Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation expenses and disbursements of each of Trustees and its agents and counsel have been paid.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.03     Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the U.S. Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Notes or this Indenture.

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

Section 6.04     Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any Series then outstanding by notice to the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of premium or interest on, or the principal of, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any Series may rescind an acceleration of such Notes and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.05     Control by Majority.

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of any Series may in writing direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the U.S. Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it, subject to Section 7.02(f), with respect to the Notes of such Series. However, the U.S. Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the U.S. Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes of any Series (it being understood that the U.S. Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether any such directions are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that may involve the U.S. Trustee in personal liability. The U.S. Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the U.S. Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

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Section 6.06     Limitation on Suits.

A Holder of any Series of Notes may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the U.S. Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such Series make a written request to the U.S. Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the U.S. Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d) the U.S. Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of security or indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such Series do not give the U.S. Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

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

Section 6.07     Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase or redemption), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08     Collection Suit by U.S. Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the U.S. Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the U.S. Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09     U.S. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The U.S. Trustee for each Series of Notes is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable and to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the claims of the U.S. Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the U.S. Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other properly payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the U.S. Trustee, and in the event that the U.S. Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the U.S. Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the U.S. Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the U.S. Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the U.S. Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the U.S. Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be

 

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deemed to authorize the U.S. Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the U.S. Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.10     Priorities.

If the U.S. Trustee collects any money or property with respect to a Series of Notes pursuant to this Article 6, and after an Event of Default any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

First: to each of the Trustees, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof applicable to the Notes of such Series, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes of such Series for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

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

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

Section 6.11     Undertaking for Costs.

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

Section 6.12     Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If a Trustee or any Holder 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, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustees, and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustees and the Holders will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01     Duties of the Trustees.

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

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default (with respect to the U.S. Trustee), the duties of the Trustees will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustees need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustees.

 

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(c) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustees may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustees and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustees will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated thereon).

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) The U.S. Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the U.S. Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the U.S. Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The U.S. Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers or duties hereunder. The permissive rights or powers of either of the Trustees to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty of the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, as applicable.

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

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

(2) the Canadian Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance upon a specific instruction of the Company delivered with an Officer’s Certificate or an opinion of counsel or both; and

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

Section 7.02     Rights of the Trustees.

(a) Each of the Trustees may conclusively rely upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, as applicable, need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before either of the Trustees acts or refrains from acting or as specifically called for in this Indenture, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. No Trustee will be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Each of the Trustees may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c) Each of the Trustees may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care.

(d) Neither Trustee will be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company. Any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

 

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

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

(h) In no event shall either Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether such Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee, as applicable including, without limitation, its right to be compensated, reimbursed, and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, as applicable, in each of its capacities hereunder and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) Except with respect to an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) (which the Trustee shall be deemed to have notice of upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof), a Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of a Default or Event of Default from the Company or by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such Series is received by such Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Notes or any Series of Notes and this Indenture and such notice is identified as a Notice of Default.

(k) Each of the Trustees may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

Neither of the Trustees will be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document, or inquire as to the performance by the Company or the Guarantors of any of their covenants in this Indenture, but each Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if a Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it will be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(l) No Trustee hereunder shall be responsible or liable by reason of any act or omission of the other Trustee hereunder.

Section 7.03     Individual Rights of the Trustees.

A Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee. However, in the event that the a Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as defined in the TIA it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. Each Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

Section 7.04     Trustee’s Disclaimer.

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money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than such Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. Under no circumstances shall a Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by any Notes.

Section 7.05     Notice of Defaults.

Each Trustee shall promptly give the other Trustee notice of any Default or Event of Default known to it. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to either Trustee (within the meaning of Section 7.02(j) hereof), the U.S. Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, the U.S. Trustee may withhold the notice from Holders of the Notes if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.06     Reports by U.S. Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the U.S. Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes, on behalf of the Trustees, a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The U.S. Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2) on behalf of the Trustees. The U.S. Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by the U.S. Trustee to the Company and filed by the U.S. Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the U.S. Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

Section 7.07     Compensation and Indemnity.

(a) The Company will pay to each of the Trustees from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Trustees and the Company may agree from time to time in writing. The Trustees’ compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse each of the Trustees promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of each of the Trustees’ agents and counsel (and all other advisers and assistants not regularly in its employ approved by the Company) both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all duties of the Trustees hereunder shall be finally and fully performed.

(b) The Company will indemnify each of the Trustees, its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except with respect to any indemnified party, to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to such party’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by either of the Trustees to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company may defend the claim and, if it does, the Trustee will cooperate in the defense, provided that, the Company will not settle any claim against a Trustee without the prior written consent of such Trustee, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. The Trustees may each have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

(c) The obligations of the Company to a Trustee under this Section 7.07 will survive the resignation or removal of such Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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(d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the applicable Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by either Trustee. Such Lien will survive the resignation or removal of such Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

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

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

(g) “U.S. Trustee”, “Canadian Trustee”, “Trustees” and “Trustee” for the purposes of this Section 7.07 shall include any predecessor U.S. Trustee or Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee and Canadian Trustee in each of their capacities hereunder and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; provided, however, that the negligence or willful misconduct of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

Section 7.08     Replacement of Trustees.

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

(b) A Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove a Trustee by so notifying such Trustee and the Company with 30 days prior notice in writing. The Company may remove a Trustee with 30 days prior written notice if:

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

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

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

(4) such Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

(c) If a Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of such Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor trustee. Within one year after the successor trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor trustee to replace the successor trustee appointed by the Company.

(d) If a successor trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment of a successor trustee.

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

(f) A successor trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of a Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

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Section 7.09     Successor Trustees by Merger, etc.

If either the U.S. Trustee or Canadian Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor U.S. Trustee or Canadian Trustee, as applicable.

Section 7.10     Eligibility; Disqualification.

There will at all times be at least one Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus, together with its parent (which, in the case of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. is Computershare, Inc.), of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture will always have at least one Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(l), (2) and (5). Such Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b). There shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any series of Notes under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

Section 7.11     Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The U.S. Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A U.S. Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

Section 7.12     Required Canadian Trustee Eligibility.

The Company has appointed the Canadian Trustee under this indenture to comply with Canadian Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (Alberta). For so long as required by Canadian Securities Laws, the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) and regulations thereunder as amended or re-enacted from time to time, and any other statute of Canada or any province thereof and any regulations thereunder, there shall be a Canadian Trustee under this Indenture. The Canadian Trustee shall, for so long as the Company is incorporated under the laws of Alberta, be authorized under the laws of Alberta to carry on trust business there and under the Loan and Trust Corporation Act (Alberta). If at any times the Canadian Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this Section, it shall immediately notify the Company.

Section 7.13     Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Suppression of Terrorism Legislation.

(a) The Company hereby represents to the Canadian Trustee that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Canadian Trustee in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third part, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Canadian Trustee’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.

(b) The Canadian Trustee shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Canadian Trustee, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist legislation or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Canadian Trustee, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist legislation or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 30 days’ written notice to all parties provided (i) that the Canadian Trustee’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Canadian Trustee’s satisfaction within such 30 day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

Section 7.14     Compliance with Privacy Laws.

The parties and the Holders acknowledge that Privacy Laws apply to certain obligations and activities under this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, no party shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The parties shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Trustee, obtain and retain required consents of

 

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the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. The Trustees shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that their services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws. Specifically, the Trustees agree: (a) to use personal information solely for the purposes of providing its services under or ancillary to the Indenture and to comply with applicable laws and not to use it for any other purpose except with the consent of or direction from the Company or the individual involved or as permitted by Privacy Laws; and (b) not to sell or otherwise improperly disclose personal information to any third party.

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01     Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes of a Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02     Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes of such Series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes of such Series, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustees, on written demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustees hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

(d) this Article 8.

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

Section 8.03     Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the guarantors, if any, will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants with respect to such Series of Notes set forth in this Indenture (except for Section 5.01(b)(1)(B)) and any applicable supplemental indenture with respect to the outstanding Notes of the applicable Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant

 

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Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes of such Series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(c) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default.

Section 8.04     Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the U.S. Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, funds in the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Notes or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants delivered to the U.S. Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the U.S. Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the U.S. Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

 

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(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(f) the Company must deliver to the U.S. Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

(g) the Company must deliver to the U.S. Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05     Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the U.S. Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes of any Series will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

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

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

Section 8.06     Repayment to Company.

Any money deposited with the U.S. Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Series of Notes and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to applicable abandoned property law, be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the U.S. Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.

Section 8.07     Reinstatement.

If the U.S. Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars, funds in the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Notes or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and any applicable guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Notes and the guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the U.S. Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the

 

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Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the U.S. Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01     Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustees may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes of one or more Series without the consent of any Holder of Note:

(a) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture that shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes; provided, however, that any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the description of the Notes contained in the prospectus or other offering document pursuant to which the Notes of one or more Series were sold will not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of such Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate stating that such text constitutes an unintended conflict with the description of the corresponding provision in the offering document;

(b) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes of any Series to any corresponding provisions of the “Description of Debt Securities” or “Description of Notes” or similar provisions in any prospectus filed in respect of such Notes (including any prospectus supplement) as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate;

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

(d) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;

(e) to add covenants or make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of all or any Series of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder in any material respect, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate;

(f) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Notes of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

(h) to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to the Notes of any Series or to provide security for the Notes of any Series; or

(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by one or more successor Trustees with respect to the Notes of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustees of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustees will join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustees will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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Section 9.02     With Consent of Holders of Notes.

The Company and the Trustees may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Notes of each such Series. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each Series, by notice to the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes with respect to such Series.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the U.S. Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustees of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustees will join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustees’ own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not, with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

(a) reduce the principal amount, any premium or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes;

(b) reduce the rate (or alter the method of computation) of or extend the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

(c) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration;

(d) make the principal of or premium, if any or interest on any Note payable in currency other than that stated in the Notes;

(e) change any place of payment where the Notes of any series or interest thereon is payable;

(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive payments of principal of or premium, interest, if any, on the Notes and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payments;

(g) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions except to increase the percentage rate of Holders of Notes of a Series required;

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(i) reduce the percentage in principal amount of any Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any of the foregoing modifications or otherwise necessary to modify or amend the Indenture or to waive any past Defaults.

Section 9.03     Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Notes of one or more Series will be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04     Revocation and Effect of Consents.

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

Section 9.05     Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The U.S. Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Note of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Notes of that Series may issue and the U.S. Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Notes of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment or waiver.

Section 9.06     Trustees to Sign Amendments, etc.

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, each of the Trustees shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that it will be legal, valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. The Trustees shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that each of the Trustees need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights.

ARTICLE 10

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 10.01     Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to a Series of Notes issued hereunder, when:

(a) either:

(1) all such Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation; or

(2) all such Notes that have not been delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the sending of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the U.S. Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, cash in U.S.

 

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dollars, funds in the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Notes or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any guarantor, as applicable, is a party or by which the Company, or any guarantor, as applicable, is bound;

(c) the Company or any guarantor of such Notes has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the U.S. Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the U.S. Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the U.S. Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 10.01, the provisions of Sections 10.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 10.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. After the conditions to discharge contained in this Article 10 have been satisfied, and the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, and delivered to the U.S. Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied, the Trustees upon Company request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the obligations of the Company (except for those surviving obligations specified in this Section 10.01 and the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustees hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith).

Section 10.02     Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the U.S. Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes with respect to which such deposit was made and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the U.S. Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the U.S. Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the U.S. Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof 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 Company’s and any applicable guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the U.S. Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 11

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

Section 11.01     Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The U.S. Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes of all or any one or more Series, and the U.S. Trustee shall convene a meeting upon receipt of a request of the Company or upon receipt of a request in writing to the U.S. Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any Series, for the purpose of making, giving or taking any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Notes of such Series, to be held at such time and at such place in Toronto, Ontario or The City of New York, New York or as the U.S. Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section 12.02, not less than 21 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. The Holders calling a meeting shall (i) reimburse the U.S. Trustee for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the calling and holding of such meeting, and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless the U.S. Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that it may incur arising out of or in connection with such meeting, including the costs and expenses of defending the U.S. Trustee against any claim or liability in connection with such meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any Series shall have requested the U.S. Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes of such Series for any purpose specified in subsection 11.01(a), by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting (which notice need not include the terms of any resolution to be proposed), and the U.S. Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Notes of such Series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York, New York or Toronto, Ontario for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection 11.01(a).

Section 11.02     Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series, a Person must be (1) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes 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 Notes of such Series by such Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustees and the Trustees’ counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 11.03     Quorum; Action.

(a) The Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of the applicable Series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Notes of such Series; provided, however, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of a Series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes 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. At the reconvening of any adjourned meeting, the Holders of the outstanding Notes entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and shall transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened, notwithstanding that they may not represent at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

(b) Except as otherwise limited herein, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series as are entitled to vote at such

 

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meeting; provided, however, that, except as otherwise limited herein, 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 not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series present at such meeting.

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

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.03, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all outstanding Notes affected thereby, or of the Holders of such Series and one or more additional Series:

 

  (i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and

 

  (ii) the principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.

Section 11.04     Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the U.S. Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as the U.S. Trustee may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes of a Series in regard to proof of the holding of Notes 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 and subject to Section 11.07, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 2.04 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary. 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 11.07 or other proof.

(b) The U.S. Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, which need not be a Holder of Notes, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer or by Holders of Notes as provided in subsection 11.01(b), in which case the Issuer or the Holders of Notes 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 Notes of such Series represented at the meeting.

(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Note of such Series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of outstanding Notes of such Series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note 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 Note of such Series or proxy.

(d) Any meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series duly called pursuant to Section 11.01 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by the Chairman with consent of the Holders entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series represented at the meeting and voting thereon; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

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Section 11.05     Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes of such Series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes of such Series held or represented by them. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes 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 11.01 and, if applicable, Section 11.03. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the U.S. Trustee to be preserved by the U.S. 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.

Section 11.06     Instruments in Writing.

All actions that may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Holders at any meeting of Holders of Notes of any Series may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by Holders representing not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series as are entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 10.2, 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 Notes of a Series may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Series as are entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 11.07     Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of outstanding Notes of any Series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Article 11 to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes of such Series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of outstanding Notes of the relevant Series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes of such Series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes of the relevant Series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the U.S. Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Notes of the relevant Series in the manner set forth in Section 12.02.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 11.07, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to each other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 12.02, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

 

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ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01     Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the mandatory duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the mandatory duties will prevail.

Section 12.02     Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company:

    Westport Innovations, Inc.

    Suite 101, 1750 West 75th Avenue

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    Canada V6P 6G2

    Attention: Ashoka Achuthan, Chief Financial Officer

    Attention: Salman Manki, Chief Legal Officer

    Telephone No.: 604 718-2000

    With a copy to each of:

    Bennett Jones LLP

    4500 Bankers Hall East

    855 2nd Street SW

    Calgary, AB T2P 4K7

    Attention: Bruce Hibbard

    Facsimile No.: 403 265-7219

    Telephone No.: 403 298 8141

 

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    787 Seventh Avenue

    New York, New York 10019

    USA

    Attention: Matthew J. Guercio

    Facsimile No.: 212 718-9535

    Telephone No.: 212 718-8535

If to the U.S. Trustee:

    Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

    8742 Lucent Boulevard, Suite 225

    Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

    Attention: Corporate Trust - John Wahl

    Facsimile No.: 303 262 0608

    Telephone No.: 303 262 0707

If to the Canadian Trustee:

    Computershare Trust Company of Canada

    510 Burrard Street, 3rd Floor

    Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B9

    Attention: General Manager, Corporate Trust

    Facsimile No.: 604-661-9403

    Email: Corporatetrust.vancouver@computershare.com

The Company, the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

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

 

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Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Global Note, where this Indenture or any Global Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to Applicable Procedures, including by electronic mail in accordance with the standing instructions from the Depositary.

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

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

Each of the Trustees agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the applicable Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give either of the Trustees e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and such Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, such Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. Each Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from such Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustees, including without limitation the risk of either Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 12.03     Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the U.S. Trustee, the Canadian Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 12.04     Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company to the U.S. Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the U.S. Trustee, with a copy to the Canadian Trustee (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):

(1) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 12.05     Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must include:

 

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

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

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

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

Section 12.06     Rules by Trustee and Agents.

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

Section 12.07     Calculation of Foreign Currency Amounts.

The calculation of the U.S. dollar equivalent amount for any amount denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the noon buying rate in the City of New York as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date on which such determination is required to be made or, if such day is not a day on which such rate is published, the rate most recently published prior to such day.

Section 12.08     No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Section 12.09     Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

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

The Company agrees that any judicial proceedings instituted in relation to any matter arising under this Indenture or the Notes may be brought in any United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan. The City of New York, New York to the extent that such court has subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy, and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby irrevocably accepts, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, acknowledges their competence and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered in such proceeding. The Company also irrevocably and unconditionally waives for the benefit of each of the Trustees and the Holders of the Notes any immunity from jurisdiction and any immunity from legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in the aid of execution, execution or otherwise) in respect of this Indenture. The Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints for the benefit of each of the Trustees and the Holders of the Notes for the term of this Indenture CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10011, as its agent to receive on its behalf service of all process (with a copy of all such service of all such service of process to be delivered to Westport Innovations, Inc., Suite 101, 1750 West 75th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6P 6G2, brought against it with respect to any such proceeding in any such court in The City of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Company to be effective and binding service on it in every respect whether or not the Company shall then be doing or shall have at any time done business in New York. Such appointment shall irrevocable so long as any of the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder remain outstanding or until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify each of the Trustees in writing of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees for the benefit of each of the Trustees and the Holders of the Notes to take any and all action, including execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be outstanding. Neither the U.S. Trustee nor the Canadian Trustee shall be obligated or shall have any responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take any such action. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner.

No provision of this Indenture shall operate to confer any obligation, duty, or power on the Canadian Trustee in any jurisdiction in which it does not have the legal capacity required to assume, hold or carry out such obligation duty or power. For the purpose of this Section 12.09, legal capacity includes without limitation, the capacity to act as fiduciary in such jurisdiction.

Section 12.10     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.11     Successors.

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of each of the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee in this Indenture will bind its respective successors.

Section 12.12     Severability.

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

 

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Section 12.13     Counterpart Originals.

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

Section 12.14     Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

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

Section 12.15     Waiver of Jury Trial

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE U.S. TRUSTEE AND THE CANADIAN TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.16    Documents in English

The parties to this Indenture have expressly requested that this Indenture and all related notices, amendments and other documents be drafted in the English language. Les parties à la présente convention ont expressément exigé que cette convention et tous les avis, modifications et autres documents y afférents soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement.

Section 12.17    Patriot Act Compliance

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the U.S. Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and formation documents and other information that will allow U.S. Trustee to identify the person or legal entity in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the U.S. Trustee with such information in order for the U.S. Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

Section 12.18     Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Law”) to which a foreign financial institution, issuer, trustee, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject related to the Indenture, the Company agrees (i) to provide to the U.S. Trustee sufficient information about Holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so as to enable the U.S. Trustee to determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law and (ii) that the U.S. Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which the U.S. Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

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SIGNATURES

Dated as of [             ], 20        

 

WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC.
By:

 

Name:
Title:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as U.S. Trustee
By:

 

Name:
Title:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Canadian Trustee
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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