-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PGmbpsgAU3gZUlWCLn3N0ihsZfTpwWkZQkYcEOvwzs9pidlyNkLkED7ZRBEeMItm dQE9myXaO7RQwpQl5BSNrQ== 0000912057-97-028992.txt : 19970826 0000912057-97-028992.hdr.sgml : 19970826 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-97-028992 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 REFERENCES 429: 033-95374 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970825 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REALTY INCOME CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000726728 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 330580106 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-34311 FILM NUMBER: 97669336 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 W CREST ST CITY: ESCONDIDO STATE: CA ZIP: 92025-1707 BUSINESS PHONE: 6197412111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 WEST CREST ST CITY: ESCONDIDO STATE: CA ZIP: 92025-1707 S-3 1 FORM S-3 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 25, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) MARYLAND 33-0580106 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Identification incorporation or organization) Number)
220 WEST CREST STREET ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA 92025-1725 (760) 741-2111 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ------------------------------ COPIES TO: MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER, ESQ. WILLIAM J. CERNIUS, ESQ. C/O REALTY INCOME CORPORATION LAURA I. BUSHNELL, ESQ. 220 WEST CREST STREET LATHAM & WATKINS ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA 92025 650 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, 20TH FLOOR (760) 741-2111 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA 92626-1925 (714) 540-1235 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------------ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: FROM TIME TO TIME AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS DETERMINED BY MARKET CONDITIONS. ------------------------ If the only securities being registered on this Form S-3 are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. / / If any of the securities being offered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/ ------------------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED(1) PER UNIT PRICE(1)(2)(3) FEE(3) Debt Securities...................... Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share(4)........................... Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share(5)........................... Total........................ $300,000,000 (6) $300,000,000 $90,909.09(7)
(1) In U.S. Dollars or the equivalent thereof denominated in one or more foreign currencies or units of two or more foreign currencies or composite currencies (such as European Currency Units). (2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. No separate consideration will be received for Common Stock or Preferred Stock that is issued upon conversion of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock registered hereunder, as the case may be. The aggregate maximum public offering price of all Securities issued pursuant to this Registration Statement will not exceed $300,000,000. (3) Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, $40,152,500 of the securities to be registered are being carried forward to this Registration Statement from Registration Statement No. 33-95374. Fees of $68,966 were previously paid in connection with such Registration Statement. Fees of $12,167.42 were previously paid in connection with the initial filing of this Registration Statement No. 333- and, therefore, $78,741.67 is included herewith. (4) Such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices or issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities. (5) Such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices or issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock registered hereunder, as the case may be. (6) Omitted pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. (7) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act. ------------------------ THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED , 1997 INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. PROSPECTUS $300,000,000 REALTY INCOME CORPORATION DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK ------------------------ Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), may from time to time offer in one or more series (i) its debt securities (the "Debt Securities"), (ii) shares of its Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), or (iii) shares of its Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), with an aggregate public offering price of up to $300,000,000 on terms to be determined at the time of offering. The Debt Securities, the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock (collectively, the "Securities") may be offered, separately or together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to this Prospectus (each, a "Prospectus Supplement"). The specific terms of the Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and will include, where applicable: (i) in the case of Debt Securities, the specific title, aggregate principal amount, currency, form (which may be registered or bearer, or certificated or global), authorized denominations, maturity, rate (or manner of calculation thereof) and time of payment of interest, terms for redemption at the Company's option or repayment at the holder's option, terms for sinking fund payments, terms for conversion into shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock, covenants and any initial public offering price; (ii) in the case of Preferred Stock, the specific designation, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to transferability, dividends and other distributions and terms and conditions of redemption and any initial public offering price; and (iii) in the case of Common Stock, any initial public offering price. In addition, such specific terms may include limitations on actual, beneficial or constructive ownership and restrictions on transfer of the Securities, in each case as may be appropriate to preserve the status of the Company as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for federal income tax purposes. See "Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers of Capital Stock." The applicable Prospectus Supplement will also contain information, where applicable, about certain United States federal income tax considerations relating to, and any listing on a securities exchange of, the Securities covered by such Prospectus Supplement. The Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "O." On August 19, 1997, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock was $26.75 per share. The Securities may be offered directly, through agents designated from time to time by the Company, or to or through underwriters or dealers. If any agents or underwriters are involved in the sale of any of the Securities, their names, and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or among them, will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution." No Securities may be sold without delivery of the applicable Prospectus Supplement describing the method and terms of the offering of such Securities. ------------------------ THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. ------------------------ The date of this Prospectus is , 1997. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The registration statement on Form S-3 (of which this Prospectus is a part) (the "Registration Statement"), the exhibits and schedules forming a part thereof and the reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act can be inspected and copied at the Commission's Public Reference Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following regional offices of the Commission: Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. In addition, the Common Stock is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and similar information concerning the Company can be inspected and copied at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. Electronic filings made through the Commission's EDGAR filing system are publicly available through the Commission's web site (http://www.sec.gov). The Company has filed with the Commission the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Securities. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain portions of which have been omitted as permitted by the Commission's rules and regulations. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information regarding the Company and the Securities, reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and such exhibits and schedules, which may be obtained from the Commission at its principal office in Washington, D.C. upon payment of the fees prescribed by the Commission. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The documents listed below have been filed by the Company under the Exchange Act with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference: (ii) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (iii) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997; (iv) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997; and (v) the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-B, filed with the Commission on July 29, 1997. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in the applicable Prospectus Supplement) or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. Copies of all documents that are incorporated herein by reference (not including the exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the information that this Prospectus incorporates) will be provided without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request. Requests should be directed to the Corporate Secretary of the Company, 220 West Crest Street, Escondido, California 92025 (telephone number: (760) 741-2111). 2 THE COMPANY Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") that focuses on the acquisition of long-term net lease properties. The Company's philosophy is to employ a strategy of acquiring, owning and managing additional properties that are preleased on a long-term net lease basis to national and regional chain operators in a variety of consumer service and retail industries throughout the United States. As of August 19, 1997, the Company directly owned controlling interests in 771 properties located throughout the United States. The Company commenced operations as a REIT on August 15, 1994 through the merger and consolidation of 25 public and private real estate limited partnerships (the "Consolidation"). From September 1993 until May 28, 1997, the Company existed as a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Company"). In March 1997, the Company formed Realty Income of Maryland, Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Delaware Company (the "Maryland Company"), specifically for the purpose of reincorporating the Company under the laws of the State of Maryland (the "Reincorporation"). The Maryland Company conducted no business and had no material assets or liabilities prior to May 28, 1997. On May 28, 1997, the Delaware Company was merged into the Maryland Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger approved by the Company's stockholders. Upon completion of the merger, the Maryland Company changed its name to Realty Income Corporation. The Reincorporation did not result in any change in the Company's business, assets or liabilities and did not result in any relocation of management or other employees. For a more complete description of the potential effects of the Reincorporation, reference is hereby made to the section entitled, "Reincorporation of the Company in Maryland and Related Changes to the Rights of Stockholders" of the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 28, 1997 in connection with its 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which section is incorporated by reference herein. The Company's executive offices are located at 220 West Crest Street, Escondido, California 92025, and the telephone number is (760) 741-2111. USE OF PROCEEDS Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes, which may include the construction and acquisition of additional properties and other acquisition transactions, the expansion and improvement of certain properties in the Company's portfolio, and the repayment of indebtedness. RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES The following table sets forth ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the periods shown. The years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the six months ended June 30, 1997 are for the Company. The results of operations used to compute the ratio for the year ended December 31, 1994 are comprised of those of the combined 10 private and 15 publicly held real estate limited partnerships that were included in the Consolidation (collectively, the "Predecessor") from January 1, 1994 through August 15, 1994 and those of the Company from August 16, 1994 through December 31, 1994. The ratio shown for the year ended December 31, 1993 is derived from the combined historical financial information of the Predecessor. Ratios are not shown for the year ended December 31, 1992 because the Predecessor did not have any fixed charges for such period.
SIX MONTHS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ENDED JUNE 30, ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 - --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- 6x 14x 10x 39x 5,865x
3 The ratios of earnings to fixed charges were computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. For this purpose, earnings consist of net income before extraordinary items plus fixed charges (excluding interest costs capitalized). Fixed charges consist of interest expense (including interest costs capitalized) and the amortization of debt issuance costs. To date, the Company has not issued any Preferred Stock; therefore, the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred share dividends are the same as the ratios presented above. DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES GENERAL The Debt Securities will be direct obligations of the Company, which may be secured or unsecured, and which may be senior or subordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Debt Securities may be issued under one or more indentures, each dated as of a date on or before the issuance of the Debt Securities to which it relates and in the form that has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part or incorporated by reference herein by means of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a Form 8-K, subject to such amendments or supplements as may be adopted from time to time. Each such indenture (collectively, the "Indenture") will be entered into between the Company and a trustee (the "Trustee"), which may be the same Trustee. The Indenture will be subject to, and governed by, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The statements made hereunder relating to the Indenture and the Debt Securities are summaries of certain anticipated provisions thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all provisions of the Indenture and such Debt Securities. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture. TERMS The particular terms of the Debt Securities offered by a Prospectus Supplement will be described in the particular Prospectus Supplement, along with any applicable modifications of or additions to the general terms of the Debt Securities as described herein and in the applicable Indenture. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of any series of Debt Securities, reference must be made to both the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto and the description of the Debt Securities set forth in this Prospectus. To the extent that any particular terms of the Debt Securities described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement. Except as set forth in any Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities may be issued without limit as to aggregate principal amount, in one or more series, in each case as established from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors or as set forth in the applicable Indenture or one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture. All Debt Securities of one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series, for issuances of additional Debt Securities of such series. Each Indenture will provide that the Company may, but need not, designate more than one Trustee thereunder, each with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities. Any Trustee under an Indenture may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities, and a successor Trustee may be appointed to act with respect to such series. If two or more persons are acting as Trustee with respect to different series of Debt Securities, each such Trustee shall be a Trustee of a trust under the applicable Indenture separate and apart from the trust administered by any other Trustee and, except as otherwise indicated herein, any action described herein to be taken by a Trustee may be taken by each such Trustee with respect to, and only with respect to, the one or more series of Debt Securities for which it is Trustee under the applicable Indenture. 4 The following summaries set forth certain general terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Debt Securities. The Prospectus Supplement relating to the series of Debt Securities being offered will contain further terms of such Debt Securities, including the following specific terms: (1) the title of such Debt Securities; (2) the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities and any limit on such aggregate principal amount; (3) the price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which such Debt Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or (if applicable) the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Securities that is convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or the method by which any such portion shall be determined; (4) if convertible, the terms on which such Debt Securities are convertible, including the initial conversion price or rate and conversion period and, in connection with the preservation of the Company's status as a REIT, any applicable limitations on the ownership or transferability of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock into which such Debt Securities are convertible; (5) the date or dates, or the method for determining such date or dates, on which the principal of such Debt Securities will be payable; (6) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, at which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any; (7) the date or dates, or the method for determining such date or dates, from which any interest will accrue, the dates upon which any such interest will be payable, the record dates for payment of such interest, or the method by which any such dates shall be determined, the persons to whom such interest shall be payable, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; (8) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be payable, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Debt Securities and the Indenture may be served; (9) the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such Debt Securities may be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the Company's option; (10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase such Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision 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 such Debt Securities will be redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (11) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated and payable, which may be a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign currencies or a composite currency or currencies, and the terms and conditions relating thereto; (12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Debt Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may, but need not, be based on a currency, currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies) and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 5 (13) whether such Debt Securities will be issued in certificated and/or book-entry form, and, if so, the identity of the depositary for such Debt Securities; (14) whether such Debt Securities will be in registered or bearer form and, if in registered form, the denominations thereof if other than $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and, if in bearer form, the denominations thereof and terms and conditions relating thereto; (15) the applicability, if any, of the defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions described herein or set forth in the applicable Indenture, or any modification thereof; (16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the events of default or covenants of the Company with respect to such Debt Securities; (17) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay any Additional Amounts on such Debt Securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Debt Securities in lieu of making such payment; (18) the subordination provisions, if any, relating to such Debt Securities; (19) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for such Debt Securities; and (20) any other terms of such Debt Securities. If so provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities may be issued at a discount below their principal amount and provide for less than the entire principal amount thereof to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof ("Original Issue Discount Securities"). In such cases, any material U.S. federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. DENOMINATIONS, INTEREST, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities of any series will be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any series of Debt Securities will be payable at the applicable Trustee's corporate trust office, the address of which will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, at the Company's option, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the applicable register for such Debt Securities or by wire transfer of funds to such person at an account maintained within the United States. Subject to certain limitations imposed on Debt Securities issued in book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any series will be exchangeable for any authorized denomination of other Debt Securities of the same series and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor upon surrender of such Debt Securities at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. In addition, subject to certain limitations imposed on Debt Securities issued in book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any series may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer thereof at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. Every Debt Security surrendered for conversion, registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and the person requesting such transfer must provide evidence of title and identity satisfactory to the Company and the applicable transfer agent. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of any Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Company may at any time rescind the designation of any transfer agent appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of any series or approve a change in the location through which any such transfer agent acts, except that the Company will be 6 required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for such series. The Company may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities. Neither the Company nor any Trustee shall be required to (a) issue, register the transfer of or exchange Debt Securities of any series if such Debt Security may be among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing or first publication, as the case may be, of notice of redemption of such Debt Securities and ending at the close of business on (i) if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable only in registered form, the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable in bearer form, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such Debt Securities are also issuable in registered form and there is no such publication, the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; (b) register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security in registered form, or portion thereof, so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part; or (c) exchange any Debt Security in bearer form so selected for redemption, except in exchange for a Debt Security of such series in registered form that is simultaneously surrendered for redemption; or (d) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security that has been surrendered for repayment at the holder's option, except the portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be so repaid. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS Each Indenture will provide that the Company will not consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any person unless (a) either the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the successor person (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of such assets shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof and shall expressly assume the Company's obligation to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Debt Securities issued under such Indenture and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions contained in such Indenture and in such Debt Securities; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been incurred, and any liens on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary that are incurred, created or assumed as a result thereof as having been created, incurred or assumed, by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no event of default under the Indenture, and no event that, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become such an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and (c) an officers' certificate and legal opinion covering such conditions shall be delivered to the Trustee. CERTAIN COVENANTS EXISTENCE. Except as permitted under "--Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets," each Indenture will require the Company to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, all material rights (by certificate of incorporation, by-laws and statute) and all material franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any right or franchise if its Board of Directors determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Each Indenture will require the Company to cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and to cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the Company's judgment may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be prevented from selling or otherwise disposing of their properties for value in the ordinary course of business. 7 INSURANCE. Each Indenture will require the Company to, and to cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in force upon all of its properties and operations policies of insurance carried with responsible companies in such amounts and covering all such risks as shall be customary in the industry in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. Each Indenture will require the Company to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on it or any Subsidiary or on the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, each Indenture will require the Company, within 15 days after each of the respective dates by which the Company would have been required to file annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents with the Commission if the Company were so subject, (a) to transmit by mail to all holders of Debt Securities issued under such Indenture, as their names and addresses appear in the applicable register for such Debt Securities, without cost to such holders, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such Sections, (b) to file with the applicable Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such Sections, and (c) to supply, promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, copies of such documents to any prospective holder of such Debt Securities. Except as may otherwise be provided in the Prospectus Supplement relating to any series of Debt Securities, the term "Subsidiary", as used in the Indenture, means with respect to the Company, any other Person of which more than 50% of (i) the equity or other ownership interests or (ii) the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or general or managing partners thereof is at the time owned by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS. Any additional covenants of the Company with respect to any of the series of Debt Securities will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Indenture, each Indenture will provide that the following events are "events of default" with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder: (a) default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security of such series; (b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series when due, whether at stated maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise; (c) default in making any sinking fund payment as required for any Debt Security of such series; (d) default in the performance of any other covenant of the Company contained in the Indenture (other than a covenant added to the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt Securities issued thereunder other than such series), continued for 60 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series; (e) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including obligations under leases required 8 to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles, but not including any indebtedness or obligations for which recourse is limited to property purchased) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including such leases, but not including such indebtedness or obligations for which recourse is limited to property purchased) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000, whether such indebtedness exists at the date of the relevant Indenture or shall thereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable or such obligations being accelerated, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled; (f) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company; and (g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities. The term "Significant Subsidiary" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Regulation was in effect on January 1, 1996. If an event of default under any Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the applicable Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately by written notice thereof to the Company (and to the applicable Trustee if given by the holders). However, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of such series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable Trustee, the holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company shall have deposited with the applicable Trustee all required payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series (other than principal and premium, if any, and interest which have become due solely as a result of such acceleration), plus certain fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the applicable Trustee and (b) all events of default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal (or specified portion thereof), premium, if any, and interest with respect to Debt Securities of such series have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. Each Indenture will also provide that the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may waive any past default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (y) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or (z) in respect of a covenant or provision contained in such Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security of such series affected thereby. Each Indenture will require each Trustee to give notice to the holders of Debt Securities within 90 days of a default under the Indenture unless such default shall have been cured or waived, subject to certain exceptions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any series of Debt Securities of any default with respect to such series (except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment in respect of any Debt Security of such series) if specified Responsible Officers of the Trustee consider such withholding to be in such holders' interest. Each Indenture will provide that no holders of Debt Securities of any series may institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, except in the case of failure of the Trustee, for 60 days, to act after it has received a written request to institute proceedings in respect of an event of default from the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, 9 and no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series. This provision will not prevent, however, any holder of Debt Securities from instituting suit for the enforcement of payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities at the respective due dates thereof. Each Indenture will provide that, subject to provisions in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 relating to its duties in case of default, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any holders of any series of Debt Securities then outstanding under the Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee; provided that such direction shall not conflict with any rule of law or the Indenture and the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that may involve the Trustee in personal liability or that may be unduly prejudicial to the holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining therein. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, the Company will be required to deliver to the Trustee a certificate, signed by one of several specified officers, stating whether or not such officer has knowledge of any default under the Indenture and, if so, specifying each such default and the nature and status thereof. MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE Modifications and amendments of any Indenture will be permitted with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Debt Securities of each series issued under such Indenture affected by such modification or amendment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected thereby, (a) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal, interest (or premium, if any) on, any such Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, or any premium payable on redemption of, any such Debt Security, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or would be provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the holder of any Debt Security (or reduce the amount of premium payable upon any such repayment); (c) change the place of payment, or the coin or currency, for payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any such Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any such Debt Security when due; (e) reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to modify or amend the Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions thereof or certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture; or (f) modify any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security affected thereby. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities of any series may, on behalf of all holders of Debt Securities of that series waive, insofar as that series is concerned, compliance by the Company with certain restrictive covenants in the applicable Indenture. 10 Modifications and amendments of an Indenture will be permitted to be made by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any holder of Debt Securities for any of the following purposes: (a) to evidence the succession of another person to the Company as obligor under the Indenture; (b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company in the Indenture; (c) to add events of default for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities; (d) to add or change any provisions of the Indenture to facilitate the issuance of, or to liberalize certain terms of, Debt Securities in bearer form, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities in uncertificated form, PROVIDED that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities of any series in any material respect; (e) to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture, PROVIDED that any such change or elimination does not apply to any outstanding Debt Securities of a series created prior to the date of such amendment or supplement that are entitled to the benefit of such provision; (f) to secure the Debt Securities; (g) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series, including the provisions and procedures, if applicable, for the conversion of such Debt Securities into Common Stock or Preferred Stock; (h) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee; (i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of holders of Debt Securities of any series in any material respect; or (j) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance, covenant defeasance and discharge of any series of such Debt Securities, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities of any series in any material respect. Each Indenture will provide that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities of a series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver thereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of holders of Debt Securities, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, (b) the principal amount of any Debt Security denominated in a foreign currency that shall be deemed outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the issue date for such Debt Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the issue date of such Debt Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), (c) the principal amount of an Indexed Security that shall be deemed outstanding shall be the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Indexed Security in the applicable Indenture, and (d) Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded. Each Indenture will contain provisions for convening meetings of the holders of Debt Securities of a series. A meeting may be permitted to be called at any time by the Trustee, and also, upon request, by the Company or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, in any such case upon notice given as provided in the Indenture. Except for any consent or waiver that must be given by the holder of each Debt Security affected thereby, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as referred to above, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that 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 Debt Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present by the affirmative vote of the holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of Debt Securities of any series duly held in accordance with the 11 Indenture will be binding on all holders of Debt Securities of that series. The persons holding or representing a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of holders of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver that may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of a series, the persons holding or representing such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series will constitute a quorum. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, each Indenture will provide that if any action is to be taken at a meeting of holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that the Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the holders of such series and one or more additional series: (a) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting and (b) the principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of all such series that are entitled to 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 the Indenture. DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, upon request of the Company any Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder specified in such Company request (except as to certain limited provisions of such Indenture which shall survive) when either (i) all Debt Securities of such series have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Debt Securities of such series have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or are scheduled for redemption within one year) and the Company has irrevocably deposited with the applicable Trustee, in trust, funds in such currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Debt Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (if such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be. Each Indenture will provide that, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company may elect either to (a) defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to any series of Debt Securities (except for the obligation to pay Additional Amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of tax with respect to payments on such Debt Securities and the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such Debt Securities and to hold money for payment in trust) ("defeasance") or (b) be released from its obligations with respect to certain covenants (which will be described in the relevant Prospectus Supplement) applicable to such Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture (which may include, subject to a limited exception, the covenants described under "--Certain Covenants"), and any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a default or an event of default with respect to such Debt Securities ("covenant defeasance"), in either case upon the irrevocable deposit by the Company with the applicable Trustee, in trust, of an amount, in such currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Debt Securities are payable at stated maturity, or Government Obligations (as defined below), or both, applicable to such Debt Securities that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor. Such a trust may only be established if, among other things, the Company has delivered to the applicable Trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in the applicable Indenture) to the effect that the 12 holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred, and such opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance, must refer to and be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law occurring after the date of the applicable Indenture. In the event of such defeasance, the holders of such Debt Securities would thereafter be able to look only to such trust fund for payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest. "Government Obligations" means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the foreign currency in which the Debt Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (b) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such government which issued the foreign currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if after the Company has deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of any series, (a) the holder of a Debt Security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to the applicable Indenture or the terms of such Debt Security to receive payment in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such Debt Security or (b) a Conversion Event (as defined below) occurs in respect of the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which such deposit has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security will be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of such Debt Security into the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable market exchange rate. "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a currency, currency unit or composite currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities, or (iii) any currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, all payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Debt Security that is payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by its government of issuance shall be made in U.S. dollars. In the event the Company effects covenant defeasance with respect to any Debt Securities and such Debt Securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default, other than the event of default described in clause (d) under "--Events of Default, Notice and Waiver" with respect to the specified sections of the applicable Indenture (which sections would no longer be applicable to such Debt Securities) or clause (g) thereunder with respect to any other covenant as to which there has been covenant defeasance, the amount in such currency, currency unit or composite currency in which such 13 Debt Securities are payable, and Government Obligations on deposit with the applicable Trustee, may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Debt Securities at the time of the acceleration resulting from such event of default. The Company would, however, remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time of acceleration. The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting such defeasance or covenant defeasance, including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the Debt Securities of or within a particular series. CONVERSION RIGHTS The terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Debt Securities are convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include whether such Debt Securities are convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holders or the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the redemption of such Debt Securities and any restrictions on conversion, including restrictions directed at maintaining the Company's REIT status. UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS All amounts paid by the Company to a paying agent or a Trustee for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Security that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to the Company, and the holder of such Debt Security thereafter may look only to the Company for payment thereof. GLOBAL SECURITIES The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities (the "Global Securities") that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. Global Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of Debt Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK The Company has authority to issue 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share. As of August 19, 1997, the Company had outstanding 22,994,964 shares of Common Stock. GENERAL The following description of the Common Stock sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Common Stock to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate, including a Prospectus Supplement providing that the Common Stock will be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock. The statements below describing the Common Stock are in all respects subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the applicable provisions of the Company's charter (the "Charter") and Bylaws (the "Bylaws"). TERMS Subject to the preferential rights of any other shares or series of stock and to the provisions of the Charter regarding the restrictions on transfer of stock, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive 14 dividends when, as and if authorized and declared by the Company's Board of Directors out of assets legally available therefor. Payment and authorization of dividends on the Common Stock and purchases of shares thereof by the Company may be subject to certain restrictions if the Company fails to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock. See "Description of Preferred Stock." Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share equally and ratably in any assets available for distribution to them, after payment or adequate provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Company and the preferential amounts owing with respect to any outstanding Preferred Stock. Subject to the provisions of the Charter regarding the restrictions on transfer of stock, each outstanding share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors and, except as provided with respect to any other class or series of stock, the Holders of such shares will possess the exclusive voting power. Holders of Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors, which means that holders of more than 50% of all the shares of the Company's Common Stock voting for the election of directors can elect all the directors if they choose to do so and the holders of the remaining shares cannot elect any directors. Holders of shares of Common Stock do not have preemptive rights, which means they have no right to acquire any additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued by the Company at a subsequent date. Holders of shares of Common Stock have no preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights. Under Maryland law, stockholders generally are not liable for the corporation's debts or obligations. All shares of Common Stock now outstanding are, and additional shares of Common Stock offered will be when issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no shares of Common Stock are or will be subject to preemptive or similar rights. Under the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, sell all or substantially all of its assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business unless approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders holding at least two thirds of the shares entitled to vote on the matter unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is set forth in the corporation's charter. The Charter provides that any such action shall be effective if approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. The Charter authorizes the Board of Directors to reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock into other classes or series of classes of stock and to establish the number of shares in each class or series and to set the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption for each such class or series. RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP For the Company to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), not more than 50% in value of its outstanding capital stock may be owned, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals (defined in the Code to include certain entities) during the last half of a taxable year. To assist the Company in meeting this requirement and certain other requirements relating to its tax status as a REIT, the Company may take certain actions to limit the actual, beneficial or constructive ownership by a single person or entity of the Company's outstanding equity securities. See "Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers of Capital Stock." TRANSFER AGENT The registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock is The Bank of New York. 15 DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of which no shares were outstanding as of August 19, 1997. GENERAL The following description of the Preferred Stock sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The statements below describing the Preferred Stock are in all respects subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the applicable provisions of the Charter (including any applicable Articles Supplementary) and the Bylaws. The Charter authorizes the Board of Directors to classify any unissued shares of Preferred Stock and to reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of any class or series, as authorized by the Board of Directors. Prior to issuance of shares of each series, the Board is required by the MGCL and the Charter to set, subject to the provisions of the Charter regarding the restrictions on transfer of stock, the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each such series. Thus, the Board could authorize the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control of the Company that might involve a premium price for holders of Common Stock or otherwise be in their best interest. As of the date hereof, no shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding and the Company has no present plans to issue any Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable and will have no preemptive rights. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Preferred Stock offered thereby for specific terms of and other information concerning the Preferred Stock, including: (1) the title of such Preferred Stock; (2) the number of shares of such Preferred Stock offered, the liquidation preference per share and the offering price of such Preferred Stock; (3) the dividend rate(s), period(s) and/or payment date(s) or method(s) of calculation thereof applicable to such Preferred Stock; (4) whether such Preferred Stock is cumulative or not and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends on such Preferred Stock shall accumulate; (5) the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any, for such Preferred Stock; (6) the provision for a sinking fund, if any, for such Preferred Stock; (7) any voting rights of such Preferred Stock; (8) the provision for redemption, if applicable, of such Preferred Stock; (9) any listing of such Preferred Stock on any securities exchange; (10) the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which such Preferred Stock will be convertible into Common Stock, including the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof); (11) a discussion of federal income tax considerations applicable to such Preferred Stock; (12) any limitations on actual, beneficial or constructive ownership and restrictions on transfer, in each case as may be appropriate to preserve the Company's REIT status; (13) the relative ranking and preferences of such Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company; 16 (14) whether liquidation preferences on Preferred Stock shall be counted as liabilities of the Company in determining whether distributions to junior stockholders can be made under the MGCL; (15) any limitations on issuance of any series or class of Preferred Stock ranking senior to or on a parity with such series or class of Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company; and (16) any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions of such Preferred Stock. RANK Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, rank (a) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock and to all equity securities ranking junior to such Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; (b) on a parity with all equity securities issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on a parity with the Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company; and (c) junior to all equity securities issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank senior to the Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company. For these purposes, the term "equity securities" does not include convertible debt securities. DIVIDENDS Holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series or class shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized and declared by the Company's Board of Directors, out of the Company's assets legally available for payment, cash dividends at such rates and on such dates as will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each such dividend shall be payable to holders of record as they appear on the Company's stock transfer books on such record dates as shall be fixed by the Company's Board of Directors. Dividends on any series or class of Preferred Stock may be cumulative or noncumulative, as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dividends, if cumulative, will be cumulative from and after the date set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the Company's Board of Directors fails to authorize a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any series or class of Preferred Stock for which dividends are noncumulative, then the holders of such series or class of Preferred Stock will have no right to receive a dividend in respect of the dividend period ending on such dividend payment date, and the Company will have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such period, whether or not dividends on such series or class are declared or paid for any future period. If any shares of Preferred Stock of any series or class are outstanding, no full dividends shall be authorized or paid or set apart for payment on the Preferred Stock of any other series or class ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to the Preferred Stock of such series or class for any period unless (a) if such series or class of Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, then full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Preferred Stock of such series or class for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period or (b) if such series or class of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, then full dividends for the then current dividend period have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Preferred Stock of such series or class. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the shares of Preferred Stock of any series or class and the shares of any other series or class of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the 17 Preferred Stock of such series or class, then all dividends authorized on shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class and any other series or class of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with such Preferred Stock shall be authorized pro rata so that the amount of dividends authorized per share on the Preferred Stock of such series or class and such other series or class of Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) and such other series or class of Preferred Stock bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on Preferred Stock of such series or class that may be in arrears. Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless (a) if such series or class of Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, full cumulative dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series or class have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period and (b) if such series or class of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series or class have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for the then current dividend period, then no dividends (other than in the Common Stock or other stock of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of such series or class as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be authorized or paid or set aside for payment nor shall any other distribution be authorized or made on the Common Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock of such series or class as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall the Common Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock of such series or class as to dividends or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any amounts be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other stock of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of such series or class as to dividends and upon liquidation). Any dividend payment made on shares of a series or class of Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due with respect to shares of such series or class that remains payable. REDEMPTION If so provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the shares of Preferred Stock will be subject to mandatory redemption or redemption at the Company's option, as a whole or in part, in each case on the terms, at the times and at the redemption prices set forth in such Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series or class of Preferred Stock that is subject to mandatory redemption will specify the number of shares of such Preferred Stock that shall be redeemed by the Company in each year commencing after a date to be specified, at a redemption price per share to be specified, together with an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (which shall not, if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods) to the date of redemption. The redemption price may be payable in cash or other property, as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the redemption price for Preferred Stock of any series or class is payable only from the net proceeds of the issuance of stock of the Company, the terms of such Preferred Stock may provide that, if no such stock shall have been issued or to the extent the net proceeds from any issuance are insufficient to pay in full the aggregate redemption price then due, such Preferred Stock shall automatically and mandatorily be converted into shares of the applicable stock of the Company pursuant to conversion provisions specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. 18 Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless (a) if such series or class of Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, full cumulative dividends on all shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period and (b) if such series or class of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series or class have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for the then current dividend period, then no shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class are simultaneously redeemed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class to preserve the Company's REIT status or pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class. In addition, unless (i) if such series or class of Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period and (ii) if such series or class of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series or class have been or contemporaneously are authorized and paid or authorized and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for the then current dividend period, the Company shall not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class (then except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of such series or class as to dividends and upon liquidation); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class to preserve the Company's REIT status or pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of such series or class. If fewer than all the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series or class are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed will be determined by the Company and such shares may be redeemed pro rata from the holders of record of such shares in proportion to the number of such shares held by such holders (with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional shares) or any other equitable method determined by the Company. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30, but not more than 60, days before the redemption date to each holder of record of a share of Preferred Stock of any series or class to be redeemed at the address shown on the Company's stock transfer books. Each notice shall state: (a) the redemption date; (b) the number of shares and series or class of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (c) the redemption price; (d) the place or places where certificates for such Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (e) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such redemption date; and (f) the date on which the holder's conversion rights, if any, as to such shares shall terminate. If fewer than all the shares of Preferred Stock of any series or class are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to each such holder thereof shall also specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed from each such holder and, upon redemption, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder thereof. If notice of redemption of any shares of Preferred Stock has been given and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the Company in trust for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Preferred Stock, such shares of Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price. In order to facilitate the redemption of shares of Preferred Stock of any series or class, the Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock to be redeemed. 19 Subject to applicable law and the limitation on purchases when dividends on a series or class of Preferred Stock are in arrears, the Company may, at any time and from time to time, purchase any shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock in the open market, by tender or by private agreement. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock or any other series or class of stock of the Company ranking junior to any series or class of the Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the holders of such series or class of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of assets of the Company legally available for distribution to shareholders liquidating distributions in the amount of the liquidation preference per share (set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement), plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend). After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company. If, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the legally available assets of the Company are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of any series or class of Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of stock of the Company ranking on a parity with such series or class of Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, then the holders of such series or class of Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled. If liquidating distributions shall have been made in full to all holders of any series or class of Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed among the holders of any other classes or series of stock ranking junior to such series or class of Preferred Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, according to their respective rights and preferences and in each case according to their respective number of shares. For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other entity, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Company's property or business, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company. VOTING RIGHTS Holders of the Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Unless provided otherwise for any series or class of Preferred Stock, so long as any shares of Preferred Stock of a series or class remain outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (such series or class voting separately as a class), (a) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of stock ranking prior to such series or class of Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or reclassify any authorized stock of the Company into any such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares; or (b) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter or the Articles Supplementary for such series or class of Preferred Stock, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of such series or class of Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the creation or 20 issuance of any other series or class of Preferred Stock, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of such series or class or any other series or class of Preferred Stock, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Preferred Stock of such series or class with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers. The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of such series or class of Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption. CONVERSION RIGHTS The terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of any series or class of Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of Common Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Stock is convertible, the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holders of the Preferred Stock or the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the redemption of such Preferred Stock. RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP For the Company to qualify as a REIT under the Code, not more than 50% in value of its outstanding capital stock may be owned, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals (defined in the Code to include certain entities) during the last half of a taxable year. To assist the Company in meeting this requirement and certain other requirements relating to its tax status as a REIT, the Company may take certain actions to limit the actual, beneficial or constructive ownership by a single person or entity of the Company's outstanding equity securities. See "Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers of Capital Stock." TRANSFER AGENT The transfer agent and registrar for any series or class of Preferred Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFERS OF CAPITAL STOCK In order for the Company to qualify as a REIT under the Code, no more than 50% in value of its outstanding shares of stock may be owned, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be treated as a REIT has been made). In addition, if the Company, or an owner of 10% or more of the Company, actually or constructively owns 10% or more of a tenant of the Company (or a tenant of any partnership in which the Company is a partner), the rent received by the Company (either directly or through any such partnership) from such tenant will not be qualifying income for purposes of the REIT gross income tests of the Code. A REIT's stock must also be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be treated as a REIT has been made). Because the Company expects to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of Common Stock which are intended to assist the Company in complying with these requirements. The Charter provides that, subject to certain specified exceptions, no person or entity may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% (by number or value, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of Common 21 Stock (the "Ownership Limit"). The constructive ownership rules of the Code are complex, and may cause shares of Common Stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be constructively owned by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% of the shares of Common Stock (or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, Common Stock) by an individual or entity, could, nevertheless cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own constructively in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding Common Stock and thus violate the Ownership Limit, or such other limit as provided in the Charter or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, but in no event is required to, waive the Ownership Limit with respect to a particular stockholder if it determines that such ownership will not jeopardize the Company's status as a REIT. As a condition of such waiver, the Board of Directors may require an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it and/or undertakings or representations from the applicant with respect to preserving the REIT status of the Company. The Charter further prohibits (i) any person from actually or constructively owning shares of stock of the Company that would result in the Company being "closely held" under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT, and (ii) any person from transferring shares of stock of the Company if such transfer would result in shares of stock of the Company being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution). Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire actual or constructive ownership of shares of stock of the Company that will or may violate any of the foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership is required to give notice immediately to the Company and provide the Company with such other information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on the Company's status as a REIT. The foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply if the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interest of the Company to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT and such determination is approved by a two thirds vote of the Company's stockholders as required by the Charter. Except as otherwise described above, any change in the Ownership Limit would require an amendment to the Charter. Pursuant to the Charter, if any purported transfer of Common Stock or any other event would otherwise result in any person violating the Ownership Limit or such other limit as provided in the Charter or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Directors, then any such purported transfer will be void and of no force or effect with respect to the purported transferee (the "Prohibited Transferee") as to that number of shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or such other limit, and the Prohibited Transferee shall acquire no right or interest (or, in the case of any event other than a purported transfer, the person or entity holding record title to any such excess shares (the "Prohibited Owner") shall cease to own any right or interest) in such excess shares. Any such excess shares described above will be transferred automatically, by operation of law, to a trust, the beneficiary of which will be a qualified charitable organization selected by the Company (the "Beneficiary"). Such automatic transfer shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of such violative transfer. Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Company of the transfer of shares to the trust, the trustee of the trust (who shall be designated by the Company and be unaffiliated with the Company and any Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner) will be required to sell such excess shares to a person or entity who could own such shares without violating the Ownership Limit, or such other limit as provided in the Charter or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Directors, and distribute to the Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner, as applicable, an amount equal to the lesser of the price paid by the Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner for such excess shares or the sales proceeds received by the trust for such excess shares. In the case of any excess shares resulting from any event other than a transfer, or from a transfer for no consideration (such as a gift), the trustee will be required to sell such excess shares to a qualified person or entity and distribute to the Prohibited Owner an amount equal to the lesser of the Market Price (as defined in the Charter) of such excess shares as of the date of such event or the sales proceeds received by the trust for such excess shares. In either case, any proceeds in excess of the amount distributable to the 22 Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner, as applicable, will be distributed to the Beneficiary. Prior to a sale of any such excess shares by the trust, the trustee will be entitled to receive, in trust for the Beneficiary, all dividends and other distributions paid by the Company with respect to such excess shares, and also will be entitled to exercise all voting rights with respect to such excess shares. Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that such shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee shall have the authority (at the trustee's sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner, as applicable, prior to the discovery by the Company that such shares have been transferred to the trust and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the Beneficiary. However, if the Company has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Any dividend or other distribution paid to the Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner (prior to the discovery by the Company that such shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above) will be required to be repaid to the trustee upon demand for distribution to the Beneficiary. In the event that the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective (for any reason) to prevent violation of the Ownership Limit or such other limit as provided in the Charter or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Directors, then the Charter provides that the transfer of the excess shares will be void. In addition, shares of stock of the Company held in the trust shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Company, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Company, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Company shall have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares of stock held in the trust. Upon such a sale to the Company, the interest of the Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Transferee or Prohibited Owner. If any purported transfer of shares of Common Stock would cause the Company to be beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, such transfer will be null and void in its entirety and the intended transferee will acquire no rights to the stock. All certificates representing shares of Common Stock will bear a legend referring to the restrictions described above. The foregoing ownership limitations could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control of the Company that might involve a premium price for the Common Stock or otherwise be in the best interest of stockholders. Under the Charter, every owner of a specified percentage (or more) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock must file a completed questionnaire with the Company containing information regarding their ownership of such shares, as set forth in the Treasury Regulations. Under current Treasury Regulations, the percentage will be set between 0.5% and 5.0%, depending upon the number of record holders of the Company's shares of Common Stock. In addition, each stockholder shall upon demand be required to disclose to the Company in writing such information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such stockholder's actual and constructive ownership of Common Stock on the Company's status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit, or such other limit as provided in the Charter or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Directors. CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS The following summary of certain federal income tax considerations to the Company is based on current law, is for general information only, and is not tax advice. The tax treatment of a holder of any of the Securities will vary depending upon the terms of the specific Securities acquired by such holder, as well as his particular situation, and this discussion does not attempt to address any aspects of federal income taxation relating to holders of Securities. Certain federal income tax considerations relevant to holders of the Securities will be provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. 23 EACH INVESTOR IS URGED TO CONSULT THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, AS WELL AS HIS OWN TAX ADVISOR, REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND SALE AND OF POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS. TAXATION OF THE COMPANY AS A REIT GENERAL. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994. The Company believes that, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994, it has been organized and has operated in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code, and the Company intends to continue to operate in such a manner, but no assurance can be given that it has operated or will operate in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified. These sections of the Code are highly technical and complex. The following sets forth the material aspects of the sections that govern the federal income tax treatment of a REIT. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the applicable Code provisions, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof. Latham & Watkins has acted as tax counsel to the Company in connection with this Prospectus and the Company's election to be taxed as a REIT. Latham & Watkins has rendered an opinion to the Company as of August , 1997 to the effect that commencing with the Company's taxable year ended December 31, 1994, the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT, and its proposed method of operation has enabled and will continue to enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. It must be emphasized that this opinion is based on various assumptions and is conditioned upon certain representations made by the Company as to factual matters, and that Latham & Watkins undertakes no obligation to update this opinion subsequent to such date. Moreover, such qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon the Company's ability to meet (through actual annual operating results, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership) the various qualification tests imposed under the Code discussed below, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by Latham & Watkins. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company's operation in any particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements. See "--Failure to Qualify." If the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it generally will not be subject to federal corporate income taxes on its net income that is currently distributed to stockholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the "double taxation" (at the corporate and stockholder levels) that generally results from investment in a regular corporation. However, the Company will be subject to federal income tax as follows: First, the Company will be taxed at regular corporate rates on any undistributed real estate investment trust taxable income, including undistributed net capital gains. Second, under certain circumstances, the Company may be subject to the "alternative minimum tax" on its items of tax preference. Third, if Company has (i) net income from the sale or other disposition of "foreclosure property" which is held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or (ii) other non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, it will be subject to tax at the highest corporate rate on such income. Fourth, if the Company has net income from prohibited transactions (which are, in general, certain sales or other dispositions of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business other than foreclosure property), such income will be subject to a 100% tax. Fifth, if the Company should fail to satisfy the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test (as discussed below), but has nonetheless maintained its qualification as a real estate investment trust because certain other requirements have been met, it will be subject to a 100% tax on an amount equal to (a) the gross income attributable to the greater of the amount by which the Company fails the 75% or 95% test, multiplied by (b) a fraction intended to reflect the Company's profitability. Sixth, if the Company should fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of its real estate investment trust ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of 24 its real estate investment trust capital gain net income for such year, and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, the Company would be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution over the amounts actually distributed. Seventh, with respect to any asset (a "Built-in Gain Asset") acquired by the Company from a corporation which is or has been a C corporation (i.e., generally a corporation subject to full corporate-level tax) in a transaction in which the basis of the Built-in Gain Asset in the hands of the Company is determined by reference to the basis of the asset in the hands of the C corporation, if the Company recognizes gain on the disposition of such asset during the 10-year period (the "Recognition Period") beginning on the date on which such asset was acquired by the Company, then, to the extent of the Built-in Gain (i.e., the excess of (a) the fair market value of such asset over (b) the Company's adjusted basis in such asset, determined as of the beginning of the Recognition Period), such gain will be subject to tax at the highest regular corporate rate pursuant to Treasury Regulations that have not yet been promulgated. The results described above with respect to the recognition of Built-in Gain assume that the Company has made an election pursuant to IRS Notice 88-19. REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION. The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association (1) which is managed by one or more trustees or directors, (2) the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest, (3) which would be taxable as a domestic corporation, but for Sections 856 through 859 of the Code, (4) which is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company subject to certain provisions of the Code, (5) the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons, (6) during the last half of each taxable year, not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which is owned, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) and (7)which meets certain other tests, described below, regarding the nature of its income and assets and the amount of its distributions. The Code provides that conditions (1) to (4) must be met during the entire taxable year and that condition (5) must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. Conditions (5) and (6) will not apply until after the first taxable year for which an election is made to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. The Company believes that it has satisfied condition (5) and that it has issued sufficient shares to allow it to satisfy condition (6). In addition, the Company's Charter provides for restrictions regarding ownership and transfer of the Company's capital stock, which restrictions are intended to assist the Company in continuing to satisfy the share ownership requirements described in (5) and (6) above. Such ownership and transfer restrictions are described in "Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers of Capital Stock." There can be no assurance, however, that such transfer and ownership restrictions will, in all cases, prevent a violation of the stock ownership provisions described in (5) and (6) above. The ownership and transfer restrictions pertaining to a particular class or series of capital stock will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement pertaining to such class or series. The Company owns, and has owned, interests in various partnerships. In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership, Treasury Regulations provide that the REIT will be deemed to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership and will be deemed to be entitled to the income of the partnership attributable to such share. In addition, the character of the assets and gross income of the partnership will retain the same character in the hands of the real estate investment trust for purposes of Section 856 of the Code, including satisfying the gross income tests and the asset tests. Thus, the Company's proportionate share of the assets, liabilities and items of income of the partnerships in which the Company is a partner will be treated as assets, liabilities and items of income of the Company for purposes of applying the requirements described herein. See "--Tax Risks Associated with the Partnerships." The Company owns 100% of the stock of a subsidiary that is a qualified REIT subsidiary (a "QRS") and may acquire stock of one or more new subsidiaries. A corporation will qualify as a QRS if 100% of its stock is held by the Company at all times during the period such QRS was in existence. A QRS will not be treated as a separate corporation, and all assets, liabilities, and items of income, deduction, and credit of a 25 QRS will be treated as assets, liabilities and such items (as the case may be) of the Company for all purposes of the Code including the REIT qualification tests. For this reason, references under "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations" to the income and assets of the Company shall include the income and assets of any QRS. A QRS will not be subject to federal income tax and the Company's ownership of the voting stock of a QRS will not violate the restrictions against ownership of securities of any one issuer which constitute more than 10% of such issuer's voting securities or more than 5% of the value of the Company's total assets, described below under "--Asset Tests." INCOME TESTS. In order to maintain qualification as a REIT, the Company annually must satisfy three gross income requirements. First, at least 75% of the Company's gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year must be derived directly or indirectly from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property (including "rents from real property" and, in certain circumstances, interest) or from certain types of temporary investments. Second, at least 95% of the Company's gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year must be derived from such real property investments, dividends, interest and gain from the sale or disposition of stock or securities (or from any combination of the foregoing). Third, short-term gain from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities, gain from prohibited transactions and gain on the sale or other disposition of real property held for less than four years (apart from involuntary conversions and sales of foreclosure property) must represent less than 30% of the Company's gross income (including gross income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year. Rents received by the Company will qualify as "rents from real property" in satisfying the gross income requirements for a real estate investment trust described above only if several conditions are met. First, the amount of rent must not be based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the term "rents from real property" solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. Second, the Code provides that rents received from a tenant will not qualify as "rents from real property" in satisfying the gross income tests if the real estate investment trust, or an owner of 10% or more of the real estate investment trust, actually or constructively owns 10% or more of such tenant (a "Related Party Tenant"). Third, if rent attributable to personal property leased in connection with a lease of real property is greater than 15% of the total rent received under the lease, then the portion of rent attributable to such personal property will not qualify as "rents from real property." Finally, for rents received to qualify as "rents from real property," the real estate investment trust generally must not operate or manage the property or furnish or render services to the tenants of such property, other than through an independent contractor from whom the real estate investment trust derives no revenue; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Company may directly perform certain services that are "usually or customarily rendered" in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not otherwise considered "rendered to the occupant" of the property. The Company does not and will not (i) charge rent for any property that is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person (except by reason of being based on a percentage of receipts or sales, as described above), (ii) rent any property to a Related Party Tenant, (iii) derive rental income attributable to personal property (other than personal property leased in connection with the lease of real property, the amount of which is less than 15% of the total rent received under the lease), or (iv) perform services considered to be rendered to the occupant of the property, other than through an independent contractor from whom the Company derives no revenue. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may take certain of the actions set forth in (i) through (iv) above to the extent such actions will not, based on the advice of tax counsel to the Company, jeopardize the Company's tax status as a REIT. The term "interest" generally does not include any amount received or accrued (directly or indirectly) if the determination of such amount depends in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the term "interest" solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. 26 If the Company fails to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, it may nevertheless qualify as a real estate investment trust for such year if it is entitled to relief under certain provisions of the Code. These relief provisions will generally be available if the Company's failure to meet such tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, the Company attaches a schedule of the sources of its income to its federal income tax return, and any incorrect information on the schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade tax. It is not possible, however, to state whether in all circumstances the Company would be entitled to the benefit of these relief provisions. As discussed above under "--General," even if these relief provisions apply, a tax would be imposed with respect to the excess net income. ASSET TESTS. The Company, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, must also satisfy three tests relating to the nature of its assets. First, at least 75% of the value of the Company's total assets must be represented by real estate assets (including stock or debt instruments held for not more than one year purchased with the proceeds of a stock offering or long-term (at least five years) public debt offering of the Company), cash, cash items and government securities. Second, not more than 25% of the Company's total assets may be represented by securities other than those in the 75% asset class. Third, of the investments included in the 25% asset class, the value of any one issuer's securities owned by the Company may not exceed 5% of the value of the Company's total assets and the Company may not own more than 10% of any one issuer's outstanding voting securities. ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. The Company, in order to qualify as a REIT, is required to distribute dividends (other than capital gain dividends) to its stockholders in an amount at least equal to (A) the sum of (i) 95% of the Company's "REIT taxable income" (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and the Company's net capital gain) and (ii) 95% of the net income (after tax), if any, from foreclosure property, minus (B) the sum of certain items of non-cash income. In addition, if the Company disposes of any asset during its Recognition Period, the Company will be required, pursuant to IRS regulations which have not yet been promulgated, to distribute at least 95% of the Built-in Gain (after tax), if any, recognized on the disposition of such asset. Such distributions must be paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if declared before the Company timely files its tax return for such year and if paid on or before the first regular dividend payment after such declaration. To the extent that the Company does not distribute all of its net capital gain or distributes at least 95%, but less than 100%, of its REIT taxable income, as adjusted, it will be subject to tax thereon at regular ordinary and capital gain corporate tax rates. It is possible that the Company, from time to time, may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the 95% distribution requirement due to timing differences between (i) the actual receipt of income and actual payment of deductible expenses and (ii) the inclusion of such income and deduction of such expenses in arriving at taxable income of the Company. In the event that such timing differences occur, in order to meet the 95% distribution requirement, the Company may find it necessary to arrange for short-term, or possibly long-term, borrowings or to pay dividends in the form of taxable stock dividends. Under certain circumstances, the Company may be able to rectify a failure to meet the above distribution requirements for a year by paying "deficiency dividends" to stockholders in a later year, which may be included in the Company's deduction for dividends paid for the earlier year. Thus, the Company may be able to avoid being taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends; however, the Company will be required to pay interest based upon the amount of any deduction taken for deficiency dividends. Furthermore, if the Company should fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of its real estate investment trust ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of its real estate investment trust capital gain income for such year, and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, the Company would be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution over 27 the amounts actually distributed. The Company intends to make timely distributions sufficient to satisfy the annual distribution requirements set forth above. DISTRIBUTION OF ACQUIRED EARNINGS. In addition to the above annual distribution requirements, a REIT is not allowed to have accumulated earnings and profits attributable to non-REIT years. A REIT has until the close of its first taxable year in which it has non-REIT earnings and profits to distribute any such earnings and profits. In a corporate reorganization qualifying as a tax-free statutory merger, the acquired corporation's earnings and profits are carried over to the surviving corporation. Any earnings and profits treated as having been acquired by a REIT through such a merger will be treated as accumulated earnings and profits of the REIT attributable to non-REIT years. On August 17, 1995, R.I.C. Advisor, Inc., a California corporation ("R.I.C. Advisor"), merged with and into the Company (the "Merger") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 28, 1995, by and among the Company, R.I.C. Advisor and the shareholders of R.I.C. Advisor. Accordingly, as a result of the Merger, the Company was treated as having acquired the earnings and profits (the "Acquired Earnings") of R.I.C. Advisor. The Company was required to distribute (or be deemed to distribute) the Acquired Earnings prior to the close of 1995. Failure to do so would result in the loss of the Company's REIT status, which would have a material adverse effect on the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its ability to make distributions to stockholders and debt service payments. See "--Failure to Qualify." The amount of the Acquired Earnings was based on the earnings and profits of R.I.C. Advisor immediately prior to the Merger. The Acquired Earnings were determined through an earnings and profits study based on the corporate tax returns of R.I.C. Advisor for the tax years beginning with R.I.C. Advisor's date of incorporation through the date of the Merger. The Company requested that KPMG Peat Marwick LLP perform certain procedures relating to the amount of the earnings and profits of R.I.C. Advisor for purposes of the earnings and profits distribution requirement. Based on KPMG Peat Marwick LLP's conclusions (which were based on R.I.C. Advisor's tax returns as filed with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"), certain other information provided by R.I.C. Advisor and other assumptions and qualifications set forth in KPMG Peat Marwick LLP's report) and other relevant factors, the Company believes that it made (or was deemed to make) distributions to its shareholders which were sufficient to distribute the Acquired Earnings prior to the close of 1995. The calculation of the amount of Acquired Earnings is subject to challenge by the IRS. The IRS may examine R.I.C. Advisor's prior tax returns and propose adjustments to increase its taxable income. Because the earnings and profits study used to calculate the amount of Acquired Earnings was based on these returns, such adjustments may increase the amount of the Acquired Earnings. If the IRS determines that the Company did not distribute all of the Acquired Earnings prior to the end of 1995, the Company would fail to qualify as a REIT for 1995 and perhaps for subsequent years, which would have a material adverse effect on the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its ability to make distributions to stockholders and debt service payments. See "--Failure to Qualify." However, the Company may make an additional distribution within 90 days of such a determination by the IRS to distribute the Acquired Earnings and would be required to pay to the IRS an interest charge based on 50% of the amount not previously distributed. If such additional distribution is made, the Company's failure to distribute the Acquired Earnings would not prevent it from qualifying as a REIT for years subsequent to 1995. TAX RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS The Company presently owns an interest in one partnership and previously owned an interest in other partnerships. The ownership of an interest in a partnership may involve special tax risks, including the possible challenge by the IRS of (i) allocations of income and expense items, which could affect the computation of taxable income of the Company, and (ii) the status of a partnership as a partnership (as opposed to an association taxable as a corporation) for federal income tax purposes. If the partnership was treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, the partnership would be treated as a taxable entity. In addition, in such a situation, (i) if the Company owned more than 10% of 28 the outstanding voting securities of such partnership, or the value of such securities exceeded 5% of the value of the Company's assets, the Company would fail to satisfy the asset tests described above and would therefore fail to qualify as a REIT, (ii) distributions from the partnership to the Company would be treated as dividends, which are not taken into account in satisfying the 75% gross income test described above and could, therefore, make it more difficult for the Company to satisfy such test, (iii) the interest in the partnership held by the Company would not qualify as a "real estate asset," which could make it more difficult for the Company to meet the 75% asset test described above, and (iv) the Company would not be able to deduct its share of any losses generated by the partnerships in computing its taxable income. See "--Failure to Qualify" for a discussion of the effect of the Company's failure to meet such tests for a taxable year. The Company believes that each of the partnerships in which the Company owns or has owned an interest have been and will be treated for tax purposes as a partnership (rather than an association taxable as a corporation). The Company's position will not be binding on the IRS and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge the status of any partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. FAILURE TO QUALIFY If the Company fails to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, and the relief provisions do not apply, the Company will be subject to tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates. Such a failure to qualify for taxation as a REIT would reduce the cash available for distribution by the Company to stockholders and to pay debt service and could have an adverse effect on the market value and marketability of the Securities. Distributions to stockholders in any year in which the Company fails to qualify will not be deductible by the Company nor will they be required to be made. In such event, to the extent of current and accumulated earnings and profits, all distributions to stockholders will be taxable as ordinary income and, subject to certain limitations of the Code, corporate distributees may be eligible for the dividends received deduction. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, the Company will also be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances the Company would be entitled to such statutory relief. TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT OF 1997 On August 5, 1997, President Clinton signed into law the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (H.R. 2014), which will have the effect of modifying certain REIT-related Code provisions for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1998. Some of the potentially significant REIT-related changes contained in this legislation include: (i) the rule disqualifying a REIT for any year in which it fails to comply with certain regulations requiring the REIT to monitor its stock ownership is replaced with an intermediate financial penalty; (ii) the rule disqualifying a REIT in any year that it is "closely held" does not apply if during such year the REIT complied with certain regulations which require the REIT to monitor its stock ownership, and the REIT did not know or have reason to know that it was closely held; (iii) a REIT is permitted to render a DE MINIMIS amount of impermissible services to tenants in connection with the management of property and still treat amounts received with respect to such property (other than certain amounts relating to such services) as qualified rent; (iv) the rules regarding attribution to partnerships for purposes of defining qualified rent and independent contractors are modified so that attribution occurs only when a partner owns a 25% or greater interest in the partnership; (v) the 30% gross income test is repealed; (vi) any corporation wholly-owned by a REIT is permitted to be treated as a qualified REIT subsidiary regardless of whether such subsidiary has always been owned by the REIT; (vii) the ordering rule for purposes of the requirement that newly-electing REITs distribute earnings and profits accumulated in non-REIT years is modified; (viii) the class of excess noncash items for purposes of the REIT distribution requirements is expanded; and (ix) certain other Code provisions relating to REITs are amended. Some or all of the provisions could affect both the Company's operations and its ability to maintain its REIT status for its taxable years beginning in 1998. 29 STATE AND LOCAL TAXES The Company may be subject to state or local taxes in other jurisdictions such as those in which the Company may be deemed to be engaged in activities or own property or other interests. Such tax treatment of the Company in states having taxing jurisdiction over it may differ from the federal income tax treatment described in this summary. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Company may sell the Securities to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell the Securities to investors directly or through agents. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the Securities will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters may offer and sell the Securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, at prices relating to the prevailing market prices at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The Company also may, from time to time, authorize underwriters acting as the Company's agents to offer and sell the Securities upon the terms and conditions as are set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of Securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from the Company in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent. Any underwriting compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the Securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions, under the Securities Act. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified, and such compensation received from the Company will be described, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with the Company, to indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Certain of the underwriters, dealers and agents and their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business. Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, each series of Securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than the Common Stock. The Common Stock is currently listed on the NYSE. Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, any shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement will be listed on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. The Company may elect to list any series of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock on an exchange or Nasdaq, but is not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a series of Securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Therefore, there can be no assurance as to the liquidity of, or the trading market for, the Securities. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Realty Income Corporation as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996 included in Realty Income Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 30 December 31, 1996 and incorporated by reference herein have been audited by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, and have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the reports of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, incorporated herein by reference, and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. LEGAL MATTERS The validity of the Securities will be passed upon for the Company by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll and Latham & Watkins. 31 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION The estimated expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with the offerings of the Securities are as follows: Securities Act Registration Fee................................... $ 90,909 NYSE Listing Fee.................................................. 50,000 Blue Sky Fees and Expenses........................................ 20,000 Printing and Engraving Expenses................................... 150,000 Legal Fees and Expenses........................................... 200,000 Accounting Fees and Expenses...................................... 75,000 Trustees' Fees.................................................... 10,000 Miscellaneous..................................................... 50,000 --------- Total........................................................... $ 645,909 --------- ---------
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS The MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Charter of the Company contains such a provision which eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by the MGCL. The Charter of the Company authorizes it, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to obligate itself to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or former director or officer or (b) any individual who, while a director of the Company and at the request of the Company, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee of such corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her stature as a present or former director or officer of the Company. The Bylaws of the Company obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or former director or officer who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director of the Company and at the request of the Company, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee of such corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity. The Charter and Bylaws also permit the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. The MGCL requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Company's charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in II-1 connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b) a written statement by or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met. The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its executive officers and directors. The indemnification agreements require, among other matters, that the Company indemnify its executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law and advance to the executive officers and directors all related expenses, subject to reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not permitted. Under the indemnification agreements, the Company must also indemnify and advance all expenses incurred by executive officers and directors seeking to enforce their rights under the indemnification agreements and may cover executive officers and directors under the Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance. Although the form of indemnification agreement offers substantially the same scope of coverage afforded by law, it provides greater assurance to directors and executive officers that indemnification will be available, because, as a contract, it cannot be modified unilaterally in the future by the Board of Directors or the stockholders to eliminate the rights it provides. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS 1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities(1) 1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement for Equity Securities(1) 2 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 27, 1997 (filed as Exhibit B to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated July 29, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference) 3.1 Articles of Incorporation (filed as Appendix B to the Company's Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated March 28, 1997 (the "Proxy Statement") filed with the Commission on March 28, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference) 3.2 Bylaws (filed as Appendix C to the Company's Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference) 4.1 Form of Indenture 4.2 Form of Debt Security(1) 4.3 Form of Articles Supplementary for the Preferred Stock(1) 4.4 Form of Preferred Stock Certificate(1) 5.1 Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll regarding the legality of Securities to be issued 5.2 Opinion of Latham & Watkins regarding the legality of Securities to be issued 8 Opinion of Latham & Watkins regarding tax matters(1)
II-2 12 Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges 23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP 23.2 Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.3 Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibits 5.2 and 8) 24 Power of Attorney (contained on page II-5) 25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1(1)
- ------------------------ (1) To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of Securities. ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that subparagraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement; (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the II-3 successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. (d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Escondido, State of California, on August 25, 1997. REALTY INCOME CORPORATION By: /s/ THOMAS A. LEWIS ----------------------------------------- Thomas A. Lewis CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Thomas A. Lewis, Richard J. VanDerhoff, and each of them as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full powers of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in or about the premises. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 25, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- /s/ THOMAS A. LEWIS ------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer, Director Thomas A. Lewis /s/ RICHARD J. VANDERHOFF ------------------------------------------- President and Chief Operating Officer, Director Richard J. VanDerhoff /s/ GARY M. MALINO ------------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Gary M. Malino Accounting Officer) /s/ WILLIAM E. CLARK ------------------------------------------- Chairman of the Board William E. Clark /s/ DONALD R. CAMERON ------------------------------------------- Director Donald R. Cameron /s/ ROGER P. KUPPINGER ------------------------------------------- Director Roger P. Kuppinger /s/ MICHAEL D. MCKEE ------------------------------------------- Director Michael D. McKee /s/ WILLARD H. SMITH JR ------------------------------------------- Director Willard H. Smith Jr
II-5 EXHIBIT INDEX
SEQUENTIAL EXHIBIT PAGE NUMBER NUMBER - ----------- ------------- 1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities(1) N/A 1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement for Equity Securities(1) N/A 2 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 27, 1997 (filed as Exhibit B to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated July 29, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference) N/A 3.1 Articles of Incorporation (filed as Appendix B to the Company's Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated March 28, 1997 (the "Proxy Statement"), filed with the Commission on March 28, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference) N/A 3.2 Bylaws (filed as Appendix C to the Company's Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference) N/A 4.1 Form of Indenture 4.2 Form of Debt Security(1) N/A 4.3 Form of Articles Supplementary for the Preferred Stock(1) N/A 4.4 Form of Preferred Stock Certificate(1) N/A 5.1 Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll regarding the legality of Securities to be issued 5.2 Opinion of Latham & Watkins regarding the legality of Securities to be issued 8 Opinion of Latham & Watkins regarding tax matters(1) N/A 12 Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges 23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP 23.2 Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.3 Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibits 5.2 and 8) N/A 24 Power of Attorney (contained on page II-5) 25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1(1) N/A
- ------------------------ (1) To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of Securities EX-4.1 2 FORM OF INDENTURE THIS INDENTURE, dated as of _______________, between REALTY INCOME CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), having its principal office at 220 West Crest Street, Escondido, California 92025-1725, and __________________________, a banking corporation organized under the laws the State of ______________, as Trustee hereunder (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office at ___________________. RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities") evidencing its indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article One have the meanings assigned to them in this Article One, and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-liquidating paper," as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the TIA; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and (4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. "Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104. "Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders 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 the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities. "Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day. "Bankruptcy Law" has the meaning specified in Section 501. "Bearer Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer. "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder. "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "Business Day" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close or, when used with respect to a Place of Payment (other than The City of New York) or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities (other than The City of New York), any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. "CEDEL" means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A., or its successor. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date. "Common Depositary" shall have the meaning specified in Section 304. "Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock issued by such Person other than Preferred Stock. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation. "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (1) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions 2 of or within the international banking community, (2) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities, or (3) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at ________________________. "coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security. "Custodian" has the meaning specified in Section 501. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307. "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. "DTC" has the meaning specified in Section 304. "ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities. "Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System. "European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. "European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501. "Exchange Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 304. "Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, as used in the United States applied on a consistent basis. "Global Security" means a security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities issued to and registered in the name of the depositary for such series, or its nominee, in accordance with Section 305, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 203. "Government Obligations" means Securities which are (1) direct obligations of the United States or the government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction 3 from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. "Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the, or those, particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party. "Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance. "Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1010, includes such Additional Amounts. "Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. "Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise. "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Company and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502. "Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities therefore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, EXCEPT: (1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (2) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the Holder) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company 4 shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (3) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and (5) Securities converted into Common Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to or in accordance with this Indenture if the terms of such Securities provide for convertibility pursuant to Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculation required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 301 as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or of any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities owned as provided in clause (iv) above which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities or coupons on behalf of the Company. "Person" means any individual, corporation, business trust, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains. 5 "Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, all capital stock issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any other capital stock issued by such Person with respect to any distribution of such Person's assets, whether by dividend or upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up. "Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "Registered Security" shall mean any Security which is registered in the Security Register. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a Business Day. "Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to this Indenture. "Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president, any vice president (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president"), the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject. "Security" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee. "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305. "Significant Subsidiary" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such Regulation was in effect on January 1, 1996. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 307. "Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. "Subsidiary" means, with respect to the Company, any other Person of which more than 50% of (i) the equity or other ownership interests or (ii) the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or general or managing partners thereof is at the time owned by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof. "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905. 6 "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction. "United States Person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. "Yield to Maturity" means, with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security, the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of such Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles. SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates delivered pursuant to Section 1009) shall include: (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion as to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 7 Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise or reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, opinion or representations as to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. As to any matter relating to beneficial ownership interests in any Global Security, the records of the appropriate depositary and of participants in such depositary shall be dispositive for purposes of this Indenture. The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer 8 Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later then eleven months after the record date. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office; or (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (with a copy to the Company's general counsel); or (3) either the Trustee or the Company, by the other party shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if given by facsimile transmission, receipt confirmed by telephone followed by an original copy delivered by guaranteed overnight courier; if to the Trustee at facsimile number (212) 815- 5915; and if to the Company at facsimile number (760) 741-8674. SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. 9 If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in the City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day, such publication to be not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of the first such publication. If by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. SECTION 107. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. SECTION 109. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 10 SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York without regard, to the extent permitted by law, to conflicts of laws principles. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange a Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of interest or any Additional Amounts or principal (and premium, if any) or conversion or exchange of such security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but (except as otherwise provided with respect to such Security) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, or on such last day of conversion or exchange, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be. SECTION 113. IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF THE COMPANY No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. SECTION 114. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES FORMS SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in the form established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage. 11 Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached. Subject to Section 304, the definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of these methods, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or mechanically reproduced on safety paper or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons. SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. _______________________, as Trustee Dated: By: ---------------- ------------------------------------- Authorized Signatory SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM If Securities of or within a series are issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities, any such Global Security or Securities may provide that it or they shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner or by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Global Security shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent Global Security (1) in the case of a permanent Global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent Global Security in registered form or (2) in the case of a permanent Global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL. 12 Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend, in addition to any other legend or legends permitted by Section 201, in substantially the following form: This Security is a Global Security within the meaning set forth in the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a depositary or a nominee of a depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and, unless and until it is exchanged for Securities in definitive form as aforesaid, may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or by the depositary or its nominee to a successor depositary or its nominee. ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series: (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities); (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305); (3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be payable; (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; (5) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served; (6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have the option; 13 (7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable; (9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent; (10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or, if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that is convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (11) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101; (12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; (13) whether the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for, determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so payable; (14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified; (15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the defined terms, Events of Default or covenants of the Company or other provisions of this Indenture with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such defined terms, Events of Default, covenants or other provisions are consistent with the defined terms, Events of Default, covenants or other provisions set forth herein; (16) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent Global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and, if Registered Securities of the series are to be issuable as a Global Security, the identity of the depositary for such series; 14 (17) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary Global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued; (18) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 304; (19) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen; (20) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; (21) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; (22) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1010 on the Securities of the series to any Holder who is not a United States Person (including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option); (23) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the conversion of the Securities of such series into the Company's Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such shares for purposes of conversion) and applicable limitations on the ownership or transferability of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock into which such Securities are convertible; and (24) any other terms of the series. All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. If any of the form or terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or before the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series. SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities or any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. 15 SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof), and attested by its Secretary or Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries or an Assistant Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities and coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices before the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture or such other certificate as may be specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15 days before the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes of this Section 303 and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent Global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time and if the terms of such series as established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating Securities of any series, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, (1) an Opinion of Counsel stating that: (A) the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (B) the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (C) such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any 16 conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general equitable principles; and (2) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or a Company Order or an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301. No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security (including a Global Security) shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form. Except in the case of temporary Securities (which shall be exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any nonmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor 17 a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and PROVIDED FURTHER that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the following provisions of this Section 304 shall govern the exchange of temporary Securities other than through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). If any such temporary Security is issued in global form, then such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct). Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary Global Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such temporary Global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary Global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary Global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301; and PROVIDED FURTHER that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary Global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States. Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest 18 on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs and of the third paragraph or Section 303 and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary Global Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary Global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary Global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear and CEDEL and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company. SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, is hereby initially appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities on such Security Register as herein provided. If the Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at all reasonable times. Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and provisions. Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any such Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities. If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers' Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office 19 or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (1) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (2) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent Global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the depositary for any permanent Global Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor to DTC. If at any time (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at any time when the depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary for the applicable Global Security and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or learns of such ineligibility, (ii) the Company determines that the Securities of a series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to such effect or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing and beneficial owners representing a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series advise DTC to cease acting as depositary for the applicable Global Security, then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent Global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent Global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent Global Security. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent Global Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent Global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent Global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent Global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written 20 instrument of transfer (including evidence of title and identity) in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 or the second sentence of the third preceding paragraph not involving any transfer. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required to (1) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing or first publication, as the case may be, of notice of redemption of such Securities and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (2) register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security, or portion thereof, so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (3) exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption, except that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (4) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid. SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security. If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (1) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (2) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of principal of (and premium, if any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 21 Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons. SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest on any Registered Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in the relevant Security Register; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company's option be paid by (1) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (2) wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United States. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent Global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to DTC, Euroclear and/or CEDEL, as the case may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent Global Security held for its account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depositary or other nominee, as the case may be, for the purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof. In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, in each case as provided in clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make 22 arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such Person, or upon such Person's order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for money payable upon any such Security. Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security and such depositary (or its nominee) shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial 23 ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security. SECTION 309. CANCELLATION All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be returned to the Company. SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series herein expressly provided for and any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 1010), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when (1) either (A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or 24 discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with and held by the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Company under Sections 304, 305, 306 and 1002 and 1003 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph or Section 1003 shall survive. SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto of the principal (and premium, if any) and any interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT "Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 25 (1) default in the payment of any interest upon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series or of any coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest, Additional Amounts or coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise; or (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or in any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or (5) default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including obligations under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles, but not including any indebtedness or obligations for which recourse is limited to property purchased) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including such leases, but not including such indebtedness or obligations for which recourse is limited to property purchased) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000, whether such indebtedness exists on the date of this Indenture or shall thereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable or such obligations being accelerated, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled; or (6) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding or files a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief or consents to the filing of such petition; (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or to the commencement of any case or proceeding against it; (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or any substantial part of its property; or (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding or adjudges the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company as bankrupt or insolvent or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company; 26 (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or for all or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company; or (C) orders the liquidation or winding up of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company and, in the case of any of subclause (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph (7), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. As used in this Section 501, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration and its consequences if: (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series): (A) all overdue installments of interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of all Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons; (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for, as the case may be, in such Securities; (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest and any Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in, as the case may be, such Securities; and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 27 SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE The Company covenants that if: (1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any series and any related coupon when such interest or Additional Amount becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity, then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, with interest upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest or Additional Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in, as the case may be, such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel. If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series, wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding and (2) to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee, and if the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, 28 disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 606. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding. In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Securities parties to any such proceedings. SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR COUPONS All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest and any Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606; SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and coupons for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest and any Additional Amounts payable, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Amounts, respectively; and THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company. SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 29 (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders. SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, such Security or coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder, on the relevant Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE To the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. To the extent permitted by law, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be. 30 SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not joining therein. Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction by Holders. SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series or any related coupons or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. SECTION 514. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. SECTION 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 515 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such 31 Security (or, in the case of redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the relevant Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable). ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series; and PROVIDED FURTHER that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section 601, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series. SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d): (1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or power vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less 32 than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; PROVIDED that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Holders or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Holders upon demand. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, relevant to the facts or matters that are the subject of its inquiry, personally or by agent or attorney; (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and (8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or power conferred upon it by this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. SECTION 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent. SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company. 33 SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT The Company agrees: (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its own part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or Section 501(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and money held or collected by the Trustee as such, except money held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts on particular Securities or any coupons. The provisions of this Section 606 shall survive the termination of this Indenture. SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 607, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall serve as Trustee. SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 34 The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If at any time: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of such series. The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606. 35 In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, pursuant to Article Nine, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-Trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in this Section 609, as the case may be. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six. SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto. In case any Securities or coupons shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee. SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or repayment thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication 36 executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States or of any state or the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 611, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 611. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation, including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this Section 611. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. _______________________, as Trustee Dated: By: ------------------ ------------------------------- as Authenticating Agent By: ----------------------------------------- Authorized Signatory 37 ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b). SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE Within 60 days after ___________ of each year commencing with the first __________ after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such ___________ if required by TIA Section 313(a). SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY The Company will: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and (3) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 703 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. SECTION 704. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (1) semiannually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date or, if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semiannually, upon such dates as are set forth in or established pursuant to the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and 38 (2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES, LEASES AND CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS The Company will not consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any Person unless (1) either the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the successor Person (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from such consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of such assets shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 1010) on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Securities to be performed or observed by the Company, by supplemental indenture, complying with Article Nine, satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been incurred, and any liens or other encumbrances on any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary that are incurred, created or assumed as a result thereof as having been created, incurred or assumed, by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. SECTION 802. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR ENTITY In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such assumption by the successor corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 801, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and the predecessor corporation, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved of any further obligation under this Indenture and the Securities. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. SECTION 803. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL Any consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under Section 801 is also subject to the condition that the Trustee receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and the assumption by any successor corporation, complies with the provisions of this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. 39 ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company as obligor under this Indenture and the Securities and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults), may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default, may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, PROVIDED that any such change or elimination shall not apply to any Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (6) to secure the Securities; or (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, including the provisions and procedures, if applicable, relating to Securities convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be; or (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or (9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such actions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or 40 (10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance, covenant defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities and any related coupons in any material respect. SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby: (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security; or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any premium payable upon the redemption or repayment thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1010 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security (or reduce the amount of premium payable on any such repayment), or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, any principal or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such series (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or 1011, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any 41 such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities that are theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby. SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section 1010 in respect of principal of (or premium, if any, on) such a Bearer Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for such series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain: (1) in The City of New York, an office or agency where any Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where any Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (2) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts 42 payable on Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1010) or conversion; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (3) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1010) or conversion at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1010) shall be made at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (1) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (2) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent. SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of any Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of, any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 43 Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of, any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest or Additional Amounts and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums. Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any), interest or Additional Amounts have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts in respect of, such Security, without interest thereon, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or notice, as the case may be, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. SECTION 1004. EXISTENCE Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, all material rights (by certificate of incorporation, by-laws and statute) and all material franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company. 44 SECTION 1005. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES The Company will cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be prevented from selling or otherwise disposing of their properties for value in the ordinary course of their business. SECTION 1006. INSURANCE The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in force upon all of its properties and operations policies of insurance carried with responsible companies in such amounts and covering all such risks as shall be customary in the industry in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability. SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. SECTION 1008. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company will, within 15 days after each of the respective dates by which the Company would have been required to file annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents with the Commission if the Company were so subject, (1) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if the Company were subject to such Sections, (2) file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if the Company were subject to such Sections, and (3) promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective Holder. SECTION 1009. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 1009, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture. SECTION 1010. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context except in the case of Section 502(1), the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any 45 series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are not United States Persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of the series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that series or related coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned Officers' Certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (1) to assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal or interest with respect to any Securities of a series or related coupons until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (2) to make all payments of principal and interest with respect to the Securities of a series or related coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them pursuant to this Section 1010 or in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 1010 or in reliance on the Company's not furnishing such an Officers' Certificate. SECTION 1011. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Securities of such series, by act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article Eleven. 46 SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED If less than all the Securities of any series originally issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series originally issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security or portion thereof. Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price and Additional Amounts, if any, payable upon redemption; (3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed; (4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed; 47 (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date; (6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any; (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; (8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished; (9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made; (10) the CUSIP number of such Securities, if any; and (11) if applicable, that a Holder of Securities who desires to convert Securities for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in such Securities, the then-existing conversion price or rate, the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and the date and time when the option to convert shall expire. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. If any Securities called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust. SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid 48 by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, except as otherwise provided with respect to Registered Securities convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by or provided in, as the case may be, the Security. SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the depositary, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. 49 SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series (other than any previously called for redemption) together, in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, as provided for by the terms of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Securities so delivered or applied as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107. ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the applicable terms, if any, of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301) in accordance with this Article Thirteen. SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or prior to the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date. 50 SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of such Securities. In order for any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the Trustee must receive at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date (1) the Security so providing for such repayment together with any "Option to Elect Repayment" or similar form on the reverse thereof duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) or (2) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the Holder of the Security, the principal amount of the Security, the principal amount of the Security to be repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a description of the tenor and terms of the Security, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Security to be repaid, together with any duly completed "Option to Elect Repayment" or similar form on the reverse of the Security, will be received by the Trustee not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if such Security and form duly completed are received by the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise or the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company. SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article Thirteen and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the 51 amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons. If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest borne by or provided in, as the case may be, such Security. SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid. ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE SECTION 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made for either or both of (1) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402 or (2) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article Fourteen (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section 1403 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen. SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 1402 with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund, described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section and Section 1405, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1010, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and (4) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. 52 SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive (other than its obligations under Section 1004 to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence), and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be 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 Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive (other than its obligations under Section 1004 to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence), or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, 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 Section (other than its obligations under Section 1004 to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence) or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other 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 501(4) or 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby. SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto: (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, (A) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit or composite currency in which such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and installments of principal and interest thereon are payable at Stated Maturity, or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and coupons appertaining thereto and installments of principal and interest thereon are payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, or (C) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying Trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. (2) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. (3) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 501(6) and 501(7) are concerned, at any time during the 53 period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period). (4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of outside counsel of recognized standing with respect to federal income tax matters stating that subsequent to the date of this Indenture, (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 defeasance had not occurred. (5) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of outside counsel of recognized standing with respect to federal income tax matters to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto 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. (6) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (A) as a result of a deposit pursuant to clause (1) above and the related exercise of the Company's option under Section 1402 or 1403 (as the case may be), registration is not required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for such trust funds or (B) all necessary registrations under said act have been effected. (7) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the TIA with respect to any securities of the Company. (8) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 1404, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301. Any deposits with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made, (1) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit or composite currencyother than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security or (2) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency or currency unit or composite currency 54 in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the currency or currency unit or composite currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable market exchange rate for such currency or currency unit or composite currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or Government Obligations or other property deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 606, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article Fourteen. SECTION 1406. REINSTATEMENT If (i) the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1404) or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any moneys or Government Obligations or other property deposited pursuant to Section 1404(1) to pay any principal of, premium, if any, interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities or coupons appertaining thereto by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application or (ii) an event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default under Section 501(6) or (7) shall occur on or before the 91st day after the date of such deposit, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture (insofar as relates to such Securities) and under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred, until (solely in the case of clause (i) above) such time as the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such moneys and Government Obligations or other property to pay the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto as contemplated by this Article; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Company makes any payment of the principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Securities or coupons appertaining thereto following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities and coupons to receive such payment from the funds held by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) or Paying Agent. ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article Fifteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. 55 SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS (1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities 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 in Section 106, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. (2) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 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 Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of this Section 1502. SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; 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 Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(2), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1504 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting. 56 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities 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 such series and one or more additional series: (1) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting and (2) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series that are entitled to 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 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS, CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspector of elections, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof. (2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(2), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting. (3) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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 Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy. (4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a copy of the notice 57 of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the 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. 58 SIGNATURES IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written. REALTY INCOME CORPORATION By: ----------------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------------- ______________________, as Trustee By: ----------------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------------- Title: -------------------------------------- 59 EXHIBIT A-1 FORMS OF CERTIFICATION FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE CERTIFICATE [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account are owned by (i) person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States Person(s)"), (ii) United States Person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v), are herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale or (b) United States Person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise Realty Income Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States Person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions" include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date. This certificate excepts and does not relate to [US$ ____________] of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify. We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. Dated: ----------------------- [To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable] A-1-1 [Name of Person Making Certification] -------------------------------------------- (Authorized Signator) Name: --------------------------------------- Title: -------------------------------------- A-1-2 EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE CERTIFICATE [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] This is to certify that, based solely on written certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [US$] _________________________ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities is owned by (i) person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States Person(s)"), (ii) United States Person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v), are herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale or (b) United States Person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise Realty Income Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii) (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States Person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions" include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary Global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof. We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. Dated: ---------------------- [To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable] [Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office,] as Operator of the Euroclear System [CEDEL S.A.] By: ----------------------------------------- A-2-1 REALTY INCOME CORPORATION TO [NAME OF TRUSTEE] TRUSTEE ______________________________ INDENTURE DATED AS OF __________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION. . . . 1 SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SECTION 107. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS . 10 SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 109. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 113. IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 114. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ARTICLE TWO - SECURITIES FORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. . . . . 12 SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ARTICLE THREE - THE SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES . . . . . . . . . . 13 SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING . . . . . 16 SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. . . 19 SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES . . . . 22 SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED . . . . . 22 SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SECTION 309. CANCELLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ARTICLE FOUR - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. . . . . . . . . 25 SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ARTICLE FIVE - REMEDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT . . . 28 SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR COUPONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 i Page ---- SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS . . . . 31 SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SECTION 514. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. . . . . . . . . 32 SECTION 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ARTICLE SIX - THE TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SECTION 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES . 34 SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. . . . 35 SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. . . . . . . . . . . 37 ARTICLE SEVEN - HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. . . . . . 38 SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS . . . . . . 38 SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 704. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 ARTICLE EIGHT - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE . . . . . . 40 SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES, LEASES AND CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SECTION 802. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR ENTITY. . . . . . . . . . 40 SECTION 803. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL . . . . . . 40 ARTICLE NINE - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS . . . 41 SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . . 42 SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . 43 ARTICLE TEN - COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. . . . 45 ii Page ---- SECTION 1004. EXISTENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1005. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1006. INSURANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1008. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1009. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 1010. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SECTION 1011. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ARTICLE ELEVEN - REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. . . . 48 SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. . . . . . . . . . 50 SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ARTICLE TWELVE - SINKING FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. . 51 SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. . . . . . . . 51 ARTICLE THIRTEEN - REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 ARTICLE FOURTEEN - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 SECTION 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . 55 SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . 56 SECTION 1406. REINSTATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ARTICLE FIFTEEN - MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. . . . . . . . 57 SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 57 SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . 57 SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS, CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS. . . . . 59 Exhibit A-1 Form of Certification A-1 iii Exhibit A-2 Form of Certification A-2 iv REALTY INCOME CORPORATION Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "1939 Act") and Indenture dated as of __________. Trust Indenture Indenture Act Section Section --------------- --------- Section 310(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 (a)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607, 608 Section 312. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Section 313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702, 703 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 (a)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009 (c)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 (c)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Section 315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Section 316(a) (last sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 ("Outstanding") (a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502, 512 (a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Section 317(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 (a)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 _______________ NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the 1939 Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the 1939 Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein. v EX-5.1 3 EXHIBIT 5.1 OPINION OF BALLARD SPAHR [Letterhead of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll] FILE NUMBER 111111 August 25, 1997 Realty Income Corporation 220 West Crest Street Escondido, California 92025 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission August 25, 1997 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have served as Maryland counsel to Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the registration of the following securities of the Company having an aggregate initial offering price of up to $300,000,000 (collectively, the "Securities"): (a) debt securities ("Debt Securities"), (b) shares of Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company ("Preferred Stock"), and (c) shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"), covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement. In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the "Documents"): 1. The Registration Statement and the related form of prospectus included therein in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act; 2. The charter of the Company (the "Charter"), certified as of a recent date by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the "SDAT"); 3. The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of a recent date by its Secretary; 4. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") relating to the sale, issuance and registration of the Securities, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of the Company (the "Resolutions"); 5. The form of certificate representing a share of Common Stock, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of the Company; 6. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date; 7. A certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and 8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth in this letter, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein. In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed, and so far as is known to us there are no facts inconsistent with, the following: 1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so. 2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so. Realty Income Corporation August 25, 1997 Page 2 3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party's obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding. 4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There are no oral or written modifications or amendments to the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise. 5. The Securities will not be transferred in violation of any restriction or limitation contained in the Charter. 6. In accordance with the Resolutions, the issuance of, and certain terms of, the Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time will be approved by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law (with such approval referred to herein as the "Corporate Proceedings"). The phrase "known to us" is limited to the actual knowledge, without independent inquiry, of the lawyers at our firm who have performed legal services in connection with the issuance of this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that: 1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT. 2. Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Securities that are shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities or shares of Preferred Stock) (the "Common Securities") and the due execution, countersignature and delivery of certificates representing Common Securities and assuming that the sum of (a) all shares of Common Stock issued as of the date hereof, (b) any shares of Common Stock issued between the date hereof and the date on which any of the Common Securities are actually issued (not including any of the Common Securities), and (c) the Common Securities will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is authorized to issue, the Common Securities are duly authorized and, when and if delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Resolutions and the Corporate Proceedings, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 3. Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Securities that are shares of Preferred Stock (including shares of Preferred Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Debt Securities) (the "Preferred Securities") and the due execution, countersignature and delivery of certificates representing Preferred Securities and assuming that the sum of (a) all shares of Preferred Stock issued as of the date hereof, (b) any shares of Preferred Stock issued between the date hereof and the date on which any of the Preferred Securities are actually issued (not including any of the Preferred Securities), and (c) the Preferred Securities will not exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the Company is authorized to issue, the Preferred Securities are duly authorized and, when and if delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Resolutions and the Corporate Proceedings, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 4. Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Securities that are Debt Securities (including Debt Securities which may be issued upon exercise of Warrants), the issuance of the Debt Securities will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. Realty Income Corporation August 25, 1997 Page 3 The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements. We express no opinion as to compliance with the securities (or "blue sky") laws of the State of Maryland. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof. This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, it may not be relied upon by, quoted in any manner to, or delivered to any other person or entity without, in each instance, our prior written consent. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act. Very truly yours, /s/ BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL EX-5.2 4 EXHIBIT 5.2 OPINION OF LATHAM & WATKINS [Letterhead] August 25, 1997 Realty Income Corporation 220 West Crest Street Escondido, California 92025 Re: $300,000,000 Aggregate Offering Price of Securities of Realty Income Corporation (the "Company") Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel to you in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), for the registration of the following securities of the Company having an aggregate initial offering price of up to $300,000,000: (a) debt securities ("Debt Securities"), (b) Shares of preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share, and (c) shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share. Except as otherwise expressly indicated, the term Registration Statement shall include all documents incorporated or deemed to be included by reference therein. Debt Securities will be issued under one or more indentures, each in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (each, an Indenture) between the Company and one or more trustees (each, a "Trustee"). This opinion is based on various facts and assumptions, and is conditioned upon certain representations made by the Company as to factual matters. In our capacity as the Company's counsel, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion, except where a statement is qualified as to knowledge or information or awareness, in which case we have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the accuracy of any such statement except as otherwise expressly indicated. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion. We are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transaction only of the federal laws of the United States and the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Company and a Trustee execute and deliver an Indenture and the specific terms of a particular Debt Security have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Indenture, and the Debt Security has been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Indenture, against payment therefor or upon exchange in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement, the Debt Security will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company. In connection with the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any Debt Security, (i) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have duly established the terms of the Debt Security and duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Debt Security, in each case in accordance with Maryland law, and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (iii) the applicable Indenture, if any, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered in accordance with Maryland law and the applicable Trustee shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and (iv) there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of the Debt Security. We have also assumed that none of the terms Realty Income Corporation August 25, 1997 Page 2 of any Debt Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of the Debt Security, nor the compliance by the Company with the terms of the Debt Security will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company. The foregoing opinion is subject to the following exceptions, limitations and qualifications: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or law, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; (iii) we express no opinion concerning the enforceability of the waiver of rights or defenses contained in the Indenture; and (iv) the manner by which the acceleration of the Debt Securities may affect the collectibility of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon. To the extent the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities may be dependent upon such matters, we assume for purposes of this opinion that the Trustee under the Indenture is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; that the Trustee is duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the Indenture; that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes a legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; and the Trustee is in compliance, generally and with respect to acting as trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws and regulations; and that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture. This opinion is rendered only to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose, without our prior written consent. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein. Very truly yours, /s/ LATHAM & WATKINS EX-12 5 COMPUTATION OF RATIOS EXHIBIT 12 REALTY INCOME CORPORATION STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (dollars in thousands)
Years ended December 31, ---------------------------------------------------- June 30, 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------- Net Income $16,253 $32,223 $25,600 $15,224 $29,318 $28,053 -------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed Charges: Interest 3,149 1,987 2,186 354 5 -- Amortization of fees 172 380 456 42 -- -- Interest Capitalized 82 150 217 -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed Charges 3,403 2,517 2,859 396 5 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Net Income before Fixed Charges 19,574 34,590 28,242 15,620 29,323 28,053 Divided by Fixed Charges 3,403 2,517 2,859 396 5 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 6:1 14:1 10:1 39:1 5865:1 N/A -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
EX-23.1 6 CONSENT OF KPMG INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT The Board of Directors Realty Income Corporation: We consent to incorporation by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement No. 333- on Form S-3 of Realty Income Corporation of our report relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Realty Income Corporation as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1996, and the related Schedule III. Such report is dated January 24, 1997, except as to paragraph two of Note 11, which is as of February 24, 1997, and appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Realty Income Corporation. San Diego, California August 25, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----