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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 22, 2010
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
Lear Corporation*
(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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13-3386776
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(State or other jurisdiction
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incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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Terrence B. Larkin
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Lear Corporation
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21557 Telegraph Road
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21557 Telegraph Road
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Southfield, Michigan 48033
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Southfield, Michigan 48033
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(248) 447-1500
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(248) 447-1500
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(Address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrants principal executive
offices)
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(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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With a copy to:
Bruce A. Toth, Esq.
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 558-5600
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: From time to time after the effective
date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
check the following
box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than
securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following
box. þ
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following
box. þ
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration
statement filed pursuant General Instruction I.D. filed to
register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities
Act. check the following
box. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer
or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and
smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
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Maximum
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Maximum
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Amount of
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Title of Each Class of Securities
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Amount to be
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Offering Price
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Aggregate
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Registration
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to be Registered(1)
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Registered(2)
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Per Unit(2)
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Offering Price(2)
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Fee(3)
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Common Stock
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Preferred Stock
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Debt Securities
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Warrants to purchase Debt Securities, Common Stock or Preferred
Stock
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Subscription Rights
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Stock Purchase Contracts
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Stock Purchase Units
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Guarantees of Debt Securities(4)
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An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of
the securities of each identified class is being registered as
may from time to time be offered at indeterminate prices or upon
conversion, exchange or exercise of securities registered
hereunder to the extent any such securities are, by their terms,
convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such
securities. Separate consideration may or may not be received
for securities that are issuable on conversion, exchange or
exercise of other securities or that are issued in units. |
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An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of
the securities of each identified class is being registered as
may from time to time be offered at indeterminate prices.
Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities
that are issuable on conversion, exchange or exercise of other
securities or that are issued in units or represented by
depositary shares. |
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In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the
Securities Act at 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act), Lear Corporation is deferring payment of all of the
registration fee. |
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The guarantees are the full and unconditional guarantees of Lear
Corporations obligations under certain of its debt
securities by its wholly-owned subsidiaries listed below.
Pursuant to Rule 457(n) of the Securities Act, no separate
fee is payable with respect to guarantees of the debt securities
being registered. |
*ADDITIONAL
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
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Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in
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State or Other Jurisdiction of
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IRS Employer
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their Respective Charters
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Incorporation or Organization
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Identification No.
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Lear #50 Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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80-0456754
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Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
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Delaware
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03-0587832
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Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
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Delaware
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38-3384976
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Lear Automotive Manufacturing, LLC
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Delaware
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13-4223451
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Lear Corporation (Germany) Ltd.
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Delaware
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13-3386716
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Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors
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Delaware
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38-2446360
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Lear Corporation Global Development, Inc.
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Delaware
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38-3353121
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Lear EEDS Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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76-0834474
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Lear European Operations Corporation
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Delaware
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87-0768411
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Lear Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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76-0834476
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Lear Investments Company, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3378771
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Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
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Delaware
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03-0587829
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Lear Mexican Holdings, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3374476
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Lear Mexican Seating Corporation
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Delaware
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74-3184599
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Lear Operations Corporation
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Delaware
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38-3265872
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Lear Seating Holdings Corp. #50
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Delaware
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38-2929055
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Lear South American Holdings Corporation
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Delaware
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59-3821365
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Lear Trim L.P.
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Delaware
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74-2838386
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Renosol Seating, LLC
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Michigan
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61-1474745
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PROSPECTUS
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
Subscription Rights
Stock Purchase
Contracts
Stock Purchase Units
Guarantees of Debt
Securities
We may offer to sell any of the following securities from time
to time:
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common stock;
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preferred stock;
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debt securities;
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warrants to purchase debt securities, common stock or preferred
stock;
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subscription rights; and
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stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units.
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Certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries that become guarantors
from time to time in accordance with the applicable indenture
may fully and unconditionally guarantee any debt securities that
we issue. When we use the term securities in this
prospectus, we mean any of the securities we may offer with this
prospectus, unless we say otherwise.
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may
apply to these securities and the general manner in which they
may be offered. The specific terms of any securities to be
offered, and the specific manner in which they may be offered,
will be described in a supplement to this prospectus or
incorporated into this prospectus by reference. You should read
this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and
trades under the symbol LEA. Each prospectus
supplement will indicate if the securities offered thereby will
be listed or quoted on a securities exchange or quotation system.
Investing in our securities involves risks. You should
carefully read and consider the risk factors included in our
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, in any applicable prospectus supplement relating to
a specific offering of securities and in any other documents we
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See the
section entitled Risk Factors on page 1 of this
prospectus, in our other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities, or determined if this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
When we issue new securities, we may offer them for sale to or
through underwriters, dealers and agents or directly to
purchasers. The applicable prospectus supplement for each
offering of securities will describe in detail the plan of
distribution for that offering, including any required
information about the firms we use and the discounts or
commissions we may pay them for their services. For general
information about the distribution of securities offered, please
see Plan of Distribution on page 21 of this
prospectus.
The date of this prospectus is March 22, 2010.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
You should rely only on the information contained in or
incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement, and in other offering material, including free
writing prospectuses, if any, or information contained in
documents which you are referred to by this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement, or in other offering material, if any. We
have not authorized anyone to provide you with different
information. We are not offering to sell any securities in any
jurisdiction where such offer and sale are not permitted. The
information contained in or incorporated by reference into this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus
or other offering material is accurate only as of the date of
those documents or information, regardless of the time of
delivery of the documents or information or the time of any sale
of the securities. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or
any applicable prospectus supplement nor any distribution of
securities pursuant to such documents shall, under any
circumstances, create any implication that there has been no
change in the information set forth in this prospectus or any
applicable prospectus supplement or in our affairs since the
date of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus
supplement.
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of an automatic shelf
registration statement that we filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) as a well-known
seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act. By using a shelf registration statement, we may
sell at any time, and from time to time, an indeterminate amount
of any combination of the securities described in this
prospectus in one or more offerings.
This prospectus provides you with only a general description of
the securities we may offer. It is not meant to be a complete
description of any security. Each time we sell securities, we
will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific
information about the terms of that offering, including the
specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities offered. We
and any underwriter or agent that we may from time to time
retain may also provide other information relating to an
offering, which we refer to as other offering
material. The prospectus supplement as well as the other
offering material may also add, update or change information
contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You should read
this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, and any other
offering material (including any free writing prospectus)
prepared by or on behalf of us for a specific offering of
securities, together with additional information described in
the section entitled Where You Can Find More
Information and any other offering material. Throughout
this prospectus, where we indicate that information may be
supplemented in an applicable prospectus supplement or
supplements, that information may also be supplemented in other
offering material. If there is any inconsistency between this
prospectus and the information contained in a prospectus
supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus
supplement.
Unless we state otherwise or the context otherwise requires,
references to Lear, the Company,
us, we or our in this
prospectus mean Lear Corporation and its consolidated
subsidiaries. When we refer to you in this section,
we mean all purchasers of the securities being offered by this
prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, whether
they are the holders or only indirect owners of those securities.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into
this prospectus the information we file with them, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring
to those documents. Any statement contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such earlier 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. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the
following documents:
(a) 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
(b) The description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on
Form 8-A
filed on November 6, 2009 pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act.
(c) The description of our preferred stock contained in our
Registration Statement on
Form 8-A
filed on November 6, 2009 pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act.
(d) All documents filed by us under Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act before the termination of
this offering.
Nothing in this prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate
information furnished but not filed with the SEC pursuant to
Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of
Form 8-K.
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements and information in this prospectus and the
documents we incorporate by reference may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act). The words will,
may, designed to, outlook,
believes, should,
anticipates, plans, expects,
intends, estimates and similar
expressions identify these forward-looking statements. All
statements contained or incorporated in this prospectus which
address operating performance, events or developments that we
expect or anticipate may occur in the future, including
statements related to business opportunities, awarded sales
contracts, sales backlog and on-going commercial arrangements,
or statements expressing views about future operating results,
are forward-looking statements. Important factors, risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those
expressed in our forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to:
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general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate,
including changes in interest rates or currency exchange rates;
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the financial condition and restructuring actions of our
customers and suppliers;
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changes in actual industry vehicle production levels from our
current estimates;
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fluctuations in the production of vehicles for which we are a
supplier;
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the loss of business with respect to, or the lack of commercial
success of, a vehicle model for which we are a significant
supplier;
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disruptions in the relationships with our suppliers;
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labor disputes involving us or our significant customers or
suppliers or that otherwise affect us;
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the outcome of customer negotiations;
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the impact and timing of program launch costs;
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the costs, timing and success of restructuring actions;
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increases in our warranty or product liability costs;
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risks associated with conducting business in foreign countries;
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competitive conditions impacting our key customers and suppliers;
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the cost and availability of raw materials and energy;
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our ability to mitigate increases in raw material, energy and
commodity costs;
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the outcome of legal or regulatory proceedings to which we are
or may become a party;
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unanticipated changes in cash flow, including our ability to
align our vendor payment terms with those of our customers;
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our ability to access capital markets on commercially reasonable
terms;
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further impairment charges initiated by adverse industry or
market developments;
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our anticipated future performance, including, without
limitation, our ability to maintain or increase revenue and
gross margins, control future operating expenses and make
necessary capital expenditures; and
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other risks, described in Part I Item 1A,
Risk Factors, in our 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
and from time to time in our other SEC filings.
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LEAR
CORPORATION
Lear Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1987 and is a
leading global tier I supplier of complete automotive seat
systems and electrical power management systems. Our business
spans all regions and major automotive markets, thus enabling us
to supply our products to every major automotive manufacturer in
the world, including General Motors, Ford, BMW, Daimler, Fiat,
Hyundai, PSA, Renault-Nissan and VW.
We believe that there is significant opportunity for continued
growth in our seating and electrical power management
businesses. We are pursuing a strategy which focuses on
leveraging our global presence, customer relationships and
low-cost footprint, with an emphasis on growth in emerging
markets. This strategy includes investing in new products and
technologies, as well as selective vertical integration of key
component capabilities. We believe that our commitment to
superior customer service and quality, together with a cost
competitive design, engineering and manufacturing footprint,
will result in a global leadership position in each of our
product segments, the further diversification of our sales and
improved operating margins.
Our principal executive offices are located at 21557 Telegraph
Road, Southfield, Michigan 48033. Our telephone number is
(248) 447-1500.
Our website address is www.lear.com.
RISK
FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves risks. You should carefully
consider the risk factors described in Part I,
Item 1A, Risk Factors in our 2009 Annual Report
on
Form 10-K
and our other reports filed from time to time with the SEC,
which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to
time by our filings under the Exchange Act, as well as any
prospectus supplement relating to a specific security. Before
making any investment decision, you should carefully consider
these risks as well as other information we include or
incorporate by reference in this prospectus or in any applicable
prospectus supplement. For more information, see the section
entitled Where You Can Find More Information on
page 23 of this prospectus. These risks could materially
affect our business, results of operations or financial
condition and affect the value of our securities. You could lose
all or part of your investment. Additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently
deem immaterial may also affect our business, results of
operations or financial condition.
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS
Certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries that become guarantors
from time to time in accordance with the applicable indenture
(which we refer to as the subsidiary guarantors in
this prospectus) may fully and unconditionally guarantee our
payment obligations under any series of debt securities offered
by this prospectus. Financial information concerning our
subsidiary guarantors and any non-guarantor subsidiaries will be
included in our consolidated financial statements filed as part
of our periodic reports pursuant to the Exchange Act to the
extent required by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Additional information concerning our subsidiaries and us is
included in our periodic reports and other documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Please read
Where You Can Find More Information.
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CONSOLIDATED
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed
charges for the periods indicated:
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Lear adopted fresh-start accounting upon its emergence from
Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and became a new entity
for financial reporting purposes as of November 7, 2009.
Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements for the
reporting entity subsequent to emergence from Chapter 11
bankruptcy proceedings (the Successor) are not
comparable to the consolidated financial statements for the
reporting entity prior to emergence from Chapter 11
bankruptcy proceedings (the Predecessor). For a
discussion of fresh-start accounting, see Notes 1 and 3 to
the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2009 Annual Report
on
Form 10-K,
which is incorporated by reference into the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part. |
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Fixed charges consist of interest on debt,
amortization of deferred financing fees and that portion of
rental expenses representative of interest. Earnings
consist of consolidated income (loss) before provision (benefit)
for income taxes and equity in the undistributed net (income)
loss of affiliates, fixed charges and cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle. Earnings in the two month period
ended December 31, 2009 and in the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2006 and 2005 were insufficient to cover
fixed charges by $33.2 million, $537.3 million,
$651.8 million and $1,123.3 million, respectively.
Accordingly, such ratio is not presented for these periods. |
USE OF
PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds of any offering of
our securities for working capital and other general corporate
purposes, including refinancing of debt. We will have
significant discretion in the use of any net proceeds. The net
proceeds from the sale of securities may be invested temporarily
until they are used for their stated purpose. We may provide
additional information on the use of the net proceeds from the
sale of our securities in an applicable prospectus supplement or
other offering materials related to the offered securities.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
This prospectus contains summary descriptions of the capital
stock, debt securities, warrants, subscription rights, stock
purchase contracts and stock purchase units that we may offer
and sell from time to time. These summary descriptions are not
meant to be complete descriptions of any security. At the time
of an offering and sale, this prospectus, together with the
accompanying prospectus supplement, will contain the material
terms of the securities being offered.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
The following descriptions of our capital stock and of certain
provisions of Delaware law do not purport to be complete and are
subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to our
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
Certificate), our Amended and Restated Bylaws (the
Bylaws), the Certificate of Designations of
Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock (the
Certificate of Designations), the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)
and the Registration Rights Agreement (defined below). Copies of
our Certificate, Bylaws, Certificate of Designations and
Registration
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Rights Agreement have been filed with the SEC and are filed as
exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part.
As used in this Description of Capital Stock, the
terms we, our and us refer
only to Lear Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and not,
unless otherwise indicated, to any of our subsidiaries.
As of the date hereof, our authorized capital stock consists of
400,000,000 shares, of which 300,000,000 shares are
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and
100,000,000 shares are preferred stock, par value $0.01 per
share. As of March 16, 2010, there were 43,228,477 shares
of common stock issued and outstanding, and
5,956,235 shares of Series A Convertible Participating
Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock)
issued and outstanding. In addition, as of March 16, 2010, there
were 4,065,824 warrants to purchase our common stock (the
Warrants) outstanding. All of our outstanding shares
of common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol LEA.
Common
Stock
Voting Rights. All shares of our common stock
have identical rights and privileges. With limited exceptions,
holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each
outstanding share of common stock held of record by each
stockholder on all matters properly submitted for the vote of
our stockholders.
Dividend Rights. Subject to applicable law,
any contractual restrictions and the rights of the holders of
outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, if any, holders of
common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends and
other distributions that our board of directors, in its
discretion, declares from time to time.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, subject to the rights of the holders
of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, if any, holders of
common stock are entitled to receive ratably our assets
available for distribution to our stockholders in proportion to
the number of shares of common stock held by each stockholder.
Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive
Rights. Holders of common stock have no
conversion, redemption, sinking fund, preemptive, subscription
or similar rights.
Registration Rights. On November 9, 2009,
we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the
Registration Rights Agreement) with certain holders of
common stock, that, subject to certain limitations contained
therein, grants to such holders rights (i) to demand that
we register, under the Securities Act, common stock held by such
holders and issued on November 9, 2009 or thereafter
acquired by such holders and (ii) to participate in future
registrations of our common stock. The Registration Rights
Agreement will terminate on November 9, 2012.
Each prospectus supplement relating to a series of common stock
may describe material U.S. federal income tax considerations
applicable to the purchase, holding and disposition of such
series of common stock.
Warrants
On November 9, 2009, we entered into a Warrant Agreement
(the Warrant Agreement) which provided for the
issuance of 8,157,249 Warrants. On December 21, 2009, the
Warrants became exercisable at an exercise price of $0.01 per
share of common stock. As of March 16, 2010,
4,091,234 shares of common stock have been issued upon the
exercise of Warrants, and Warrants exercisable for an aggregate
of up to 4,065,824 shares of common stock remain
outstanding. A description of the Warrants is provided in
Description of Warrants below.
Preferred
Stock
Our Certificate authorizes our board of directors, without
further stockholder action, to provide for the issuance of up to
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more
series, and to fix the designations, terms, and relative rights
and preferences, including the dividend rate, voting rights,
conversion rights,
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redemption and sinking fund provisions and liquidation
preferences of each of these series. We currently have
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
The particular terms of any series of preferred stock that we
offer under this prospectus will be described in the applicable
prospectus supplement relating to that series of preferred
stock. Those terms may include:
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the title and liquidation preference per share of the preferred
stock and the number of shares offered;
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the purchase price of the preferred stock;
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the dividend rate (or method of calculation), the dates on which
dividends will be payable, whether dividends shall be cumulative
and, if so, the date from which dividends will begin to
accumulate;
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any redemption or sinking fund provisions of the preferred stock;
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any conversion, redemption or exchange provisions of the
preferred stock;
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the voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock; and
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any additional dividend, liquidation, redemption, sinking fund
and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and
restrictions of the preferred stock.
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You should refer to the certificate of designations establishing
a particular series of preferred stock which will be filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the SEC in
connection with any offering of preferred stock.
Each prospectus supplement relating to a series of preferred
stock may describe material U.S. federal income tax
considerations applicable to the purchase, holding and
disposition of such series of preferred stock.
The following is a summary of the terms of the Series A
Preferred Stock:
Voting. In general, holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote for each
share of common stock issuable upon conversion and shall vote
together as a single class with holders of common stock on all
matters properly submitted for the vote of our stockholders.
Dividend Rights. Except as described below,
the Series A Preferred Stock shall not bear any mandatory
dividend. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will
participate in any dividends or other distributions declared on
the common stock (other than a dividend payable solely in
additional shares of common stock) based on the number of shares
of common stock issuable upon conversion immediately prior to
the applicable record date for such dividend. So long as any
Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, we shall not
declare, pay or set aside any dividends on common stock (other
than a dividend payable solely in additional shares of common
stock) unless holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have
received, or shall simultaneously receive, a dividend in an
amount equal to the dividend such holders would have been
entitled to receive based on the number of shares of common
stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred
Stock. Additionally, so long as any Series A Preferred
Stock is outstanding, we shall not redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire directly or indirectly any common stock, other than
(i) the repurchase of common stock held by our departing
employees and directors or (ii) cash payments made in lieu
of fractional shares of common stock that would otherwise be
issued upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any capital
stock, option, warrant or other security that is convertible
into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock or any
reverse split or other combination of common stock. Our board of
directors may declare dividends or other distributions with
respect to the Series A Preferred Stock regardless of
whether any dividend or other distribution is declared with
respect to the common stock.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, no distributions or payments may be
made to or set aside for holders of common stock until full
payment of all amounts required to be paid to holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock has been made. Holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive payment
out of our assets available for distribution, an amount per
share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater of
(i) $41.30 per share (subject to adjustment) plus an amount
equal to all declared and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, and
(ii) the amount that would be payable to such holder in
respect of the common stock issuable upon conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock, assuming conversion of all
Series A Preferred Stock into common stock immediately
prior to such dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Our board
of directors may declare dividends or distributions on the
Series A Preferred Stock regardless of whether any dividend
or other distribution is declared with respect to the common
stock.
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Conversion Rights. Holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock may elect at any time to convert
their shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of
common stock. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock will
be converted into shares of common stock on November 9,
2012, unless earlier converted pursuant to the terms of such
Series A Preferred Stock. Conversion of the Series A
Preferred Stock will dilute the ownership interest of holders of
common stock.
Provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws that May Have an
Anti-Takeover Effect
Certain provisions in the Certificate and the Bylaws, as well as
the DGCL, may have the effect of discouraging transactions that
involve an actual or threatened change in control of Lear. In
addition, provisions of the Certificate, the Bylaws and the DGCL
may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay,
deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a
stockholder might consider to be in its best interests.
Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our board of
directors may call a special meeting of stockholders at any time
and for any purpose, but no stockholder or other person may call
any such special meeting.
No Written Consent of Stockholders. Any action
taken by our stockholders must be effected at a duly held
meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by the written
consent of such stockholders.
Blank Check Preferred Stock. The Certificate
contains provisions that permit our board of directors to issue,
without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series
and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of
shares constituting the series and the designation of the
series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series,
and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and
other special rights, if any, and any qualifications,
limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series. Such
provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from
making tender offers or takeover attempts.
Advance Notice of Stockholder Action at a
Meeting. Stockholders seeking to nominate
directors or to bring business before a stockholder meeting must
comply with certain timing requirements and submit certain
information to us in advance of such meeting.
Board of Directors. All of the members of our
board of directors are to serve until our annual meeting of
stockholders to be held in 2011, subject to each such
directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Prior to
the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011, the
removal of a director for any reason other than for cause may
not be brought before our annual meeting of stockholders
without, and special meetings of our stockholders for the
purpose of considering the removal of a director for any reason
other than for cause may be called by our board of directors
only upon, the affirmative vote of all of the directors (other
than the director to be removed) then in office.
Business Combinations. We are subject to the
provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. Subject to certain
exceptions, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware
corporation from engaging in a business combination with an
interested stockholder for a period of three years after the
person becomes an interested stockholder, unless the interested
stockholder attained such status with the approval of the
corporations board of directors or the business
combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A business
combination includes, among other things, a merger or
consolidation involving the corporation and the interested
stockholder and the sale of more than 10% of the
corporations assets. In general, an interested stockholder
is an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the
corporations outstanding voting stock and any entity or
person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such
entity or person.
Limitation
of Liability of Directors
The Certificate contains a provision eliminating the personal
liability of our directors to us and our stockholders to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Certificate also
contains provisions generally providing for indemnification and
advancement of expenses to our directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
Mellon Investor Services LLC acts as transfer agent for our
common stock.
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DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES
General
As used in this prospectus, debt securities means the
debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness
that we may issue separately, upon exercise of a debt warrant,
in connection with a stock purchase contract or as part of a
stock purchase unit, from time to time. The debt securities
offered by this prospectus will be issued under one of two
separate indentures among us, the subsidiary guarantors of such
debt securities, if any, and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. We have filed the forms of
indenture as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part. The senior note indenture and the
subordinated note indenture are sometimes referred to in this
prospectus individually as an indenture and
collectively as the indentures. We may also issue
debt securities under a separate, new indenture. If that occurs,
we will describe any differences in the terms of any indenture
in the prospectus supplement.
The debt securities will be obligations of Lear and will be
either senior or subordinated debt securities. We have
summarized material selected provisions of the indentures and
the debt securities below. This summary is not complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the indentures.
References to section numbers in this prospectus, unless
otherwise indicated are references to section numbers of the
applicable indenture. For purposes of this summary, the terms
we, our and us refer only to
Lear Corporation and not to any of its subsidiaries. Section
references included in this summary of our debt securities refer
to specific sections of the indentures.
The indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of
debt securities that we may issue and provide that we may issue
debt securities from time to time in one or more series, in each
case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a
discount. The indentures also do not limit our ability to incur
other debt. The indentures give us the ability to reopen a
previous issue of a series of debt securities and issue
additional debt securities of the same series. If specified in
the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of
debt securities, one or more subsidiary guarantors will fully
and unconditionally guarantee that series as described under
Subsidiary Guarantee and in the
applicable prospectus supplement. Each subsidiary guarantee will
be an unsecured obligation of the subsidiary guarantor. A
subsidiary guarantee of subordinated debt securities will be
subordinated to the senior debt of the subsidiary guarantor on
the same basis as the subordinated debt securities are
subordinated to our senior debt.
We will describe the material terms of each series of debt
securities we offer in a supplement to this prospectus. Each
prospectus supplement relating to a series of debt securities
may also describe material U.S. federal income tax
considerations applicable to the purchase, holding and
disposition of such series of debt securities. If any particular
terms of the debt securities described in a prospectus
supplement differ from any of the terms described in this
prospectus, then the terms described in the applicable
prospectus supplement will supersede the terms described in this
prospectus. The terms of our debt securities will include those
set forth in the indentures and those made a part of the
indentures by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. You should
carefully read the summary below the applicable prospectus
supplement and the provisions of the indentures that may be
important to you before investing in our debt securities.
Ranking
The senior debt securities offered by this prospectus will:
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be general obligations,
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rank equally with all other unsubordinated indebtedness of Lear
or any subsidiary guarantor (except to the extent such other
indebtedness is secured by collateral that does not also secure
the senior debt securities offered by this prospectus), and
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with respect to the assets and earnings of our subsidiaries,
effectively rank below all of the liabilities of our
subsidiaries (except to the extent that the senior debt
securities are guaranteed by our subsidiaries as described
below).
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The subordinated debt securities offered by this prospectus will:
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be general obligations,
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rank subordinated and junior in right of payment, to the extent
set forth in the subordinated note indenture to all senior debt
of Lear and any subsidiary guarantor, and
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with respect to the assets and earnings of our subsidiaries,
effectively rank below all of the liabilities of our
subsidiaries (except to the extent that the subordinated debt
securities are guaranteed by our subsidiaries as described
below).
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A substantial portion of our assets are owned through our
subsidiaries, many of which may have debt or other liabilities
of their own that will be structurally senior to the debt
securities. Therefore, unless the debt securities are guaranteed
by our subsidiaries as described below, our rights and the
rights of our creditors, including holders of debt securities,
to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon any such
subsidiarys liquidation may be subject to the prior claims
of the subsidiarys other creditors.
Subject to the exceptions, and subject to compliance with the
applicable requirements set forth in the indentures, we may
discharge our obligations under the indentures with respect to
our debt securities as described below under
Defeasance.
Terms
We will describe the specific material terms of the series of
debt securities being offered in a supplement to this
prospectus. These terms may include some or all of the following:
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the title of the debt securities,
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whether the debt securities will be senior or subordinated debt,
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whether and the extent to which any subsidiary guarantor will
provide a subsidiary guarantee of the debt securities or whether
and to the extent the debt securities are entitled to the
benefits of any other form of guarantee,
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any limit on the total principal amount of the debt securities,
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the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities
will be payable and whether the stated maturity date can be
extended or the method used to determine or extend those dates,
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any interest rate on the debt securities, any date from which
interest will accrue, any interest payment dates and regular
record dates for interest payments, or the method used to
determine any of the foregoing, and the basis for calculating
interest if other than a
360-day year
of twelve
30-day
months,
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the place or places where payments on the debt securities will
be payable, where the debt securities may be presented for
registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and where
notices and demands to or upon us relating to the debt
securities may be made, if other than the corporate trust office
of the Trustee,
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the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and
the duration of any such deferral period,
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the rate or rates of amortization of the debt securities, if any,
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any provisions for redemption of the debt securities,
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any provisions that would allow or obligate us to redeem or
purchase the debt securities prior to their maturity pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the
holder,
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the purchase price for the debt securities and the denominations
in which we will issue the debt securities, if other than a
minimum denomination of $2,000 and integral multiple of $1,000,
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any provisions that would determine payments on the debt
securities by reference to an index or a formula or other method
and the manner of determining the amount of such payments,
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any foreign currency, currencies or currency units in which the
debt securities will be denominated and in which principal, any
premium and any interest will or may be payable and the manner
for determining the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars,
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any provisions for payments on the debt securities in one or
more currencies or currency units other than those in which the
debt securities are stated to be payable,
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the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities that
will be payable if the maturity of the debt securities is
accelerated, if other than the entire principal amount,
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any variation of the defeasance and covenant defeasance sections
of the indentures and the manner in which our election to
defease the debt securities will be evidenced, if other than by
a board resolution,
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whether we will issue the debt securities in the form of
temporary or permanent global securities, the depositaries for
the global securities, and provisions for exchanging or
transferring the global securities,
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whether the interest rate on the debt securities may be reset,
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whether the stated maturity of the debt securities may be
extended,
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any deletion or addition to or change in the events of default
for the debt securities and any change in the rights of the
Trustee or the holders or the debt securities arising from an
event of default including, among others, the right to declare
the principal amount of the debt securities due and payable,
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any addition to or change in the covenants in the indentures,
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any additions or changes to the indentures necessary to issue
the debt securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest
coupons,
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the appointment of any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or
paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or other agents
with respect to the debt securities,
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the terms of any right to convert or exchange the debt
securities into any other securities or property,
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the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the debt
securities are secured,
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any restriction or condition on the transferability of the debt
securities,
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the person to whom any interest on any debt security shall be
payable, if other than the person in whose name the security is
registered on the record date for such interest, and the extent
to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a
temporary global debt security will be paid if other than in the
manner provided in the applicable indenture,
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if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any
debt will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior
to the stated maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such debt securities as of any such date
for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which
shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated
maturity or which shall be deemed to be outstanding as of any
date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the
manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal shall be
determined),
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whether, under what circumstances and the currency in which we
will pay any additional amount on the debt securities as
contemplated in the applicable indenture in respect of any tax,
assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether we will
have the option to redeem the debt securities rather than pay
such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option),
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in the case of subordinated debt securities, any subordination
provisions and related definitions which may be applicable in
addition to, or in lieu of, those contained in the subordinated
note indenture,
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the exchanges, if any, on which the debt securities may be
listed, and
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any other terms of the debt securities consistent with the
indentures.
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Any limit on the maximum total principal amount for any series
of the debt securities may be increased by resolution of our
board of directors. We may sell the debt securities, including
original issue discount securities, at a substantial discount
below their stated principal amount. If there are any special
United States federal income tax considerations applicable to
debt securities we sell at an original issue discount, we will
describe them in the prospectus supplement. In addition, we will
describe in the prospectus supplement any special United States
federal income tax considerations and any other special
considerations for any debt securities we sell which are
denominated in a currency or currency unit other than
U.S. dollars.
Subsidiary
Guarantee
If specified in the prospectus supplement, one or more
subsidiary guarantors will guarantee the debt securities of a
series. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement,
the following provisions will apply to the subsidiary guarantee
of the subsidiary guarantor.
Subject to the limitations described below and in the prospectus
supplement, one or more subsidiary guarantors will jointly and
severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee the punctual
payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of all our payment obligations under the indentures
and the debt securities of a series, whether for principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities or
otherwise. The subsidiary guarantors will also pay all expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the
applicable Trustee in enforcing any rights under a subsidiary
guarantee with respect to a subsidiary guarantor.
In the case of subordinated debt securities, a subsidiary
guarantors subsidiary guarantee will be subordinated in
right of payment to the senior debt of such subsidiary guarantor
on the same basis as the subordinated debt securities are
subordinated to our senior debt. No payment will be made by any
subsidiary guarantor under its subsidiary guarantee during any
period in which payments by us on the subordinated debt
securities are suspended by the subordination provisions of the
subordinated note indenture.
Each subsidiary guarantee will be limited in amount to an amount
not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the
subsidiary guarantor without rendering such subsidiary guarantee
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance
or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
Each subsidiary guarantee will be a continuing guarantee and
will:
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remain in full force and effect until either payment in full of
all of the applicable debt securities (or such debt securities
are otherwise satisfied and discharged in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable indenture) or released as described
in the following paragraph,
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be binding upon each subsidiary guarantor, and
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inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the applicable
Trustee, the holders and their successors, transferees and
assigns.
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In the event that a subsidiary guarantor ceases to be a
subsidiary of Lear, either legal defeasance or covenant
defeasance occurs with respect to a series of debt securities,
or substantially all of the assets or all of the capital stock
of such subsidiary guarantor is sold, including by way of sale,
merger, consolidation or otherwise, such subsidiary guarantor
will be released and discharged of its obligations under its
subsidiary guarantee without further action required on the part
of the Trustee or any holder, no other person acquiring or
owning the assets or capital stock of such subsidiary guarantor
will be required to enter into a subsidiary guarantee. In
addition, the prospectus supplement may specify additional
circumstances under which a subsidiary guarantor can be released
from its subsidiary guarantee.
Form,
Exchange and Transfer
We will issue the debt securities in registered form, without
coupons. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus
supplement, we will only issue debt securities in denominations
of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereafter.
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Holders generally will be able to exchange debt securities for
other debt securities of the same series with the same total
principal amount and the same terms but in different authorized
denominations.
Holders may present debt securities for exchange or for
registration of transfer at the office of the security registrar
or at the office of any transfer agent we designate for that
purpose. The security registrar or designated transfer agent
will exchange or transfer the debt securities if it is satisfied
with the documents of title and identity of the person making
the request. We will not charge a service charge for any
exchange or registration of transfer of debt securities.
However, we and the security registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable for the registration of transfer or exchange. Unless we
inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we will
appoint the Trustee as security registrar. We will identify any
transfer agent in addition to the security registrar in the
prospectus supplement. At any time we may:
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designate additional transfer agents,
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rescind the designation of any transfer agent, or
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approve a change in the office of any transfer agent.
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However, we are required to maintain a transfer agent in each
place of payment for the debt securities at all times.
If we elect to redeem a series of debt securities, neither we
nor the Trustee will be required:
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to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any debt
securities of that series during the period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day we mail the
notice of redemption for the series and ending at the close of
business on the day the notice is mailed, or
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to register the transfer or exchange of any debt security of
that series so selected for redemption, except for any portion
not to be redeemed.
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Payment
and Paying Agents
Under the indentures, we will pay interest on the debt
securities to the persons in whose names the debt securities are
registered at the close of business on the regular record date
for each interest payment. However, unless we inform you
otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we will pay the interest
payable on the debt securities at their stated maturity to the
persons to whom we pay the principal amount of the debt
securities. The initial payment of interest on any series of
debt securities issued between a regular record date and the
related interest payment date will be payable in the manner
provided by the terms of the series, which we will describe in
the prospectus supplement.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we
will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the debt
securities at the offices of the paying agents we designate.
However, except in the case of a global security, we may pay
interest:
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by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the
payment as it appears in the security register, or
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by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the place and
account designated in writing at least fifteen days prior to the
interest payment date by the person entitled to the payment as
specified in the security register.
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We will designate the Trustee as the sole paying agent for the
debt securities unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus
supplement. If we initially designate any other paying agents
for a series of debt securities, we will identify them in the
prospectus supplement. At any time, we may designate additional
paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agents.
However, we are required to maintain a paying agent in each
place of payment for the debt securities at all times.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent in
trust for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest
on the debt securities that remains unclaimed for one year after
the date the
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payments became due, may be repaid to us upon our request. After
we have been repaid, holders entitled to those payments may only
look to us for payment as our unsecured general creditors. The
Trustee and any paying agents will not be liable for those
payments after we have been repaid.
Restrictive
Covenants
We will describe any restrictive covenants for any series of
debt securities in the prospectus supplement.
Consolidation,
Merger and Sale of Assets
Under the indentures, we may not consolidate with or merge into,
or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our
properties and assets to, any person as (as defined below),
referred to as a successor person unless:
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the successor person expressly assumes our obligations with
respect to the debt securities and the indentures,
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immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of
default shall have occurred and be continuing and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing, and
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we have delivered to the Trustee the certificates and opinions
required under the respective indenture.
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As used in the indentures, the term person means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Events of
Default
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement,
each of the following will be an event of default under the
applicable indenture with respect to any series of debt
securities:
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our failure to pay principal or premium, if any, on that series
of debt securities when such principal or premium, if any,
becomes due,
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our failure to pay any interest on that series of debt
securities for 30 days after such interest becomes due,
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our failure to deposit any sinking fund payment for 30 days
after such payment is due by the terms of that series of debt
securities,
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our failure to perform, or our breach, in any material respect,
of any other covenant or warranty in the indenture with respect
to that series of debt securities, other than a covenant or
warranty included in such indenture solely for the benefit of
another series of debt securities, for 90 days after either
the Trustee has given us or holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have
given us and the Trustee written notice of such failure to
perform or breach in the manner required by the indentures,
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specified events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of us or, if a subsidiary guarantor has
guaranteed the series of debt securities, such subsidiary
guarantor, and
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any other event of default we may provide for that series of
debt securities,
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provided, however, that no event described in the fourth bullet
point above will be an event of default until an officer of the
Trustee responsible for the administration of the indentures has
actual knowledge of the event or until the Trustee receives
written notice of the event at its corporate trust office.
An event of default under one series of debt securities does not
necessarily constitute an event of default under any other
series of debt securities. If an event of default for a series
of debt securities occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee
or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the
principal amount of all the debt securities of that series due
and
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immediately payable by a notice in writing to us (and to the
Trustee if given by the holders); provided that, in the case of
an event of default involving certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization, such acceleration is automatic;
and provided further, that after such acceleration, but before a
judgment or decree based on acceleration, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of that series may, subject to certain conditions,
rescind and annul such acceleration if all events of default,
other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal have been
cured or waived. Upon such acceleration, we will be obligated to
pay the principal amount of that series of debt securities.
The right described in the preceding paragraph does not apply if
an event of default occurs as described in the sixth bullet
point above (i.e., other events of default), which is common to
all series of our debt securities then outstanding. If such an
event of default occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee or
holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all series of the
debt securities then outstanding, treated as one class, may
declare the principal amount of all series of the debt
securities then outstanding to be due and payable immediately by
a notice in writing to us (and to the Trustee if given by the
holders). Upon such declaration, we will be obligated to pay the
principal amount of the debt securities.
If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
will generally have no obligation to exercise any of its rights
or powers under the indentures at the request or direction of
any of the holders, unless the holders offer indemnity to the
Trustee reasonably satisfactory to it. The holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any
series will generally 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 for the debt securities of that series, provided that:
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the direction is not in conflict with any law or the indentures,
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the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper which is
not inconsistent with the direction, and
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the Trustee will generally have the right to decline to follow
the direction if an officer of the Trustee determines, in good
faith, that the proceeding would involve the Trustee in personal
liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable law.
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A holder of a debt security of any series may only institute
proceedings or pursue any other remedy under the indentures if:
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the holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing
event of default,
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holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of that series make a written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings with respect to such event of
default,
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the holders offer indemnity to the Trustee reasonably
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense in
complying with such request,
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the Trustee fails to institute proceedings within 60 days
after receipt of the notice, request and offer or
indemnity, and
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during that
60-day
period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
debt securities of that series do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request.
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However, these limitations do not apply to a suit by a holder of
a debt security demanding payment of the principal, premium, if
any, or interest on a debt security on or after the date the
payment is due.
We will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a
statement by some of our officers regarding our performance or
observance of any of the terms of the indentures and specifying
all of our known defaults, if any.
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Modification
and Waiver
When authorized by a board resolution, we or any subsidiary
guarantor, if applicable, may enter into one or more
supplemental indentures with the Trustee without the consent of
the holders of the debt securities in order to:
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provide for the assumption of our obligations to holders of debt
securities in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of
substantially all of our assets,
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add to our or any subsidiary guarantors covenants for the
benefit of the holders of any series of debt securities or to
surrender any of our rights or powers,
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add any additional events of default for any series of debt
securities for the benefit of the holders of any series of debt
securities,
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add to, change or eliminate any provision of the indentures
applying to one or more series of debt securities, provided that
if such action adversely affects the interests of any holder of
any series of debt securities in any material respect, such
addition, change or elimination will become effective with
respect to that series only when no such security of that series
remains outstanding,
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secure the debt securities,
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establish the forms or terms of any series of debt securities,
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provide for uncertificated securities in addition to
certificated securities,
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evidence and provide for successor Trustees and to add to or
change any provisions of the indentures to the extent necessary
to appoint a separate Trustee or Trustees for a specific series
of debt securities,
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correct any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency under the
indentures,
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add any person as a guarantor,
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make other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under the indentures, provided that such action does not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of any series of
debt securities in any material respect,
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supplement any provisions of the indentures necessary to defease
and discharge any series of debt securities, provided that such
action does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of
any series of debt securities in any material respect,
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comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange
or automated quotation system on which any debt securities are
listed or traded, or
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add to, change or eliminate any provisions of the indentures in
accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, provided that such action does not adversely affect the
rights or interests of any holder of debt securities in any
material respect.
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When authorized by a board resolution, we or any subsidiary
guarantor, if applicable, may enter into one or more
supplemental indentures with the Trustee in order to add to,
change or eliminate provisions of the indentures or to modify
the rights of the holders of one or more series of debt
securities under such indentures if we obtain the consent of the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of all series affected by such supplemental
indenture, treated as one class. However, without the consent of
the holders of each outstanding debt security affected by the
supplemental indenture, we may not enter into a supplemental
indenture that:
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except with respect to the reset of the interest rate or
extension of maturity pursuant to the terms of a particular
series, changes the stated maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any debt security,
or reduces the principal amount of, or any premium or rate of
interest on, any debt security,
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reduces the amount of principal of an original issue discount
security or any other debt security payable upon acceleration of
the maturity thereof,
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changes the place or currency of payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest,
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impairs the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or after such payment becomes due for any security,
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except as provided in the applicable indenture, releases the
subsidiary guarantee of a subsidiary guarantor,
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reduces the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt
securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is
required for modification of the indentures, for waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of the indentures or for
waiver of certain defaults of the indentures,
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makes certain modifications to the provisions for modification
of the indentures and for certain waivers, except to increase
the principal amount of debt securities necessary to consent to
any such change or to provide that certain other provisions of
the indentures cannot be modified or waived without the consent
of the holders of each outstanding debt security affected by
such change,
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makes any change that adversely affects in any material respect
the right to convert or exchange any convertible or exchangeable
debt security or decreases the conversion or exchange rate or
increases the conversion price of such debt security, unless
such decrease or increase is permitted by the terms of such debt
securities, or
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changes the terms and conditions pursuant to which any series of
debt securities are secured in a manner adverse to the holders
of such debt securities in any material respect.
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In addition, the subordinated note indenture may not be amended
without the consent of each holder of subordinated debt
securities affected thereby to modify the subordination of the
subordinated debt securities issued under that indenture in a
manner adverse to the holders of the subordinated debt
securities in any material respect.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of any series may waive past defaults or
noncompliance with restrictive provisions of the indentures.
However, the consent of holders of each outstanding debt
security of a series is required to:
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waive any default in the payment of principal, premium, if any,
or interest, or
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waive any covenants and provisions of an indenture that may not
be amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding
debt security of the series affected.
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In order to determine whether the holders of the requisite
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities have taken
an action under an indenture as of a specified date:
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the principal amount of an original issue discount
security that will be deemed to be outstanding will be the
amount of the principal that would be due and payable as of that
date upon acceleration of the maturity to that date,
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if, as of that date, the principal amount payable at the stated
maturity of a debt security is not determinable, for example,
because it is based on an index, the principal amount of the
debt security deemed to be outstanding as of that date will be
an amount determined in the manner prescribed for the debt
security,
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the principal amount of a debt security denominated in one or
more foreign currencies or currency units that will be deemed to
be outstanding will be the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined as of that date in the manner prescribed for the debt
security, of the principal amount of the debt security or, in
the case of a debt security described in the two preceding
bullet points, of the amount described above, and
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debt securities owned by us, any subsidiary guarantor or any
other obligor upon the debt securities or any of our or their
affiliates will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding.
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An original issue discount security means a debt
security issued under the indentures which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of maturity. Some
debt securities, including those for the payment or redemption
of which money has been deposited or set aside in trust for the
holders, and those which have been legally defeased under the
indentures, will not be deemed to be outstanding.
We will generally be entitled to set any day as a record date
for determining the holders of outstanding debt securities of
any series entitled to give or take any direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action under an indenture. In limited
circumstances, the Trustee will be entitled to set a record date
for action by holders of outstanding debt securities. If a
record date is set for any action to be taken by holders of a
particular series, the action may be taken only by persons who
are holders of outstanding debt securities of that series on the
record date. To be effective, the action must be taken by
holders of the requisite principal amount of debt securities
within a specified period following the record date. For any
particular record date, this period will be 180 days or
such shorter period as we may specify, or the Trustee may
specify, if it sets the record date. This period may be
shortened or lengthened by not more than 180 days.
Conversion
and Exchange Rights
The debt securities of any series may be convertible into or
exchangeable for other securities of Lear or another issuer or
property or cash on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Defeasance
When we use the term defeasance, we mean discharge from some or
all of our, or if applicable, any subsidiary guarantors,
obligations under either indenture. Unless we inform you
otherwise in the prospectus supplement, if we deposit with the
Trustee funds or government securities sufficient to make
payments on the debt securities of a series on the dates those
payments are due and payable and comply with all other
conditions to defeasance set forth in the indentures, then, at
our option, either of the following will occur:
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we and any subsidiary guarantor will be discharged from our
obligations with respect to the debt securities of that series
(legal defeasance), or
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we and any subsidiary guarantor will no longer have any
obligation to comply with the restrictive covenants under the
indentures, and the related events of default will no longer
apply to us or any subsidiary guarantor, but some of our and any
subsidiary guarantors other obligations under the
indentures and the debt securities of that series, including the
obligation to make payments on those debt securities, will
survive (a covenant defeasance).
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If we legally defease a series of debt securities, the holders
of the debt securities of the series affected will not be
entitled to the benefits of the indentures, except for:
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the rights of holders of that series of debt securities to
receive, solely from a trust fund, payments in respect of such
debt securities when payments are due,
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our obligation to register the transfer or exchange of debt
securities,
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our obligation to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
debt securities, and
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our obligation to maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for
payment in trust.
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We may legally defease a series of debt securities
notwithstanding any prior exercise of our option of covenant
defeasance in respect of such series.
In addition, the subordinated note indenture provides that if we
choose to have the legal defeasance provision applied to the
subordinated debt securities, the subordination provisions of
the subordinated note indenture will become ineffective. The
subordinated note indenture also provides that if we choose to
have covenant defeasance apply to any series of debt securities
issued pursuant to the subordinated note indenture we need not
comply with the provisions relating to subordination.
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If we exercise either our legal defeasance or covenant
defeasance option, any subsidiary guarantee will terminate.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we
will be required to deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel
that the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the
holders of the debt securities to recognize gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes and that the holders would 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 the
deposit and related defeasance had not occurred. If we elect
legal defeasance, that opinion of counsel must be based upon a
ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a
change in law to that effect.
Satisfaction
and Discharge
We may discharge our obligations under the indentures while
securities remain outstanding if (1) all outstanding debt
securities issued under the indentures have become due and
payable, (2) all outstanding debt securities issued under
the indentures will become due and payable at their stated
maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or (3) all
outstanding debt securities issued under the indentures are
scheduled for redemption in one year, and in each case, we have
deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge all outstanding debt securities issued under the
indentures on the date of their scheduled maturity or the
scheduled date of the redemption and paid all other amounts
payable under the indentures. The subordinated note indenture
provides that if we choose to discharge our obligations with
respect to the subordinated debt securities, the subordination
provisions of the subordinated note indenture will become
ineffective.
Global
Notes, Delivery and Form
Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt
securities will be issued in the form of one or more fully
registered Global Notes (as defined below) that will be
deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository
Trust Company, New York, New York (the
Depository) and registered in the name of the
Depositorys nominee. Global Notes are not exchangeable for
definitive note certificates except in the specific
circumstances described below. For purposes of this prospectus,
Global Note refers to the Global Note or Global
Notes representing an entire issue of debt securities.
Except as set forth below, a Global Note may be transferred by
the Depository, in whole and not in part, only to a nominee of
the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository.
The Depository has advised us as follows:
a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws
of the State of New York;
a banking organization within the meaning of
the New York banking law;
a member of the Federal Reserve System;
a clearing corporation within the meaning of
the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and
a clearing agency registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
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The Depository was created to hold securities of its
participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of
securities transactions among its participants through
electronic book entry changes in accounts of its participants,
eliminating the need for physical movements of securities
certificates.
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The Depository participants include securities brokers and
dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and
others, some of whom own the Depository.
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Access to the Depository book-entry system is also available to
others that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship
with a participant, either directly or indirectly.
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When we issue a Global Note in connection with the sale thereof
to an underwriter or underwriters, the Depository will
immediately credit the accounts of participants designated by
such underwriter or underwriters with the principal amount of
the debt securities purchased by such underwriter or
underwriters.
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Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Note and the
transfers of ownership will be evidenced only through records
maintained by the Depository (with respect to participants), by
the participants (with respect to indirect participants and
certain beneficial owners) and by the indirect participants
(with respect to all other beneficial owners). The laws of some
states require that certain purchasers of securities take
physical delivery in a definitive form of securities they
purchase. These laws may limit your ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a Global Note.
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So long as a nominee of the Depository is the registered owner
of a Global Note, such nominee for all purposes will be
considered the sole owner or holder of such debt securities
under the indentures. Except as provided below, you will not be
entitled to have debt securities registered in your name, will
not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of debt
securities in definitive form, and will not be considered the
owner or holder thereof under the indentures.
Each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must
rely on the procedures of the Depository and, if that person is
not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through
which that person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a
holder under the indentures. We understand that under existing
industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an
owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note desires to
give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or
take under the indentures, the Depository would authorize the
participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give
or take that action, and the participants would authorize
beneficial owners owning through these participants to give or
take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of
beneficial owners owning through them.
Redemption notices shall be sent to the Depository. If less than
all of the debt securities within an issue are being redeemed,
the Depositorys practice is to determine by lot the amount
of the interest of each participant in such issue to be redeemed.
We will make payment of principal of, and interest on, debt
securities represented by a Global Note to the Depository or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder
of the Global Note representing those debt securities. The
Depository has advised us that upon receipt of any payment of
principal of, or interest on, a Global Note, the Depository will
immediately credit accounts of participants with payments in
amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests
in the principal amount of that Global Note, as shown in the
records of the Depository. Standing instructions and customary
practices will govern payments by participants to owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Note held through those
participants, as is now the case with securities held for the
accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in
street name. Those payments will be the sole
responsibility of those participants, subject to any statutory
or regulatory requirements that may be in effect from time to
time.
Neither we, any subsidiary guarantors, the Trustee nor any of
our respective agents will be responsible for any aspect of the
records of the Depository, any nominee or any participant
relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial
interests in a Global Note or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any of the records of the Depository, any nominee or
any participant relating to those beneficial interests.
As described above, we will issue debt securities in definitive
form in exchange for a Global Note only in the following
situations:
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if the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue
as depositary, defaults in the performance of its duties as
depositary, ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, and, in each case, a successor depositary is not
appointed by us within 90 days after notice thereof, or
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if, subject to the rules of the Depository, we choose to issue
definitive debt securities.
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In either instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note will be entitled to have debt securities equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest registered in its
name and will be entitled to physical delivery of debt
securities in definitive form. Debt securities in definitive
form will be issued in initial denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 thereafter and will be issued in
registered form only, without coupons. We will maintain one or
more offices or agencies where debt securities may be presented
for payment and may be transferred or exchanged. You will not be
charged a fee for any transfer or exchange of such debt
securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Subordination
Any subordinated debt securities issued under the subordinated
note indenture will be subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all Senior Debt (as defined below) of Lear whether
existing at the date of the subordinated note indenture or
subsequently incurred. Upon any payment or distribution of
assets of Lear to creditors upon any:
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liquidation;
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dissolution;
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winding-up;
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receivership;
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reorganization;
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assignment for the benefit of creditors;
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marshaling of assets; or
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bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of Lear,
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the holders of Senior Debt will first be entitled to receive
payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on such Senior Debt before the holders of the
subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive or
retain any payment with respect of the principal of and any
premium or interest on the subordinated debt securities.
Upon the acceleration of the maturity of any subordinated debt
securities, the holders of all Senior Debt outstanding at the
time of such acceleration will first be entitled to receive
payment in full of all amounts due thereon, including any
amounts due upon acceleration, before the holders of
subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive or
retain any payment in respect of the principal (including
redemption payments), or premium, if any, or interest on the
subordinated debt securities.
No payments on account of principal (including redemption
payments), or premium, if any, or interest, in respect of the
subordinated debt securities may be made if:
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there has occurred and is continuing a default in any payment
with respect to Senior Debt; or
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there has occurred and is continuing a default with respect to
any Senior Debt resulting in the acceleration of the maturity
thereof.
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Debt means, with respect to any person:
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all indebtedness of such person for borrowed money;
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all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, including obligations
incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets
or businesses;
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all obligations of such person with respect to letters of
credit, bankers acceptances or similar facilities issued
for the account of such person;
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all obligations of such person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, but excluding accounts payable or
any other indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade
creditors arising in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the acquisition of goods or services;
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all capital lease obligations of such person;
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all Debt of others secured by a lien on any asset by such person;
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all Debt and dividends of others guaranteed by such person to
the extent such Debt and dividends are guaranteed by such
person; and
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all obligations for claims in respect of derivative products.
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Senior Debt means the principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on Debt of Lear, whether created, incurred or
assumed on, before or after the date of the subordinated note
indenture, unless the instrument creating or evidencing the Debt
provides that such Debt is subordinated to or pari passu,
with the subordinated debt securities.
Notices
Holders will receive notices by mail at their addresses as they
appear in the security register.
Title
We, any subsidiary guarantors, the Trustees and any agent of us,
any subsidiary guarantors or a Trustee may treat the person in
whose name a debt security is registered on the applicable
record date as the owner of the debt security for all purposes,
whether or not it is overdue.
Governing
Law
New York law governs the indentures and the debt securities.
Regarding
the Trustee
We and our affiliates maintain various commercial and investment
banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A. and its affiliates in their ordinary
course of business. Mellon Investor Services LLC acts as
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and as rights
agent under the Registration Rights Agreement. Mellon Investor
Services LLC also acts as warrant agent under the Warrant
Agreement.
If an event of default occurs under the indentures and is
continuing, the Trustee will be required to use the degree of
care and skill of a prudent person in the conduct of that
persons own affairs. The Trustee will become obligated to
exercise any of its powers under the indentures at the request
of any of the holders of any debt securities issued under the
indentures only after those holders have offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.
If the Trustee becomes one of our creditors, its rights to
obtain payment of claims in specified circumstances, or to
realize for its own account on certain property received in
respect of any such claim as security or otherwise will be
limited under the terms of the indentures. The Trustee may
engage in certain other transactions; however, if the Trustee
acquires any conflicting interest (within the meaning specified
under the Trust Indenture Act), it will be required to
eliminate the conflict or resign.
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DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities or
shares of preferred stock or common stock.
The warrants will be issued under warrant agreements to be
entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant
agent. The terms and conditions of the warrants will be
described in the specific warrant agreement and the applicable
prospectus supplement relating to such warrants. Each applicable
prospectus supplement relating to such warrants may also
describe material U.S. federal income tax considerations
applicable to the purchase, holding and disposition of such
warrants. A form of warrant agreement, including the form of
certificate representing the warrants, which contain provisions
to be included in the specific warrant agreements that will be
entered into with respect to particular offerings of warrants,
will be filed as an exhibit or incorporated by reference into
the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a
part. A holder or prospective purchaser of our warrants should
refer to the provisions of the applicable warrant agreement (and
prospectus supplement for more information.
On November 9, 2009, we entered into the Warrant Agreement
which provided for the issuance of 8,157,249 Warrants. The
following description of the Warrants, including certain
provisions of the Warrant Agreement, is a summary of, and is
qualified in its entirety by, the Warrant Agreement, a copy of
which has been filed with the SEC and is filed as an exhibit to
the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Exercise. Each Warrant entitles its holder to
purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.01
per share of common stock (the Exercise Price),
subject to adjustment. The Warrants are exercisable at any time
during the period (a) commencing on the business day
immediately following a period of 30 consecutive trading days
during which the closing price of the common stock for at least
20 of the trading days is equal to or greater than $39.63 (as
adjusted from time to time) and (b) ending on
November 9, 2014 (warrant expiration date). On
December 21, 2009, the Warrants became exercisable at an
exercise price of $0.01 per share of common stock. As of March
16, 2010, 4,091,234 shares of common stock have been issued
upon the exercise of Warrants and Warrants exercisable for an
aggregate of up to 4,065,824 shares of common stock remain
outstanding.
No Rights as Stockholders. Prior to the
exercise of the Warrants, no holder of Warrants (solely in its
capacity as a holder of Warrants) is entitled to any rights as a
stockholder of Lear, including, without limitation, the right to
vote, receive notice of any meeting of stockholders or receive
dividends, allotments or other distributions.
Adjustments. The number of shares of common
stock for which a Warrant is exercisable, the Exercise Price and
the Trigger Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) will be
subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, including an increase in the number of
outstanding shares of common stock by means of a dividend
consisting of shares of common stock, a subdivision of our
outstanding shares of common stock into a larger number of
shares of common stock or a combination of our outstanding
shares of common stock into a smaller number of shares of common
stock. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events
constituting a reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger or similar event, each
holder of a Warrant will have the right to receive, upon
exercise of a Warrant (if then exercisable), an amount of
securities, cash or other property receivable by a holder of the
number of shares of common stock for which a Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such event.
Warrant
Agent
Mellon Investor Services LLC serves as warrant agent for the
Warrants.
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DESCRIPTION
OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
We may issue subscription rights to purchase debt securities,
preferred stock, common stock or other securities. These
subscription rights may be issued independently or together with
any other security offered hereby and may or may not be
transferable by the stockholder receiving the subscription
rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of
subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement
with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to
which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to
purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed after such
offering.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific
terms of any offering of subscription rights for which this
prospectus is being delivered. Each applicable prospectus
supplement may also describe material U.S. federal income tax
considerations applicable to the purchase, holding and
disposition of such subscription rights. A holder or prospective
holder of subscription rights should refer to the applicable
prospectus supplement for more specific information.
DESCRIPTION
OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
We may issue stock purchase contracts, representing contracts
obligating holders to purchase from us, and requiring us to sell
to the holders, a specified number of shares of common stock at
a future date or dates.
The price per share of common stock may be fixed at the time the
stock purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by
reference to a specific formula set forth in the stock purchase
contracts. The stock purchase contracts may be issued separately
or as a part of units, or stock purchase units, consisting of a
stock purchase contract and either (x) senior debt
securities, senior subordinated debt securities, subordinated
debt securities or junior subordinated debt securities, or
(y) debt obligations of third parties, including
U.S. Treasury securities, in each case, securing the
holders obligations to purchase our common stock under the
stock purchase contracts. The stock purchase contracts may
require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the stock
purchase contracts or vice versa, and such payments may be
unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The stock purchase
contracts may require holders to secure their obligations
thereunder in a specified manner and in certain circumstances we
may deliver newly issued prepaid stock purchase contracts, or
prepaid securities, upon release to a holder of any collateral
securing such holders obligations under the original stock
purchase contract. The applicable prospectus supplement will
describe the terms of any stock purchase contracts or stock
purchase units and, if applicable, prepaid securities. Each
applicable prospectus supplement may also describe material U.S.
federal income tax considerations applicable to the purchase,
holding and disposition of any stock purchase contracts or stock
purchase units and, if applicable, prepaid securities.
PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
We may sell common stock, preferred stock, debt securities,
warrants, subscription rights, stock purchase contracts, stock
purchase units
and/or
guarantees of debt securities in one or more of the following
ways from time to time:
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to or through underwriters or dealers;
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by itself directly;
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through agents;
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through a combination of any of these methods of sale; or
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through any other methods described in a prospectus supplement.
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The prospectus supplements relating to an offering of securities
will set forth the terms of such offering, including:
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the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;
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the purchase price of the offered securities and the proceeds to
us from the sale;
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any underwriting discounts and commissions or agency fees and
other items constituting underwriters or agents
compensation; and
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any initial public offering price, any discounts or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers and any securities
exchanges on which such offered securities may be listed.
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Any initial public offering prices, discounts or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time
to time.
If underwriters are used in the sale, the underwriters will
acquire the offered securities for their own account and may
resell them from time to time in one or more transactions,
including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering
price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The
offered securities may be offered either to the public through
underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing
underwriters or by one or more underwriters without a syndicate.
Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters to purchase any series of
securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent and
the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of such
series of securities if any are purchased.
In connection with underwritten offerings of the offered
securities and in accordance with applicable law and industry
practice, underwriters may over-allot or effect transactions
that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of
the offered securities at levels above those that might
otherwise prevail in the open market, including by entering
stabilizing bids, effecting syndicate covering transactions or
imposing penalty bids, each of which is described below:
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A stabilizing bid means the placing of any bid, or the effecting
of any purchase, for the purpose of pegging, fixing or
maintaining the price of a security.
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A syndicate covering transaction means the placing of any bid on
behalf of the underwriting syndicate or the effecting of any
purchase to reduce a short position created in connection with
the offering.
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A penalty bid means an arrangement that permits the managing
underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate
member in connection with the offering when offered securities
originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in
syndicate covering transactions.
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In compliance with the guidelines of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the aggregate maximum discount,
commission, agency fees, or other items constituting
underwriting compensation to be received by any FINRA member or
independent broker-dealer will not exceed 8% of any offering
pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus
supplement; however, we anticipate that the maximum commission
or discount to be received in any particular offering of
securities will be significantly less than this amount.
No FINRA member may participate in any offering of securities
made under this prospectus if such member has a conflict of
interest under FINRA Rule 2720, including if 5% or more of
the net proceeds, not including underwriting compensation, of
any offering of securities made under this prospectus will be
received by a FINRA member participating in the offering or
affiliates or associated persons of such FINRA members, unless a
qualified independent underwriter has participated in the
offering or the offering otherwise complies with FINRA
Rule 2720.
These transactions may be effected on the New York Stock
Exchange, in the
over-the-counter
market, or otherwise. Underwriters are not required to engage in
any of these activities, or to continue such activities if
commenced.
If a dealer is used in the sale, we will sell such offered
securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then
resell the offered securities to the public at varying prices to
be determined by that dealer at the time for resale. The names
of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be set
forth in the prospectus supplement relating to that transaction.
Offered securities may be sold directly by us to one or more
institutional purchasers, or through agents designated by us
from time to time, at a fixed price or prices, which may be
changed, or at varying prices
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determined at the time of sale. Any agent involved in the offer
or sale of the offered securities in respect of which this
prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions
payable by us to such agent will be set forth in the prospectus
supplement relating to that offering, unless otherwise indicated
in such prospectus supplement, any such agent will be acting on
a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled under
agreements entered into with us to indemnification by us against
certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments that
the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in
respect thereof. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be
customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services
for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
Under the securities laws of some states, the securities offered
by this prospectus may be sold in those states only through
registered or licensed brokers or dealers.
Any person participating in the distribution of common stock
registered under the registration statement that includes this
prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act, and applicable SEC rules and regulations,
including, among others, Regulation M, which may limit the
timing of purchases and sales of any of our common stock by any
such person. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the
ability of any person engaged in the distribution of our common
stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to our
common stock. These restrictions may affect the marketability of
our common stock and the ability of any person or entity to
engage in market-making activities with respect to our common
stock.
Other than our common stock, which is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, each of the securities issued hereunder will be
a new issue of securities, will have no prior trading market,
and may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange.
Any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement will
be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official
notice of issuance. Any underwriters to whom we sell securities
for public offering and sale may make a market in the
securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so
and may discontinue any market making at any time without
notice. We cannot assure you that there will be a market for the
offered securities.
VALIDITY
OF THE SECURITIES
The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be
passed upon for us by Winston & Strawn LLP.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Lear Corporation
included in its 2009 Annual Report
(Form 10-K)
(including the financial statement schedule appearing therein),
have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report
thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference.
Such financial statements and financial statement schedule have
been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report given on the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly, current reports, proxy statements and
other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any
document we file at the SECs public reference room at
100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please
call the SEC at l-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the
public reference room. Our SEC filings, including the
registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto
are also available to the public from the SECs website at
http://www.sec.gov.
You can also access our SEC filings through our website at
www.lear.com. Except as expressly set forth below, we are not
incorporating by reference the contents of the SEC website or
our website into this prospectus.
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The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we
file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to those documents. The
information that we incorporate by reference is considered to be
part of this prospectus.
Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede this information. This means that you must
look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference
to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or in
any documents previously incorporated by reference have been
modified or superseded. See Incorporation by
Reference.
Nothing in this prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate
information furnished but not filed with the SEC pursuant to
Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of
Form 8-K.
You may request a copy of these filings and any exhibit
incorporated by reference in these filings at no cost, by
writing or telephoning us at the following address or number:
Lear
Corporation
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48033
(248) 447-1500
Attention: Secretary
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PART II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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ITEM 14.
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OTHER
EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
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The following is an estimate, subject to future contingencies of
the expenses to be incurred by Lear in connection with the
issuance and distribution of the securities being registered:
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Amount to be paid
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Registration fee*
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Legal fees and expenses**
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Trustee fees and expenses**
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Accounting fees and expenses**
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Printing fees**
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Rating agency fees**
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Miscellaneous**
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ITEM 15.
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the DGCL) allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good
faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a
law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an
improper personal benefit.
Our certificate of incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of our directors to us and our
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except to the extent prohibited by the DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the
power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and
expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to
which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of
such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal
proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that we will indemnify
any person who was, is or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by us or in our right), by reason of the fact
that such person is, was or had agreed to become a director or
officer of us or is or was serving or had agreed to serve at our
request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of,
or in another similar capacity with, another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
any employee benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to
have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
or on behalf of such person in connection therewith, provided
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
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which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful.
Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we will
indemnify any person who was or is made or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by us or in our right, by reason of the fact that such
person is, was or had agreed to become a director or officer of
us or is or was serving or had agreed to serve at our request as
a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in
another similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee
benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to have been
taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses
(including attorneys fees) and, to the extent permitted by
law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by or on behalf of such person in connection therewith, provided
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner which he or
she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best
interests, except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
has been adjudged to be liable to us, unless, and only to the
extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines upon
application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
(including attorneys fees) the Court of Chancery of
Delaware deems proper.
Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we shall pay
the expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any
such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to
such person providing us with certain undertakings.
The indemnification provisions contained in our certificate of
incorporation are not exclusive of any other rights to which a
person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise.
We maintain directors and officers liability insurance providing
coverage to our directors and officers, as authorized by our
certificate of incorporation.
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:
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Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment or as
an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference herein
in connection with an offering of securities).
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Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Lear Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to Lears Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated November 9, 2009).
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of Lear Corporation (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Lears Current Report
on
Form 8-K
dated November 9, 2009).
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Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock of the Company, as filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 9,
2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated November 9, 2009).
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Registration Rights Agreement made as of November 9, 2009
by and among the Company and each of the other parties thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Companys 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
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Warrant Agreement by and between the Company and Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as Warrant Agent, dated as of November 9,
2009, including the Global Warrant Certificate set forth in
Exhibit A thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
dated November 9, 2009).
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Description of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (incorporated by
reference to Lears Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated November 6, 2009).
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Form of Indenture between Lear and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
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Form of Subordinated Indenture between Lear and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
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Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
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Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
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Form T-1,
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under the
Indenture.
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Form T-1,
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under the
Subordinated Indenture.
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(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;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the Calculation of
Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i),
(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration
statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or
(x) for the purpose of providing the information required
by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement
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as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first
used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of
sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus.
As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the
issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided,
however, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.
(5) That for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in
the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned
registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered
or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to
the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such
securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering
prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus
relating to the offering containing material information about
the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of the Registrants annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, 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 of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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
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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Corporation
By: Matthew J. Simoncini
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Robert
E. Rossiter
Robert
E. Rossiter
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March 22, 2010
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Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Thomas
P. Capo
Thomas
P. Capo
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Curtis
J. Clawson
Curtis
J. Clawson
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Jonathan
F. Foster
Jonathan
F. Foster
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Conrad
L. Mallett, Jr.
Conrad
L. Mallett, Jr.
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Philip
F. Murtaugh
Philip
F. Murtaugh
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Donald
L. Runkle
Donald
L. Runkle
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Gregory
C. Smith
Gregory
C. Smith
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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/s/ Henry
D.G. Wallace
Henry
D.G. Wallace
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March 22, 2010
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Director
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II-6
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear #50 Holdings, LLC
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By:
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Lear South American Holdings Corporation
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Name:
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Matthew J. Simoncini
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POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President, Lear South American Holdings
Corporation (Sole Member)
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II-7
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-8
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-9
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Automotive Manufacturing, LLC
/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
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By:
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William P. McLaughlin
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POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Shari
L. Burgess
Shari
L. Burgess
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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II-10
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Corporation (Germany) Ltd.
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-11
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-12
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Corporation Global Development, Inc.
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-13
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear EEDS Holdings, LLC
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By:
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Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
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Name: Matthew J. Simoncini
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President, Lear Argentine Holdings
Corporation #2 (Sole Member)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear European Operations Corporation
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-15
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Holdings, LLC
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By:
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Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
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Name: Matthew J. Simoncini
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President, Lear Argentine Holdings
Corporation #2 (Sole Member)
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II-16
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Investments Company, L.L.C.
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Its:
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Senior Vice President
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POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Senior Vice President (Principal Executive Officer), General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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/s/ Shari
L. Burgess
Shari
L. Burgess
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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/s/ William P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President Taxation
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II-17
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-18
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Mexican Holdings, L.L.C.
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By:
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Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
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Name: Matthew J. Simoncini
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President, Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
(Sole Member)
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II-19
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Mexican Seating Corporation
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-20
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Operations Corporation
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-21
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Seating Holdings Corp. #50
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-22
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear South American Holdings Corporation
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ Terrence
B. Larkin
Terrence
B. Larkin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Secretary and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President and Director
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II-23
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Lear Trim L.P.
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By:
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Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
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Name: Matthew
J. Simoncini
Title President
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President, Lear South American Holdings Corporation (General
Partner)
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II-24
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 Southfield, State of Michigan, on March 22, 2010.
Renosol Seating, LLC
POWERS OF
ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose
signature appears below hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J.
Simoncini and Terrence B. Larkin, and each of them severally, as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and amendments filed pursuant to 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933) 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 unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
full power and authority to do or perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or of his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do to cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matthew
J. Simoncini
Matthew
J. Simoncini
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March 22, 2010
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President (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer) and Director
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/s/ William
P. McLaughlin
William
P. McLaughlin
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March 22, 2010
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Vice President, Chairman of the Board and Director
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II-25
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Document Description
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Form of Filing
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1.1
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Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment or as
an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference herein
in connection with an offering of securities).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.1
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Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Lear Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Lears Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 9, 2009).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.2
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of Lear Corporation (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Lears Current Report on
Form 8-K dated November 9, 2009).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.3
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Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock of Lear, as filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 9, 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Lears Current
Report on Form 8-K dated November 9, 2009).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.4
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Registration Rights Agreement made as of November 9, 2009 by and
among Lear and each of the other parties thereto (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Lears 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.5
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Warrant Agreement by and between Lear and Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as Warrant Agent, dated as of November 9, 2009,
including the Global Warrant Certificate set forth in Exhibit A
thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Lears
Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 9, 2009).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.6
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Description of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (incorporated by
reference to Lears Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated November 6, 2009).
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Incorporated by Reference
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4.7
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Form of Indenture between Lear and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
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Electronic Transmission
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4.8
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Form of Subordinated Indenture between Lear and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
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Electronic Transmission
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5.1
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Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
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Electronic Transmission
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12.1
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Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
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Electronic Transmission
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23.1
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
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Electronic Transmission
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23.2
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Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5).
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Electronic Transmission
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24.1
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
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Electronic Transmission
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25.1
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, under the
Indenture
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Electronic Transmission
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25.2
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, under the
Subordinated Indenture
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Electronic Transmission
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II-26
exv4w7
Exhibit 4.7
LEAR CORPORATION
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto
To
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
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TRUST INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE |
ACT SECTION |
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SECTION(S) |
Section 310
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(a)(1)
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609 |
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(a)(2)
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609 |
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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608, 610 |
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Section 311
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(a)
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613 |
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(b)
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613 |
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Section 312
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(a)
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701, 702 |
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(b)
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702 |
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(c)
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702 |
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Section 313
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(a)
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703 |
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(b)
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703 |
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(c)
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703 |
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(d)
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703 |
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Section 314
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(a)
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704 |
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(a)(4)
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101, 1004 |
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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102 |
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(c)(2)
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102 |
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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Section 315
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Section 316
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101 |
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502, 512 |
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Section 317
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Section 318
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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SECTION 101. |
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Definitions |
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SECTION 102. |
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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SECTION 103. |
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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SECTION 104. |
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates |
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SECTION 105. |
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company |
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SECTION 106. |
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Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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SECTION 107. |
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 108. |
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 109. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 110. |
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Separability Clause |
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SECTION 111. |
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Benefits of Indenture |
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SECTION 112. |
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Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury |
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SECTION 113. |
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Legal Holidays |
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SECTION 114. |
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Counterparts |
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SECURITY FORMS |
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SECTION 201. |
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Forms Generally |
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SECTION 202. |
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Form of face of Security |
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SECTION 203. |
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Form of Reverse of Security |
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SECTION 204. |
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Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee |
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SECTION 205. |
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Form of Legend for Global Securities |
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SECTION 206. |
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Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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THE SECURITIES |
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SECTION 301. |
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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SECTION 302. |
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Denominations |
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SECTION 303. |
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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SECTION 304. |
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Temporary Securities |
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SECTION 305. |
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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SECTION 306. |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 307. |
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset |
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SECTION 308. |
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Optional Extension of Maturity |
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SECTION 309. |
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Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 310. |
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Cancellation |
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SECTION 311. |
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Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended |
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SECTION 312. |
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CUSIP or ISIN Numbers |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 401. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 402. |
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Application of Trust Money |
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REMEDIES |
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SECTION 501. |
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 502. |
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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SECTION 503. |
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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SECTION 504. |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 505. |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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SECTION 506. |
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Application of Money Collected |
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SECTION 507. |
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Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 508. |
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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SECTION 509. |
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 510. |
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 511. |
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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SECTION 512. |
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Control by Holders |
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SECTION 513. |
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 514. |
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Undertaking for Costs |
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SECTION 515. |
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
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THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 601. |
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
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46 |
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SECTION 602. |
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Notice of Defaults |
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46 |
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SECTION 603. |
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Certain Rights of Trustee |
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46 |
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SECTION 604. |
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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48 |
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SECTION 605. |
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May Hold Securities |
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48 |
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SECTION 606. |
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Money Held in Trust |
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48 |
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SECTION 607. |
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Compensation and Reimbursement |
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48 |
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SECTION 608. |
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Conflicting Interests |
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50 |
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SECTION 609. |
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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50 |
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SECTION 610. |
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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50 |
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SECTION 611. |
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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51 |
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SECTION 612. |
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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52 |
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SECTION 613. |
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors |
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53 |
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SECTION 614. |
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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53 |
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HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION 701. |
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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55 |
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SECTION 702. |
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
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55 |
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SECTION 703. |
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Reports by Trustee |
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SECTION 704. |
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Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors |
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56 |
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 801. |
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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SECTION 802. |
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Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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57 |
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SECTION 803. |
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Successor Substituted |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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58 |
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SECTION 901. |
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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58 |
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SECTION 902. |
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders |
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60 |
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SECTION 903. |
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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61 |
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SECTION 904. |
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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62 |
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SECTION 905. |
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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62 |
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SECTION 906. |
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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62 |
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ARTICLE TEN |
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COVENANTS |
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62 |
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SECTION 1001. |
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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62 |
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SECTION 1002. |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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62 |
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SECTION 1003. |
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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63 |
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SECTION 1004. |
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Statement by Officers as to Default |
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SECTION 1005. |
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Existence |
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64 |
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SECTION 1006. |
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Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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64 |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN |
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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65 |
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SECTION 1101. |
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Applicability of Article |
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65 |
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SECTION 1102. |
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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65 |
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SECTION 1103. |
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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65 |
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SECTION 1104. |
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Notice of Redemption |
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66 |
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SECTION 1105. |
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Deposit of Redemption Price |
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67 |
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SECTION 1106. |
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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67 |
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SECTION 1107. |
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Securities Redeemed in Part |
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67 |
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ARTICLE TWELVE |
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SINKING FUNDS |
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67 |
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SECTION 1201. |
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Applicability of Article |
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68 |
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SECTION 1202. |
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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SECTION 1203. |
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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68 |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN |
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES |
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68 |
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SECTION 1301. |
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Applicability of Article |
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69 |
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SECTION 1302. |
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Subsidiary Guarantees |
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SECTION 1303. |
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Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees |
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70 |
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SECTION 1304. |
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Release of Subsidiary Guarantors |
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71 |
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SECTION 1305. |
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Limitation on Liability |
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71 |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN |
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REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS |
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SECTION 1401. |
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Applicability of Article |
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71 |
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SECTION 1402. |
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Repayment of Securities |
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71 |
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SECTION 1403. |
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Exercise of Option |
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72 |
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SECTION 1404. |
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When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
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SECTION 1405. |
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Securities Repaid in Part |
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73 |
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN |
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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73 |
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SECTION 1501. |
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Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1502. |
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Defeasance and Discharge |
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SECTION 1503. |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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74 |
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SECTION 1504. |
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1505. |
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Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee |
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SECTION 1506. |
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions |
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SECTION 1507. |
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Reinstatement |
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SECTION 1508. |
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Qualifying Trustee |
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN |
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IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES |
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SECTION 1601. |
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Exemption from Individual Liability |
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INDENTURE (herein called this Indenture), dated as of , among Lear Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
Company), having its principal office at 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield Michigan, 48033, each
Subsidiary Guarantor (as hereinafter defined) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
a national banking association having an office in Chicago, Illinois, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee).
RECITALS
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities) and Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same consolidated group of
companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct and indirect economic benefit from the
issuance of the Securities. Accordingly, each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and
several guarantee of the Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, and the
Subsidiary Guarantors 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 or of any series thereof, 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 Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and,
except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles
with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the
date of such computation, provided that when two or more principles are so generally accepted,
it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Company;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section refers
to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) 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;
(6) words importing any gender include the other genders;
(7) references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions
consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to;
(8) references to writing include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a tangible, visible form;
(9) the words including, includes and include shall be deemed to be followed by the
words without limitation; and
(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be deemed
to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements and instruments, but only to
the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this
Indenture.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
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 Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board and with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, the board of directors of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, any duly authorized committee of that board or any similar governing
body.
Board Resolution means with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate
Secretary of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
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officers of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to which authority to act on behalf of the
Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman
of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
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 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Corporation means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company,
joint-stock company or business or statutory trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1503.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307(a).
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 104.
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Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
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.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal or premium, if any, becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
Maximum Interest Rate has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial Officer, the President or a
Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant
Corporate Secretary or an Associate Secretary of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (and who may be an
employee of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor) as the case may be, and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee.
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Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
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.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and irrevocably segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1502; and
(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; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as
of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of
such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if,
as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case
of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such
Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
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to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other
obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes
and appoints the Trustee as the Paying Agent for each series of the Securities.
Periodic Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific
terms of which Securities, including the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the
rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the
redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the
issuance of such Securities.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by 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 shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, 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.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
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.
Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as Trustee, means an officer in the Corporate Trust Office thereof having direct
responsibility for administration of this Indenture and, when used with respect to any successor
Trustee, means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust
committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer,
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any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant
trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and, in each case, also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307(a).
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Subsidiary means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, voting stock
means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Subsidiary Guarantee means the guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in Article
Thirteen.
Subsidiary Guarantors means (1) the subsidiaries listed in Schedule I hereto; (2)
each other Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this
Indenture and (3) any successor of the foregoing, in each case (1), (2) and (3) until such
Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be such in accordance with Section 1304 hereof.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
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provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who
is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities
of that series.
U.S. Government Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 1504.
Vice President, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and/or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form
of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, other than an Officers Certificate required by Section 1004, shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition 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, the individual has made or
caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons may certify or give an opinion as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officers
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor stating that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section 104.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. 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 manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
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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 or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given
to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Companys expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in
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writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which sets
such record dates may designate any day as the Expiration Date and from time to time may change
the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing,
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which set such record date shall
be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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, Attention: Corporate Finance, or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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, or via overnight delivery service, to the Company
addressed to the attention of the Treasurer of the Company at the address of the Companys
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company and, in the case of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, to it at the address of the Companys principal office specified in the first paragraph
of this instrument, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by such Subsidiary Guarantor.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest
date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by
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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. 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.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or overnight delivery service, or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon facsimile transmission of written instructions
pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written
instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally
executed instructions in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or
directors shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions
or directions.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the
Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which 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.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section 113)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or at the
Stated Maturity, and no additional interest shall accrue as the result of such delayed payment.
SECTION 114. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon, and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article Two, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws
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or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities
of such series may be listed or traded or the rules of any Depositary therefor or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the officers executing such Securities or
notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If
the form or forms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Corporate
Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities of each series shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, or engraved on steel engraved borders, if
required by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such
series may be listed or traded, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of
any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be
listed or traded, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of face of Security.
[INSERT ANY APPLICABLE LEGENDS]
LEAR CORPORATION
(Title of Security)
Lear Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ______ Dollars on ____________ [if the Security is to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from ______ or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
____________ and ____________ in each year, commencing ______, at the rate of ____________ % per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert ,
provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of ___ % per annum (to the extent permitted by applicable law),
from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such
interest shall be payable on demand]. [If applicable, insert The amount of interest payable for
any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. In the event
that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment
of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business
Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force
and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.
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A Business Day shall mean, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.] The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided
in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest,
which shall be the ______ or ______ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities of this series may be listed or traded, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ______ % per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for
that purpose in ______, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account
as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security
Register at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
[______] (herein called the Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert
, limited in aggregate principal amount to $______; provided, however, that the authorized
aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased above such amount by a Board
Resolution to such effect].
[If applicable, insert The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on this Security may be reset by the Company on
______ (each an Optional Reset Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to
this Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior
to an Optional Reset Date for this Security. If the Company exercises such option, not later than
40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for
in Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this Security a notice (the Reset Notice)
indicating that the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or
such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for
redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if
there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of this Security (each such
period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or
periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the
Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the
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manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of such higher interest rate (or
such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of this Security. Such notice
shall be irrevocable. All Securities of this series with respect to which the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an
Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered
such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next
succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of this Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of this Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
hereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the
Indenture for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional
Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to the
Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.]
[If applicable, insert The Stated Maturity of this Security may be extended at the option
of the Company for ______ (each an Extension Period) up to but not beyond ______ (the Final
Maturity). The Company may exercise such option with respect to this Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of this
Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity). If the
Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section
106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity a notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the Company to
extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the
Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon
the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of this Security shall be
extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next
paragraph, this Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension
Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
this Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of such
higher interest rate to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All
Securities of this series with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such
higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of this Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of this Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount hereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity hereof, the Holder hereof must
follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture for repayment at
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the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee
shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except
that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less
than 30 days notice by mail, [if applicable, insert (1) on ______ in any year commencing with
the year ______ and ending with the year ______ through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert on or after ______, 20__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at [if applicable, insert a redemption price equal to [calculation to be specified]]
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days notice by mail, (1) on ______ in any year commencing with the year ______
and ending with the year ______ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert
on or after ______], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption
Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning ______ of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ______% of the principal amount, together in the
case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
______, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert Clause
(2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ______% per annum.]
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[If applicable, insert The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
______ in each year beginning with the year ______ and ending with the year of [if applicable,
insert not less than $______ (mandatory sinking fund) and not more than] $______ aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by
the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments may
be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise
required to be made [if applicable, insert , in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are not subject to redemption by the
Company prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.]
[If applicable, insert As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under this Security are guaranteed pursuant to
the Indenture as indicated in the notation of Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed hereon. The Indenture
provides that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon
compliance with certain conditions.]
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of
this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to
this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of all series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of all series to be affected, treated as one class. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of
each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
or provided for herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company and the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this 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 this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $______ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 204. Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee.
NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and
payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.
The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen
of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the
Subsidiary Guarantee.
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SECTION 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall, in addition to the
provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF 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 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.
SECTION 206. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates 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.
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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 or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers Certificate or in a Company Order, 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 the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) if the Securities of the series will not have the benefit of the Subsidiary
Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1405 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to
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have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the
authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased
above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the
method by which such date or dates 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, the right,
if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such
series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series
may be made;
(7) the right, if any, to defer payment of interest payable on any Interest Payment
date and the duration of any such deferral period;
(8) the rate or rates of amortization of the Securities, if any;
(9) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which and the term and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution,
the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions
or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and
the other terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,
the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
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(13) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units, including composite currencies, in which any Securities of the
series shall be denominated and in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 101;
(14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is
to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable,
the period or periods within or the date or dates on which and the terms and conditions upon
which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such
amount shall be determined);
(15) the percentage of the principal amount at which such Securities will be issued
and, 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 the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the
series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall not be defeasible or shall be defeasible in a manner varying from Section 1502 and
Section 1503 and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(18) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be
issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the
Securities of such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security
for one or more permanent Global Securities or definitive Securities of such series;
(19) if applicable, that any Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends
which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth
in Section 205 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth
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in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such
Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other
than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(20) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional interest reset provisions of Section 307(b);
(21) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional extension of maturity provisions of Section 308;
(22) any deletion or addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant
to Section 502 or in any other remedies provided in Article Five;
(23) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies
to Securities of the series;
(24) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities
of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons;
(25) if there is more than one Trustee or a Trustee other than The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the
identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to
such Securities;
(26) the terms of any right or obligation to convert or exchange Securities of such
series into any other securities or property of the Company or of any other corporation or
Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
(27) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series
are secured;
(28) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such
series;
(29) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section
304;
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(30) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts on
the Securities of the series to any Holder 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);
(31) the exchanges, if any, on which the Securities may be listed; and
(32) any other additional, eliminated or changed terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred
to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers Certificate or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or Company Order setting forth the terms
or the manner of determining the terms of the series.
The Securities of each series shall have the benefit of the Subsidiary Guarantees unless the
Company elects otherwise upon the establishment of a series pursuant to this Section 301.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution
(or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture
referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide
either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a
further Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with
other procedures specified in the Company Order contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Chief Executive Officer, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its
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President or one of its Vice Presidents, and attested by its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant
Corporate Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an Attesting Secretary. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities 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 prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company, and if applicable, having
endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed as provided in Section 1303 by the
Subsidiary Guarantors 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 the case of
Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including the receipt by the
Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly
confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company
Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such
series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form or forms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and, if applicable, the notations
of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of
the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
If such forms 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 affect the
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own rights, duties 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
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers Certificate or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued. This paragraph shall not be applicable to Securities of a series that are issued pursuant
to the proviso to Section 301(3).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely,
as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form or forms and terms
thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of
Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any 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 310, 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 of such series, and if
applicable, having endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Securities and, if applicable, notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees.
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
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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, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the
notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. 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 and tenor.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the Security
Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided. If in accordance with Section 301(6), the Company designates a
transfer agent (in addition to the Security Registrar) with respect to any series of Securities,
the Company may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change
in the location through which any such transfer agent acts, provided that the Company maintains 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 Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute and, if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, 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 like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
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 Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company and the Security Registrar 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.
If the Securities of any series are to be redeemed in part, neither the Trustee nor the
Company shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 305, (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor, as
the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion not to be redeemed.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of
the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, (ii) defaults in the
performance of its duties as Depositary, or (iii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as
depositary, in each case, unless the Company has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days
after receipt of such notice or after it has become aware of such default or cessation, (B) the
Company in its sole discretion determines, subject to the procedures of the Depositary, that such
Global Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or (C) there shall exist such
circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be
made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any
portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this
Section 305, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1405 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered
in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of
a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
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SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding and shall cancel and dispose of such mutilated Security in
accordance with its customary procedures.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and, if applicable, the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. If,
after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of
which such new Security was issued presents for payment or registration such original Security, the
Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or
any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith and shall cancel and dispose of such new
Security in accordance with its customary procedures.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
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 counsel to the Company
and the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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 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.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.
(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security of any series which 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 respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless
otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the
principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment
of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the
related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in or pursuant to
the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to the related series of Securities. Except in the case of a Global
Security, at the option of the Company, interest on any series of Securities may be paid (i) by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on the Security
Register of such series or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and
to such account as designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register of such series at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Any Paying Agents will be identified in accordance with Section 301, except for the Trustee,
who has been appointed as Paying Agent for the Securities as provided in the definition of Paying
Agent contained in Section 101. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or
rescind the designation of any Paying Agent; however, the Company at all times will be required to
maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for each series of Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not timely paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called
Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the 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 in respect of which interest is in default (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
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Clause
(1). 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
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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 given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set
forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, 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).
(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 or
automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or traded, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, 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, 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.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset
Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee
of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such
Security, such notice (the Reset Notice) to contain the information to be included in the
Trustees notice referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, not
later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security the Reset Notice indicating that
the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or
spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period
from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional
Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of such Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest
Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price
or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable)
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that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if applicable)
provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice (prepared by the Company) of such
higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of
such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest
rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is
reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not
tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the
next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
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. Optional Extension of Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to
such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option
of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an Extension
Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set forth on the face of such
Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such
Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity), such
notice (the Extension Notice) to contain the information to be included in the Trustees notice
referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than
40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity the Extension Notice indicating (i) the election of
the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate
applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such
Extension Period. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of
such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and
as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the
transmittal of such Extension Notice.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to
which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that
the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security
for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee,
revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original
Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to
Section 307) any interest on such Security and (subject to the record date provisions of Section
104) for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Depositary as the sole
and exclusive owner of a Global Security for the purposes of payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Holders
registering the transfer of Securities, obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by
Holders and for all other purposes whatsoever; and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation to any
participant in the Depositary, any Person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the
Securities under or through the Depositary or any such participant, or any other Person which is
not shown on the Security Register as being a Holder, with respect to either the Securities, the
accuracy of any records maintained by the Depositary or any such participant, the payment by the
Depositary or any such participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on the
Securities, any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Holders under the Indenture,
any consent given or other action taken by the Depositary as Holder, or any selection by the
Depositary of any participant or other Person to receive payment of principal, interest or
redemption or purchase price of the Securities.
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SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled 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 canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 310, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be treated in
accordance with its document retention policies.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The amount of interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) payable or paid
on any Security shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate
of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any applicable law of the
United States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York
law, which could lawfully be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received (the Maximum
Interest Rate). If, as a result of any circumstances whatsoever, the Company or any other Person
is deemed to have paid interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) or any
Holder of a Security is deemed to have contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received
interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law), in excess of the Maximum Interest
Rate, then, ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of validity,
and if under any such circumstance, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holders, or any Holder
shall ever receive interest or anything that might be deemed interest under applicable law that
would exceed the Maximum Interest Rate, such amount that would be excessive interest shall be
applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing on the applicable Security or Securities and
not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid principal balance
of any such Security or Securities, such excess shall be refunded to the Company; provided that the
Company and not the Trustee shall be responsible for collecting any such refund from the Holders.
In addition, for purposes of determining whether payments in respect of any Security are usurious,
all sums paid or agreed to be paid with respect to such Security for the use, forbearance or
detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated,
allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Security.
SECTION 312. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
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The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in
CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for and as otherwise provided in this Section 401), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, when
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all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities 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 discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
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all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
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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 or, if applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor,
in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become
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(2) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
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 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 any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means
any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether 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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it 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 any premium on any Security of that series
at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a
Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees with
respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture with respect
to a Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the
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performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically
dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series
of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, or via overnight delivery
service, to the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor 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 under this
Indenture; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees
with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any such Subsidiary
Guarantor under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any such
Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial part of its or their property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor of a voluntary
case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
such Subsidiary Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial part of its or their property, or
the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of its property for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor in
furtherance of any such action; or
(7) in the event the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to
the Securities of such series, the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor is held by a
final non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisidiction to be unenforceable or
invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any
Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations
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under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor
from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture); or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series,
provided, however, that no event described in Clause (4) above shall constitute an Event of
Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written
notice thereof as contemplated in Section 602.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the principal or any premium
or interest on any Security is payable in a currency other than the currency of the United States
of America and such currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such
payment in the currency of the United States of America. Upon direction by the Company to the
Trustee of its intentions to pay an amount equal to the currency of the United States of America
equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, the Trustee will, at cost to the Company,
determine the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency
(Exchange Rate), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on
the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 501, any payment made under such circumstances in the currency of the United States of
America where the required payment is in a currency other than the currency of the United States of
America will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section
501(8) which is common to all Outstanding series of Securities) with respect to Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then 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 of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration
such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event
of Default under Section 501(5) occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount (or specified
amount) on all Outstanding Securities automatically shall become due and payable. If an Event of
Default under Section 501(8) which is common to all Outstanding series of Securities occurs and is
continuing, then in such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by a
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) may declare the principal
amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding to be due
and payable immediately, and
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upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) 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 provided in this Article Five, the Event of Default giving rise to such
declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such
declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and
annulled, if:
(1) the Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in 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;
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of 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.
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 interest on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms
of any Security and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the
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rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing
the Trustee, its agents and counsel under Section 607.
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 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 any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its or their property or its or their creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and
all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the
Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any
such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other
similar committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or any Subsidiary
Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities 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 all amounts owing the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of
Securities 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 or property on account
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of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities 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 under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and
interest on such series of Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such series of Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
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 shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver,
assignee, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator (or other similar official), 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it 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 security or
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 itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, 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 Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
Repayment Date) 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 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, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall 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.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
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,
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to
follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith,
determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or would
otherwise be contrary to applicable law.
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 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 any premium or interest on any Security of such
series 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 impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. 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 an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, 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; provided that the provisions of this Section 514 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, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that it may
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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.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section
602, 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 Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of
any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series, except an Event of Default under
Section 501(1), Section 501(2) or Section 501(3) hereof (provided, that the Trustee is the
principal Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of such series), unless a Responsible Officer
shall have received written notice of such Event of Default in accordance with Section 105 from the
Company, any Subsidiary or the Holder of any Security, which notice states that the event referred
to therein constitutes an Event of Default.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(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, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall 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 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 powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it 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, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
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;
(8) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of
its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;
(9) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from
two or more groups of Holders of Securities of a series, each representing less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series Outstanding, the Trustee, in its sole
discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken;
(10) the Trustees immunities and protections from liability and its right to indemnification
in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the Trustees
officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and protections and right to
indemnification, together with the Trustees right to compensation, shall survive the Trustees
resignation or removal and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture;
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(11) except for information provided by the Trustee concerning the Trustee, the Trustee shall
have no responsibility for any information in any offering memorandum or other disclosure material
distributed with respect to the Securities, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility for
compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection with the Securities;
(12) the Trustee shall not be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of
any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been
advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and
(13) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software or hardware) services.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, 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 the
Subsidiary Guarantees. 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 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal
with the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. 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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally agree:
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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from time to time
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee 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
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 607(3) shall include its
officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its 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, except those
attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity
under this Section 607. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and
expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on particular Securities.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, in the
event the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in any proceedings which result from an Event
of Default under Section 501(5) or (6), or from any default which, with the passage of time, would
become such Event of Default, the expenses so incurred and compensation for services so rendered
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy Code or
equivalent law.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if it has
been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to,
acts of God, floor, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, strikes, work stoppages, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes, fire, riot, embargo, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, government
action,
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including laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay, restrict
or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by the Indenture.
The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the
earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest with respect to any other indenture of the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors or
Securities of any series by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to any
particular series of Securities.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609 and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 609, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
SECTION 610. 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 611.
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 the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
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.
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If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder 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 609 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, 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, (A) the Company, acting pursuant to the
authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B)
subject to Section 514, any Holder 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 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) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of 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 in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, 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 and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Company or successor Trustee 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 to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner provided 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 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the 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.
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 Subsidiary Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and
each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and 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 and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 the first or second preceding
paragraph, 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 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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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 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 any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities 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 so authenticated, and in case any Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee,
and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is provided
anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or
such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of
the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities
sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks
or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; and
(b) self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which
is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such
obligor) for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or
sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds
arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security;
provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such obligor) arising from the
making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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 original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, 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. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of
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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 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 corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to 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 authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614,
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. If at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section 614.
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 all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent
shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section 614, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof 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 614, the Trustee
may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under
the provisions of this Section 614.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 614.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each
series as of the preceding January 1 or July 1 as the case may be, and
(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 if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of
a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, nor the Trustee nor any agent of
either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
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The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days
after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as
of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is filed with the Commission.
Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors
to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 704 is for informational purposes only
and the Trustees receipt of same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys
compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by
conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as
an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, and shall expressly assume,
by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all
the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened
and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Except in a transaction resulting in the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture, Subsidiary Guarantors shall not, and the Company shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, in a single or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with
or into any Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) or permit any Person
(other than another Subsidiary Guarantor) to consolidate or merge with or into such Subsidiary
Guarantor or, directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets unless:
(1) in case such Subsidiary Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or the Person
which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or
other entity, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance
of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Subsidiary Guarantor to be performed or
observed;
(2) the Subsidiary Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 803. Successor Substituted.
(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other
Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the
Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a
lease) the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and
the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
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(b) Upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of such Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 802, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or
to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein; and in the
event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease) such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and
may be dissolved and liquidated.
(c) Any such successor Person referred to in Section 803(a) or 803(b) may cause to be signed,
and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor,
any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees thereon, and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 and if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees thereon to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any
Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. 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, conveyance or lease, such changes in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective Board Resolutions, 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 Person to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements
and obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Article Eight; or
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(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 of
the Subsidiary Guarantors; 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 additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such additional 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) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of
Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one
or more series of Securities; provided, however, that if such addition, change or elimination shall
adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect, such
addition, change or elimination shall become effective with respect to such series only when no
such Security of such series remains Outstanding; or
(6) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(7) to secure the Securities or one or more series of Securities; or
(8) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201
and 301; or
(9) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; or
(10) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(11) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
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(12) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(13) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant
to Sections 401, 1502 and 1503; or
(14) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which any of the Securities may be listed or traded; or
(15) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; or
(16) to provide for the payment by the Company of additional amounts in respect of taxes
imposed on certain Holders and for the treatment of such additional amounts as interest and for all
matters incidental thereto; or
(17) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (treated as one
class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee,
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by a
their respective Board Resolutions, 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 of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 307(b) or Section 308 or otherwise specified in
the form or terms of the Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 with respect
to extending the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series, change the Stated Maturity of the
principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other
Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which,
any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date), or release any
Subsidiary Guarantee other than as provided in this Indenture, or
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(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 (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1006, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any
Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this
Section 902 and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements
of Sections 611 and 901(9), or
(4) if the Securities of any series are convertible or exchangeable into any other securities
or property of the Company, make any change that adversely affects in any material respect the
right to convert or exchange any Security of such series (except as permitted by Section 901) or
decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the conversion price of any such Security of
such series, unless such decrease or increase is permitted by the terms of such Security, or
(5) if the Securities of any series are secured, change the terms and conditions pursuant to
which the Securities of such series are secured in a manner adverse to the Holders of the secured
Securities of such series in any material respect.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and 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 such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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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 theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder 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.
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, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees may be endorsed
thereon, and such new Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if
any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent, if other
than the Company, holds on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available
funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premiums, if any, and interest then
due. The Company will be responsible for making calculations called for under the Securities,
including but not limited to determination of Redemption Price, premium, if any, and other amounts
payable on the Notes, if any. The Company will make calculations in good faith and, absent
manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on the Holders of the Securities. The
Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee when applicable, and the Trustee
is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Companys calculations without independent
verification.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
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where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the
Securities of that series or any Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture may be served. The Company
initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said
purpose. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the 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, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby appoint the Trustee as its
agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also 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 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 each Place of Payment 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.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate to the extent required by
law and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and any premium and interest 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.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, 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 for any series of Securities 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) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during
the continuance of any default by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of
that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
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,
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such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts 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 money.
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 or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable may be paid to the Company on 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 thereof, 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.
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers Certificate,
one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive, principal accounting or principal
financial officer of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is in default in the
performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and,
if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and
the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight and the Companys ability to convert into a limited liability
company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence. On and after any conversion of the Company into a limited liability company,
limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its limited
liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership existence, as applicable.
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit
in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any
covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of
such series or in Section 1005, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
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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 such Securities) in accordance with this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Company Order or
in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount
of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified
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 or condition.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), 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 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 a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), 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 and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
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 Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the
Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected
for redemption.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable) and shall
state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single
Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than
all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed,
the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and shall be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice
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to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect
the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
Section 1104, the Company shall 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 sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall
be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on
that date.
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, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will 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 Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Redemption
Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part 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 attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, 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 and of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum 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.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities of
any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any sinking fund
payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such
Securities 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 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 such Securities.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a 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, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as
specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and
stating the basis for any such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior
to 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
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Unless the Company elects to issue any series of Securities without the benefit of the
Subsidiary Guarantees, which election shall be evidenced in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing such series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise
specified in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1302. Subsidiary Guarantees.
Subject to Section 1301, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, fully and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of
such Security and of this Indenture, and each Subsidiary Guarantor similarly guarantees to the
Trustee the payment of all amounts owing to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, and as if such payment were made
by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any
action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company
or any other guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of
all or any of the Securities of such series or any other circumstances which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however,
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall,
without the consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security,
or increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity thereof. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any
requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security
interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby
and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in
respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such
Security and in such Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are
prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of
the Securities of a series, to collect interest on the Securities of a series, or to enforce or
exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the
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Securities of a series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account
of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had
such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities
upon which its Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid
by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its
Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes or is required to make any payment in respect of its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from the other Subsidiary Guarantors to
the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
contribution until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should
the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a
receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Companys assets, and shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment and performance of the Securities of a series, is, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of the
Securities, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer, or otherwise, all as though
such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof,
is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
SECTION 1303. Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees.
To further evidence the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1302, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Subsidiary Guarantee, substantially in
the form set forth in Section 204, shall be endorsed on each Security entitled to the benefits of
the Subsidiary Guarantee authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual
or facsimile signature of an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a limited partnership, an officer of the general partner of each Subsidiary
Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth
in Section 1302 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on
each Security a notation relating to the Subsidiary Guarantee. If any officer of the Subsidiary
Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a limited partnership, any officer of
the general partner of the Subsidiary Guarantor, whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security
no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such
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Security or at any time thereafter, the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Security shall be valid
nevertheless. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on
behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
each Subsidiary Guarantee will remain in effect with respect to the respective Subsidiary Guarantor
until the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to which such
Subsidiary Guarantee relates shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied and discharged in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture and all amounts owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid; provided, however, that if (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases
to be a Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, (ii) either
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance occurs with respect to such Securities pursuant to Article
Fifteen or (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor is sold (including by sale, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction complying with the requirements of
this Indenture, then, in each case of (i), (ii) or (iii), upon delivery by the Company of an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee and this Article Thirteen have been complied with, such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be released and discharged of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and under this
Article Thirteen without any action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee shall
execute any documents reasonably required in order to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities of such
series and under this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1305. Limitation on Liability.
Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum amount of
the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can
be hereby guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering such Subsidiary Guarantee
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
SECTION 1401. 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 terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1402. Repayment of Securities.
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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 and any premium thereon, together with interest thereon accrued to
the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants
that on or before 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 sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms
of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, the premium, if any, 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.
SECTION 1403. 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. To be repaid at the
option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect
Repayment form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company 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 45 days nor
later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. 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
and as provided in Sections 307(b) and 308, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be
irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1404. 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 Fourteen 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. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest and/or premium, if any, to (but excluding) the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, 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
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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 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) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth
in such Security.
SECTION 1405. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any 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 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 FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1502 or Section 1503 applied
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (unless designated pursuant to
Section 301 as not being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1502 or 1503), in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article Fifteen. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1502. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1502 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1502 on
and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1504 and as more fully set
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forth in such Section 1506, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Companys and any Subsidiary Guarantors
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article
Fifteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fifteen, the Company may exercise its option (if
any) to have this Section 1502 applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
option (if any) to have Section 1503 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 1503. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1503 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from
its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent of any
covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections
501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent
of any covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7)),
shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default and (3) the provisions of Article
Thirteen shall cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1503 on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)) or Article Thirteen,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1502 or Section 1503 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Article Fifteen 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 benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S.
Government Obligations 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, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified 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 any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal
of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective
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Stated Maturities or upon redemption, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such
Securities. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option
of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is
specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S.
Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1502 apply to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change
in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance
and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1503 apply to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with
respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were
not to occur.
(4) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections
501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default
within the meaning of such Act).
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(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless
such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an agreement whereby the Company
irrevocably agrees to forfeit its right, if any, (A) to reset the interest rate of such Securities
pursuant to Section 307(b) and (B) to extend the Stated Maturity of such Securities pursuant to
Section 308.
(9) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1505. Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee.
Subject to Section 1507 below and after the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in
Section 1504 relating to the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been
complied with, the Trustee upon request of the Company shall acknowledge in writing the Defeasance
or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be.
SECTION 1506. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section 1506, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of any Securities shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but
money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
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1504 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fifteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations
held by it as provided in Section 1504 with respect to any Securities 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 the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect
to such Securities.
SECTION 1507. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article Fifteen with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1502 or 1503 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article Fifteen with respect to such Securities, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1506 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Fifteen; provided, however, that if the
Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following
such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of
the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
SECTION 1508. Qualifying Trustee.
Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1504 for the purpose of holding trust funds
deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the
Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein
to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the
Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1601. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that
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this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the
Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred
by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors, or employees, as such, of the Company,
any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, or any of them, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied
therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly
waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture
and the issue of such Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and, in
the case of the Company, attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
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SCHEDULE I
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Exhibit 4.8
LEAR CORPORATION
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto
To
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A
Trustee
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated as of
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
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Section 310
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
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TABLE
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
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SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset
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SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Maturity
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SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 310. Cancellation
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SECTION 311. Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended
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SECTION 312. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
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SECTION 501. Events of Default
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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected
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SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders
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SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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SECTION 605. May Hold Securities
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SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust
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SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement
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SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests
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SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary
Guarantors |
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SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee
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SECTION 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 803. Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
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SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default
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SECTION 1005. Existence
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SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price
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SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1302. Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 1303. Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors
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SECTION 1305. Limitation on Liability
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 1401. Subordination
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SECTION 1402. Priority of Senior Debt
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SECTION 1403. Payments upon Bankruptcy
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SECTION 1404. Subrogation; Rights not Impaired
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SECTION 1405. Authorization of Trustee
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SECTION 1406. Notice of the Trustee
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SECTION 1407. Holders of Senior Debt; Trustees Obligations
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SECTION 1408. Actions by Holders of Senior Debt
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SECTION 1409. Paying Agent
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SECTION 1410. Monies Held in Trust
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
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SECTION 1501. Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1502. Repayment of Securities
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SECTION 1503. Exercise of Option
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SECTION 1504. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
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SECTION 1505. Securities Repaid in Part
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 1601. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1602. Defeasance and Discharge
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SECTION 1603. Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1604. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1605. Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee
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SECTION 1606. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 1607. Reinstatement
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SECTION 1608. Qualifying Trustee
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
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SECTION 1701. Exemption from Individual Liability
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ARTICLE EIGHTEEN SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1801. Subordination
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SECTION 1802. Priority of Senior Debt
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SECTION 1803. Payments upon Bankruptcy
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SECTION 1804. Subrogation; Rights not Impaired
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SECTION 1805. Authorization of Trustee
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SECTION 1806. Notice of the Trustee
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SECTION 1807. Holders of Senior Debt; Trustees Obligations
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SECTION 1808. Actions by Holders of Senior Debt
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SECTION 1809. Paying Agent
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SECTION 1810. Monies Held in Trust
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SCHEDULE I Subsidiary Guarantors |
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE (herein called this Indenture),
dated as of , among Lear
Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the Company), having its principal office at 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield
Michigan, 48033, each Subsidiary Guarantor (as hereinafter defined) and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association having an office in Chicago, Illinois, as
Trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities) and Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same consolidated group of
companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct and indirect economic benefit from the
issuance of the Securities. Accordingly, each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and
several guarantee of the Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, and the
Subsidiary Guarantors 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 or of any series thereof, 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 Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and,
except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles
with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall
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mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at
the date of such computation, provided that when two or more principles are so generally accepted,
it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Company;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) 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;
(6) words importing any gender include the other genders;
(7) references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions
consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to;
(8) references to writing include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a tangible, visible form;
(9) the words including, includes and include shall be deemed to be followed by the
words without limitation; and
(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be
deemed to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements and instruments, but
only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this
Indenture.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
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 Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board and with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, the board of directors of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, any duly authorized committee of that board or any similar governing
body.
Board Resolution means with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate
Secretary of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to have
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been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
officers of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to which authority to act on behalf of the
Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman
of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
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 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Corporation means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company,
joint-stock company or business or statutory trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1603.
Debt means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without duplication),
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred
in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (iii) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations thereto) issued on the account of such Person, (iv) all obligations of
such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade payables, (v)
all obligations of such Person as lessee under capitalized leases, (vi) all Debt of others secured
by a lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; provided
that, for purposes of determining the amount of any Debt of the type described in this clause (vi),
if recourse with respect to such Debt is limited to such asset, the amount of such Debt shall be
limited to the lesser of the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such Debt, (vii) all
Debt and dividends of others Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Debt and dividends are
Guaranteed by such Person, and (viii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all
obligations of such Person for claims in respect of derivative
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products, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and commodity prices, forward
contracts, options, swaps, collars and similar arrangements.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307(a).
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1602.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt
or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or
by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to
maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and
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any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to
be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
Indenture shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301.
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.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal or premium, if any, becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
Maximum Interest Rate has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial Officer, the President or a
Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant
Corporate Secretary or an Associate Secretary of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (and who may be an
employee of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor) as the case may be, and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee.
Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
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.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and irrevocably segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1602; and
(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; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as
of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of
such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if,
as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case
of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such
Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, a Subsidiary
Guarantor or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes
and appoints the Trustee as the Paying Agent for each series of the Securities.
Periodic Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific
terms of which Securities, including the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the
rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the
redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the
issuance of such Securities.
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Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by 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 shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, 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.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
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.
Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as Trustee, means an officer in the Corporate Trust Office thereof having direct
responsibility for administration of this Indenture and, when used with respect to any successor
Trustee, means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust
committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and, in each case, also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
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Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
Senior Debt means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Debt of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether created, incurred or assumed before, on or after the
date of this Indenture; provided that such Senior Debt shall not include any Debt of the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same such
Debt is specifically designated as being subordinated to or pari passu with the Securities.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307(a).
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Subsidiary means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, voting stock
means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Subsidiary Guarantee means the guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in Article
Thirteen.
Subsidiary Guarantors means (1) the subsidiaries listed in Schedule I hereto; (2)
each other Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this
Indenture and (3) any successor of the foregoing, in each case (1), (2) and (3) until such
Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be such in accordance with Section 1304 hereof.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
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, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Government Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 1604.
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Vice President, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and/or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form
of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, other than an Officers Certificate required by Section 1004, shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition 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, the individual has made
or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons may certify or give an opinion as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
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Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officers
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor stating that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section 104.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. 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 manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
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 or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request,
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demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series,
provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction
referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Companys expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which sets
such record dates may designate any day as the Expiration Date and from time to time may change
the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing,
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
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respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which set such
record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as
the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than
the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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, Attention: Corporate Finance, or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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, or via overnight delivery service, to the
Company addressed to the attention of the Treasurer of the Company at the address of the
Companys principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company and, in the case
of any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at the address of the Companys principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by such Subsidiary
Guarantor.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest
date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders 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.
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.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or overnight delivery service, or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon facsimile transmission of written instructions
pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written
instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally
executed instructions in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or
directors shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions
or directions.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the
Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which 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.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders and holders of Senior
Debt, where so specified, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section 113)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or at the
Stated Maturity, and no additional interest shall accrue as the result of such delayed payment.
SECTION 114. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon, and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article Two, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the
rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such
series may be listed or traded or the rules of any Depositary therefor or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the officers executing such Securities or notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or
forms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an
Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
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The definitive Securities of each series shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, or engraved on steel engraved borders, if
required by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such
series may be listed or traded, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of
any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be
listed or traded, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of face of Security.
[INSERT ANY APPLICABLE LEGENDS]
LEAR CORPORATION
(Title of Security)
CUSIP
No. __________
Lear Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered
assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on [if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually on and in each year, commencing , at the rate of
___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable,
insert , provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is
overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent permitted by applicable
law), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and
such interest shall be payable on demand]. [If applicable, insert The amount of interest payable
for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a
payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same
force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A Business Day shall
mean, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.] The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the or
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this
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Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of
this series may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or
automated quotation system, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for
that purpose in , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account
as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security
Register at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
[____] (herein called the Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the holders of
Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face
hereof [if applicable, insert , limited in aggregate principal amount to $ ; provided,
however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased above
such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect].
[If applicable, insert The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on this Security may be reset by the Company on
(each an Optional Reset Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to
this Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior
to an Optional Reset Date for this Security. If the Company exercises such option, not later than
40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for
in Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this Security a notice (the Reset Notice)
indicating that the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or
such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for
redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if
there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of this Security (each such
period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or
periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the
Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of such
higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of
this Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities of this series with respect to
which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate,
if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such
Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such
tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of this Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of this Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
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hereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the
Indenture for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional
Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to the
Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.]
[If applicable, insert The Stated Maturity of this Security may be extended at the option
of the Company for (each an Extension Period) up to but not beyond _____ (the
Final Maturity). The Company may exercise such option with respect to this Security by notifying
the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of
this Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity). If
the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this Security not later than 40 days prior to the
Original Stated Maturity a notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the
Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to
the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period.
Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of this Security shall
be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the
next paragraph, this Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such
Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
this Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of such
higher interest rate to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All
Securities of this series with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such
higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of this Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of this Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount hereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity hereof, the Holder hereof must
follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture for repayment at the option of
Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25
but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has
tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written
notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth
day before the Original Stated Maturity.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days notice by mail, [if applicable, insert (1) on _____ in any year commencing
with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert on or after _____, 20 _____ ], as a whole or in part, at
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the election of the Company, at [if applicable, insert a redemption price equal to
[calculation to be specified]] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days notice by mail, (1) on _____ in any year commencing with the year _____ and
ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert on or
after _____ ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
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any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _____ ,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert Clause (2) of]
the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____ % per
annum.]
[If applicable, insert The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
_____ in each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ of [if
applicable, insert not less than $_____ (mandatory sinking fund) and not more than]
$_____ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory]
sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert , in the inverse order
in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
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unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are not subject to redemption by the
Company prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.]
[If applicable, insert As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under this Security are guaranteed on a senior
subordinated basis pursuant to the Indenture as indicated in the notation of Subsidiary Guarantee
endorsed hereon. The Indenture provides that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its
Subsidiary Guarantee upon compliance with certain conditions.]
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of
this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to
this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of all series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of all series to be affected, treated as one class. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of
each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
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upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
or provided for herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
The Company and each Holder of the Securities of this series, by accepting such Securities,
agree that the payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities is
subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, to the prior payment in
full of all present and future Senior Debt and that the subordination provisions in the Indenture
are for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt. Each Holder of a Security by his or her
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee in his or her behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided for in the Indenture and
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company and the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this 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 this
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Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $_____ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 204. Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee
NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and
payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.
The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen
of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the
Subsidiary Guarantee.
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SECTION 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall, in addition to the
provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF 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
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CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND 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.
SECTION 206. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates 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.
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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 or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers Certificate or in a Company Order, 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 the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) if the Securities of the series will not have the benefit of the Subsidiary
Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1505 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized
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aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased above such
amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the
method by which such date or dates 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, the right,
if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such
series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series
may be made;
(7) the right, if any, to defer payment of interest payable on any Interest Payment
date and the duration of any such deferral period;
(8) the rate or rates of amortization of the Securities, if any;
(9) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which and the term and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution,
the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions
or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and
the other terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,
the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
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(13) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units, including composite currencies, in which any Securities of the
series shall be denominated and in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 101;
(14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is
to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable,
the period or periods within or the date or dates on which and the terms and conditions upon
which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such
amount shall be determined);
(15) the percentage of the principal amount at which such Securities will be issued
and, 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 the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the
series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall not be defeasible or shall be defeasible in a manner varying from Section 1602 and
Section 1603 and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(18) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be
issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the
Securities of such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security
for one or more permanent Global Securities or definitive Securities of such series;
(19) if applicable, that any Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends
which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth
in Section 205 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth
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in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such
Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other
than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(20) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional interest reset provisions of Section 307(b);
(21) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional extension of maturity provisions of Section 308;
(22) any deletion or addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant
to Section 502 or in any other remedies provided in Article Five;
(23) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies
to Securities of the series;
(24) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities
of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons;
(25) if there is more than one Trustee or a Trustee other than The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the
identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to
such Securities;
(26) the terms of any right or obligation to convert or exchange Securities of such
series into any other securities or property of the Company or of any other corporation or
Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
(27) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series
are secured;
(28) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such
series;
(29) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section
304;
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(30) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts on
the Securities of the series to any Holder 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);
(31) the terms of the subordination of the Securities of such series and any other
provisions relevant to such subordination, if different from the terms of subordination and
other provisions relevant to such subordination set forth herein;
(32) the exchanges, if any, on which the Securities may be listed; and
(33) any other additional, eliminated or changed terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred
to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers Certificate or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or Company Order setting forth the terms
or the manner of determining the terms of the series.
The Securities of each series shall have the benefit of the Subsidiary Guarantees unless the
Company elects otherwise upon the establishment of a series pursuant to this Section 301.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution
(or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture
referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide
either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a
further Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with
other procedures specified in the Company Order contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Chief Executive Officer, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its President
or one of its Vice Presidents, and attested by its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate
Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an Attesting Secretary. The signature of any of these officers
on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities 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 prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company, and if applicable, having
endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed as provided in Section 1303 by the
Subsidiary Guarantors 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 the case of
Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including the receipt by the
Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly
confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company
Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such
series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form or forms have been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a
series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a
Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and, if
applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors
rights and to general equity principles.
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If such forms 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 affect the
Trustees own rights, duties 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
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers Certificate or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued. This paragraph shall not be applicable to Securities of a series that are issued pursuant
to the proviso to Section 301(3).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely,
as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form or forms and terms
thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of
Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any 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 310, 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 of such series, and if
applicable, having endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Securities and, if applicable, notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees.
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
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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, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the
notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. 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 and tenor.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the Security
Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided. If in accordance with Section 301(6), the Company designates a
transfer agent (in addition to the Security Registrar) with respect to any series of Securities,
the Company may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change
in the location through which any such transfer agent acts, provided that the Company maintains 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 Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute and, if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, 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 like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
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 Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
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instrument of transfer 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 and the Security Registrar 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.
If the Securities of any series are to be redeemed in part, neither the Trustee nor the
Company shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 305, (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor, as
the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion not to be redeemed.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such
Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security, (ii) defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary, or (iii) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the
Depositary is required to be so registered to act as depositary, in each case, unless the
Company has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days after receipt of such notice or
after it has become aware of such default or cessation, (B) the Company in its sole
discretion determines, subject to the procedures of the Depositary, that such Global
Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or (C) there shall exist such
circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities
may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether
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pursuant to this Section 305, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1505 or otherwise, shall
be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding and shall cancel and dispose of such mutilated Security in
accordance with its customary procedures.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and, if applicable, the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. If,
after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of
which such new Security was issued presents for payment or registration such original Security, the
Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or
any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith and shall cancel and dispose of such new
Security in accordance with its customary procedures.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
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 counsel to the Company
and the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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 duly issued hereunder.
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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.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.
(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any
series of Securities, interest on any Security of any series which 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 respect of Securities
of such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of such series,
interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid to the
Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any Security of any
series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date
shall be payable as provided in such Security or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution,
Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 301 with
respect to the related series of Securities. Except in the case of a Global Security, at the
option of the Company, interest on any series of Securities may be paid (i) by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on the Security Register of
such series or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to
such account as designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register of such series at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest
Payment Date.
Any Paying Agents will be identified in accordance with Section 301, except for the Trustee,
who has been appointed as Paying Agent for the Securities as provided in the definition of Paying
Agent contained in Section 101. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or
rescind the designation of any Paying Agent; however, the Company at all times will be required to
maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for each series of Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not timely paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called
Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the 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 in respect of which interest is in default (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 Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
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Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this
Clause (1). 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 given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106,
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, 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).
(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 or automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or traded, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, 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, 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.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset
Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee
of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such
Security, such notice (the Reset Notice) to contain the information to be included in the
Trustees notice referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, not
later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security the Reset Notice indicating that
the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or
spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period
from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional
Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of such Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest
Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods
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during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent
Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice (prepared by the Company) of
such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder
of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the
interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such
Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such
tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
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. Optional Extension of Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to
such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option
of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an Extension
Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set forth on the face of such
Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such
Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity), such
notice (the Extension Notice) to contain the information to be included in the Trustees notice
referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than
40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity the Extension Notice
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indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated
Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if
any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension
Notice, the Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as
modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have
the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to
which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that
the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security
for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee,
revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original
Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to
Section 307) any interest on such Security and (subject to the record date provisions of Section
104) for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Depositary as the sole
and exclusive owner of a Global Security for the purposes of payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Holders
registering the transfer of Securities, obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by
Holders and for all other purposes whatsoever; and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation to any
participant in the Depositary, any Person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the
Securities under or through the Depositary or any such participant, or any other Person which is
not shown on the Security Register as being a Holder, with respect to either the Securities, the
accuracy of any records maintained by the Depositary or any such participant, the payment by the
Depositary or
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any such participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on the
Securities, any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Holders under the Indenture,
any consent given or other action taken by the Depositary as Holder, or any selection by the
Depositary of any participant or other Person to receive payment of principal, interest or
redemption or purchase price of the Securities.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled 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 canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 310, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be treated in
accordance with its document retention policies.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The amount of interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) payable or paid
on any Security shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate
of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any applicable law of the
United States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York
law, which could lawfully be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received (the Maximum
Interest Rate). If, as a result of any circumstances whatsoever, the Company or any other Person
is deemed to have paid interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) or any
Holder of a Security is deemed to have contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received
interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law), in excess of the Maximum Interest
Rate, then, ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of validity,
and if under any such circumstance, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holders, or any Holder
shall ever receive interest or anything that might be deemed interest under applicable law that
would exceed the Maximum Interest Rate, such amount that would be excessive interest shall be
applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing on the applicable Security or Securities and
not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid principal balance
of any such Security or Securities, such excess shall be refunded to the Company; provided that the
Company and not the Trustee shall be responsible for collecting any such refund from the Holders.
In addition, for purposes of determining whether payments in respect of any Security are usurious,
all sums paid or agreed to be paid with respect to such Security for the use, forbearance or
detention of money shall, to the extent
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permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full
term of such Security.
SECTION 312. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in
CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for and as otherwise provided in this Section 401), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities 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 discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities 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 of the date of deposit, or
(iii) 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 or, if applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited
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with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose money in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest 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 or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
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 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 any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means
any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether 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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
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 any premium on any Security of that
series at its Maturity; or
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(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees
with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture
with respect to a Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in
the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, or via overnight delivery service, to the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor by the
Trustee or to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor 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 under this Indenture; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any
such Subsidiary Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor under any applicable federal or state law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial part
of its or their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued
Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary
Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or
proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent
by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial part of its or their
property, or the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of
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its property for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action
by the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) in the event the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees with
respect to the Securities of such series, the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary
Guarantor is held by a final non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent
jurisidiction to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms
such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason
of a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture); or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series,
provided, however, that no event described in Clause (4) above shall constitute an Event of
Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written
notice thereof as contemplated in Section 602.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the principal or any premium
or interest on any Security is payable in a currency other than the currency of the United States
of America and such currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such
payment in the currency of the United States of America. Upon direction by the Company to the
Trustee of its intentions to pay an amount equal to the currency of the United States of America
equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, the Trustee will, at cost to the Company,
determine the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency
(Exchange Rate), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on
the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 501, any payment made under such circumstances in the currency of the United States of
America where the required payment is in a currency other than the currency of the United States of
America will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section
501(8) which is common to all Outstanding series of Securities) with respect to Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then 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 of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable
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immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately
due and payable. If an Event of Default under Section 501(5) occurs and is continuing, then the
principal amount (or specified amount) on all Outstanding Securities automatically shall become due
and payable. If an Event of Default under Section 501(8) which is common to all Outstanding series
of Securities occurs and is continuing, then in such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as
one class), by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) may
declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) of all the Securities
then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) 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 provided in this Article Five, the Event of Default giving rise to such
declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such
declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and
annulled, if:
(1) the Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in 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;
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of 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.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
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(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the
terms of any Security and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the Trustee,
its agents and counsel under Section 607.
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 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 any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its or their property or its or their creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and
all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the
Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any
such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other
similar committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or any Subsidiary
Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities 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 all amounts owing the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of
Securities 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 or property on account of
principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities 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 under Section 607;
SECOND: Subject to the provisions of Articles Fourteen and Eighteen, to the payment of the
amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on such series of
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such series
of Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: Subject to the provisions of Articles Fourteen and Eighteen, to the payment of the
remainder, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver,
assignee, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator (or other similar official), 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it 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
security or indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(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 itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, 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 Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
Repayment Date) 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 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, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall 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.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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
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from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders,
as the case may be.
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders. |
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) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall,
in good faith, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable law.
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 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 any premium or interest on any Security of
such series 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 impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. 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 an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, 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; provided that the provisions of this Section 514 shall not apply to any suit instituted
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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, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (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.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section
602, 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 Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of
any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series, except an Event of Default under
Section 501(1), Section 501(2) or Section 501(3) hereof (provided, that the Trustee is the
principal Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of such series), unless a Responsible Officer
shall have received written notice of such Event of Default in accordance with Section 105 from the
Company, any Subsidiary or the Holder of any Security, which notice states that the event referred
to therein constitutes an Event of Default.
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SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(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, other evidence of indebtedness 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, and any resolution of the Board of
Directors shall 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 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 powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it 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, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, 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;
(8) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the
performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;
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(9) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Securities of a series, each representing
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series
Outstanding, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall
be taken;
(10) the Trustees immunities and protections from liability and its right to
indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall
extend to the Trustees officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and
protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustees right to compensation,
shall survive the Trustees resignation or removal and the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture;
(11) except for information provided by the Trustee concerning the Trustee, the Trustee
shall have no responsibility for any information in any offering memorandum or other
disclosure material distributed with respect to the Securities, and the Trustee shall have
no responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection
with the Securities;
(12) the Trustee shall not be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form
of action; and
(13) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, 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 the
Subsidiary Guarantees. 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 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal
with the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would
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have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
SECTION 606. 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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally agree:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee 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 expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 607(3) shall include
its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on
its 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, except those attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity
under this Section 607. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and
expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on particular Securities.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, in the
event the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in any proceedings which result from an
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Event of Default under Section 501(5) or (6), or from any default which, with the passage of
time, would become such Event of Default, the expenses so incurred and compensation for services so
rendered are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy
Code or equivalent law.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if it has
been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to,
acts of God, floor, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, strikes, work stoppages, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes, fire, riot, embargo, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, government
action, including laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay,
restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by the Indenture.
The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the
earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest with respect to any other indenture of the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors or
Securities of any series by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to any
particular series of Securities.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609 and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 609, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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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 611.
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 the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
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 Section 608 after written request therefor by
the Company or by any Holder 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 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, 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, (A) the
Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with
respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder 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 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) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of 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 in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the
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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 and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company or successor Trustee 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 to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner provided 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 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the 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.
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 Subsidiary Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and
each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and 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
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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 and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 the first or second preceding
paragraph, 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 612. 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 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 any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities 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 so authenticated, and in case any Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee,
and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is provided
anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or
such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of
the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or
securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in
currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; and
(b) self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (or any such obligor) for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured
by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the
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goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the
goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security; provided the security is
received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with
the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such obligor) arising from the making,
drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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 original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, 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. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees 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 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 corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws
to 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 authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614, 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. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in this Section 614.
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 all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent
shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section 614, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof 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 614, the Trustee
may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
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Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating
Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 614.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 614.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities of each series as of the preceding January 1 or July 1 as the case may be, and
(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 if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of
a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.
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SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, nor the Trustee nor any agent of
either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days
after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as
of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is filed with the Commission.
Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors
to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 704 is for informational purposes only
and the Trustees receipt of same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys
compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officers Certificates).
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or other
entity, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed
or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Except in a transaction resulting in the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture, Subsidiary Guarantors shall not, and the Company shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, in a single or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with
or into any Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) or permit any Person
(other than another Subsidiary Guarantor) to consolidate or merge with or into such Subsidiary
Guarantor or, directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets unless:
(1) in case such Subsidiary Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases,
the properties and assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be
a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every
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covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Subsidiary Guarantor to be performed or
observed;
(2) the Subsidiary Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 803. Successor Substituted.
(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other
Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the
Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a
lease) the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and
the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
(b) Upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of such Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 802, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or
to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein; and in the
event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease) such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and
may be dissolved and liquidated.
(c) Any such successor Person referred to in Section 803(a) or 803(b) may cause to be signed,
and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor,
any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees thereon, and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 and if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees thereon to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any
Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. 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.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such changes in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective Board Resolutions, 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 Person to the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
Article Eight; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 of the Subsidiary Guarantors; 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 additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit
of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional 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) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such
default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit
the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series
of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall
be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable
or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of one or more series of Securities; provided, however, that if such addition, change or
elimination shall adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of any series in
any material respect, such addition, change or elimination shall become effective with
respect to such series only when no such Security of such series remains Outstanding; or
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(6) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee
or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(7) to secure the Securities or one or more series of Securities; or
(8) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
(9) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; or
(10) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 611; or
(11) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(12) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(13) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1602 and 1603; or
(14) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the Securities may be listed or traded; or
(15) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; or
(16) to provide for the payment by the Company of additional amounts in respect of
taxes imposed on certain Holders and for the treatment of such additional amounts as
interest and for all matters incidental thereto; or
(17) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (treated as one
class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee,
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by a
their respective Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture
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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 of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 307(b) or Section 308 or otherwise
specified in the form or terms of the Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201
and 301 with respect to extending the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series, change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on,
any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any
Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or
repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date), or release any Subsidiary
Guarantee other than as provided in this Indenture, 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 (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1006,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee
and concomitant changes in this Section 902 and Section 1006, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(9), or
(4) if the Securities of any series are convertible or exchangeable into any other
securities or property of the Company, make any change that adversely affects in any
material respect the right to convert or exchange any Security of such series (except as
permitted by Section 901) or decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the
conversion price of any such Security of such series, unless such decrease or increase is
permitted by the terms of such Security, or
(5) if the Securities of any series are secured, change the terms and conditions
pursuant to which the Securities of such series are secured in a manner adverse to the
Holders of the secured Securities of such series in any material respect; or
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(6) modify any provision of Article Fourteen or Article Eighteen in a manner adverse to
the Holders in any material respect.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and 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 such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustees 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 theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder 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.
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, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees may be endorsed
thereon, and such new Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if
any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent, if other
than the Company, holds on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available
funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premiums, if any, and interest then
due. The Company will be responsible for making calculations called for under the Securities,
including but not limited to determination of Redemption Price, premium, if any, and other amounts
payable on the Notes, if any. The Company will make calculations in good faith and, absent
manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on the Holders of the Securities. The
Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee when applicable, and the Trustee
is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Companys calculations without independent
verification.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Securities
of that series or any Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purpose. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the 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, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby appoint the Trustee as its
agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also 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 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 each Place of Payment 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.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate to the extent required by
law and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to
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such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, 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 for any series of Securities 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) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during
the continuance of any default by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of
that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
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 trusts 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 money.
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 or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable may be paid to the Company on 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 thereof, 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.
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers Certificate,
one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive, principal accounting or principal
financial officer of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is in default in the
performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and,
if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and
the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
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SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight and the Companys ability to convert into a limited liability
company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence. On and after any conversion of the Company into a limited liability company,
limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its limited
liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership existence, as applicable.
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit
in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any
covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of
such series or in Section 1005, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision 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 such Securities) in accordance with this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Company Order or
in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount
of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified
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 or condition.
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SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), 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 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 a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), 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 and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
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 Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the
Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected
for redemption.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable) and shall
state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation
thereof,
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(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a
single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a
single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be
redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and shall be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any
Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
Section 1104, the Company shall 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 sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall
be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on
that date.
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, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will 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.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Redemption
Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part 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 attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, 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 and of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum 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.
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 any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities of
any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any sinking fund
payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such
Securities 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 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 such Securities.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a 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, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as
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specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and
stating the basis for any such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior
to 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
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Unless the Company elects to issue any series of Securities without the benefit of the
Subsidiary Guarantees, which election shall be evidenced in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing such series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise
specified in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1302. Subsidiary Guarantees.
Subject to Section 1301, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, fully and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of
such Security and of this Indenture, and each Subsidiary Guarantor similarly guarantees to the
Trustee the payment of all amounts owing to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, and as if such payment were made
by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any
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to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or
any other guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all
or any of the Securities of such series or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute
a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no such release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall, without the
consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase
the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity thereof. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors
hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the
Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in or other
lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or
any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or
notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such
Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in such
Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable
law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Securities of a
series, to collect interest on the Securities of a series, or to enforce or exercise any other
right or remedy with respect to the Securities of a series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay
to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would
otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by
the Trustee or any of the Holders.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities
upon which its Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid
by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its
Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes or is required to make any payment in respect of its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from the other Subsidiary Guarantors to
the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
contribution until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should
the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a
receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Companys assets, and shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment and performance of the Securities of a series, is, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any
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Holder of the Securities, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer, or
otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any
payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and
not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
SECTION 1303. Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees.
To further evidence the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1302, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Subsidiary Guarantee, substantially in
the form set forth in Section 204, shall be endorsed on each Security entitled to the benefits of
the Subsidiary Guarantee authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual
or facsimile signature of an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a limited partnership, an officer of the general partner of each Subsidiary
Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth
in Section 1302 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on
each Security a notation relating to the Subsidiary Guarantee. If any officer of the Subsidiary
Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a limited partnership, any officer of
the general partner of the Subsidiary Guarantor, whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security
no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security or at any time
thereafter, the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of
any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due
delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
SECTION 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
each Subsidiary Guarantee will remain in effect with respect to the respective Subsidiary Guarantor
until the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to which such
Subsidiary Guarantee relates shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied and discharged in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture and all amounts owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid; provided, however, that if (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases
to be a Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, (ii) either
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance occurs with respect to such Securities pursuant to Article
Sixteen or (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor is sold (including by sale, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction complying with the requirements of
this Indenture, then, in each case of (i), (ii) or (iii), upon delivery by the Company of an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee and this Article Thirteen have been complied with, such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be released and discharged of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and under this
Article Thirteen without any action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee shall
execute any documents reasonably required in order to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities of such
series and under this Article Thirteen.
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SECTION 1305. Limitation on Liability.
Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum amount of
the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can
be hereby guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering such Subsidiary Guarantee
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 1401. Subordination.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security issued hereunder
by his acceptance of a Security likewise covenants and agrees (except as otherwise provided or
contemplated by Section 301), that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Article Fourteen; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon original issue or upon
transfer, assignment or exchange thereof accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article Fourteen shall prevent the occurrence of any Event of Default
hereunder or any event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
SECTION 1402. Priority of Senior Debt.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by any Subsidiary Guarantor in the
payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Debt has been accelerated
because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by such Subsidiary Guarantor
with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee until such default shall have been cured or waived in
writing or shall have ceased to exist or such Senior Debt shall have been discharged or paid in
full.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, then no payment shall be
made by any Subsidiary Guarantor with respect its Subsidiary Guarantee until the holders of all
Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding at the time of such acceleration shall receive
payment in full of such Senior Debt (including any amounts due upon acceleration).
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee
or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 1402,
such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the
holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or their respective
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representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of
such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear.
SECTION 1403. Payments upon Bankruptcy
Upon any payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor or distribution of assets of any Subsidiary
Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash property or securities, to creditors upon any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, marshaling of assets and liabilities or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
proceedings of such Subsidiary Guarantor, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Debt of
such Subsidiary Guarantor shall first be paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents, or payment
thereof provided for in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of its
Subsidiary Guarantee, and upon any such liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership,
reorganization, assignment, marshaling or proceeding, any payment or distribution of assets of such
Subsidiary Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which
the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article Fourteen, shall be paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor or by any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
directly to the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor held by such
holders) or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture
pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their
respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor in full (including except to the extent, if any, prohibited by mandatory provisions of
law, post-petition interest, in any such proceedings), after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Debt, before any payment or
distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by its Subsidiary Guarantee or to
the Trustee under this Indenture.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of
such Subsidiary Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee under this Indenture or the Holders
of the Securities before all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor is paid in full or provision
is made for such payment in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held
in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Debt
or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt shall have been paid in full in accordance
with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders
of such Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article Fourteen, the words cash, property or securities shall not be
deemed to include shares of stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor as reorganized or readjusted, or
securities of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other corporation provided for by a plan of
arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated (at least to the
extent provided in this Article Fourteen with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees) to the
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payment of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor which may at the time be outstanding;
provided, that (i) the Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor is assumed by the new corporation,
if any, resulting from any such arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of
the holders of such Senior Debt are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of such Subsidiary Guarantor with,
or the merger of such Subsidiary Guarantor into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an
entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions
provided in Article Eight shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such other Person shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight.
Nothing in Section 1402 or this Section 1403 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee
under or pursuant to Article Six. This Section shall be subject to the further provisions of
Section 1406.
SECTION 1404. Subrogation; Rights not Impaired.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the rights of the
Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor applicable to such Senior Debt until the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to
which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Fourteen and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article
Fourteen to the holders of such Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their
behalf shall, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt
and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor to or on
account of such Senior Debt; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or
for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this Article, which would
otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Debt shall be deemed to be a payment by such
Subsidiary Guarantor to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions
of this Article Fourteen are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative
rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Debt of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities
is intended to or shall impair, as between any Subsidiary Guarantor, its creditors other than the
holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Holders of the Securities, the
obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to guarantee payment
to the Holders of the Securities of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to
or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of such
Subsidiary Guarantor other than the holders of its Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Holder of any Security or the Trustee on his or her behalf from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article Fourteen of the holders of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor
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in respect of cash, property or securities of such Subsidiary Guarantor received upon the
exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor referred to in this
Article Fourteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, and the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization,
assignment or marshaling proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the
persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and other indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1405. Authorization of Trustee.
Each Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee
in his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Fourteen and appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 1406. Notice of the Trustee.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to any Paying
Agent of any fact known to such Subsidiary Guarantor which would prohibit the making of any payment
of moneys to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant
to the provisions of this Article Fourteen. Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in
this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any default or
event of default with respect to any Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any other facts
which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received notice in writing at its principal Corporate
Trust Office to that effect signed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or by a holder or
agent of a holder of such Senior Debt who shall have been certified by such Subsidiary Guarantor or
otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or agent, or
by the trustee under any indenture pursuant to which such Senior Debt shall be outstanding, and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of
Article Six, be entitled to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if on a date
at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys shall
become payable for any purpose (including the payment of the principal of, or interest on any
Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for
in this Section 1406, then, regardless of anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have
full power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they
were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it
on or after such prior date.
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The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder
of such Senior Debt or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the
Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
Person as a holder of such Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article Fourteen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to
which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Fourteen, and if such evidence is not
furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 1407. Holders of Senior Debt; Trustees Obligations.
The Trustee and any agent of any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee shall be entitled to all
the rights set forth in this Article Fourteen with respect to any Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor which may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other capacity to the same
extent as any other holder of such Senior Debt and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the
Trustee or any such agent, of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Fourteen
shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article Six.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee undertakes
to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth
in this Article Fourteen, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of
such Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions
of Article Six, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary
Guarantor if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Securities, the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other Person moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Fourteen or otherwise.
SECTION 1408. Actions by Holders of Senior Debt.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by
any act or failure to act on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor or by any act or failure to act,
in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by such Subsidiary Guarantor with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any
such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Holders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Fourteen or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of such Senior Debt, do any one or more
of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
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time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in
any manner such Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such
Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any
manner for the collection of such Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights against such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and any other Person.
SECTION 1409. Paying Agent.
In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term Trustee as used in this Article Fourteen shall in
such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such
paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were
named in this Article Fourteen in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided that Sections
1406 and 1407 shall not apply to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Affiliate of the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, if acting as a Paying Agent.
SECTION 1410. Monies Held in Trust.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Sections 401 or 1604 of this Indenture by the
Trustee for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall not
be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor or subject to
the restrictions set forth in this Article Fourteen, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to
pay over any such amount to such Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder of Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other creditor of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
SECTION 1501. 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 terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article Fifteen.
SECTION 1502. 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 and any premium thereon, together with interest thereon accrued to
the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants
that on or before 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 sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms
of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, the
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premium, if any, 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.
SECTION 1503. 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. To be repaid at the
option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect
Repayment form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company 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 45 days nor
later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. 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
and as provided in Sections 307(b) and 308, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be
irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1504. 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 Fifteen 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. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest and/or premium, if any, to (but excluding) the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, 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 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) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date
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at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1505. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any 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 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 SIXTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1601. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1602 or Section 1603 applied
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (unless designated pursuant to
Section 301 as not being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1602 or 1603), in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article Sixteen. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1602. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1602 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1602 on
and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1604 are satisfied (hereinafter called
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1604 and as more fully set forth in such Section 1606,
payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when
payments are due, (2) the Companys and any Subsidiary Guarantors obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article Sixteen. Subject to compliance with this
Article Sixteen, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section 1602 applied to
any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1603
applied to such Securities.
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SECTION 1603. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1603 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from
its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent of any
covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections
501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent
of any covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7)),
shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default and (3) the provisions of Article
Thirteen shall cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1603 on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1604 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)) or Article Thirteen,,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1604. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1602 or Section 1603 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and
agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article Sixteen 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 benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A)
money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations 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, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent certified 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 any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or upon
redemption, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation
of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America, which, in
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either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is
specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on
any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or
interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1602 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case
(A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were
not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1603 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain
or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance
to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and
be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in
Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after
such 90th day).
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities
are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.
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(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from
such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from
registration thereunder.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an agreement whereby the Company
irrevocably agrees to forfeit its right, if any, (A) to reset the interest rate of such
Securities pursuant to Section 307(b) and (B) to extend the Stated Maturity of such
Securities pursuant to Section 308.
(9) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
shall have been made.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1605. Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee.
Subject to Section 1607 below and after the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in
Section 1604 relating to the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been
complied with, the Trustee upon request of the Company shall acknowledge in writing the Defeasance
or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be.
SECTION 1606. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section 1606, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1604 in respect of any Securities shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but
money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1604 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Sixteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S.
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Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1604 with respect to any Securities
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 the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 1607. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article Sixteen with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1602 or 1603 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article Sixteen with respect to such Securities, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1606 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Sixteen; provided, however, that if the
Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following
such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of
the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
SECTION 1608. Qualifying Trustee.
Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1604 for the purpose of holding trust funds
deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the
Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein
to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the
Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1701. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the Company, and
that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors, or employees, as such, of the Company, any
Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
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covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied
therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly
waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture
and the issue of such Securities.
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1801. Subordination.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security issued hereunder by his
acceptance of a Security likewise covenants and agrees (except as otherwise provided or
contemplated by Section 301), that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Article Eighteen; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon original issue or upon
transfer, assignment or exchange thereof accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any and interest on all Securities
issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and
junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article Eighteen shall prevent the occurrence of any Event of Default
hereunder or any event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
SECTION 1802. Priority of Senior Debt.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of
principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Debt, or in the event that the
maturity of any Senior Debt has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no
payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption payments)
of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities until such default shall have been cured or
waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist or such Senior Debt shall have been discharged or
paid in full.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, then no payment shall be
made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption payments) of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities until the holders of all Senior Debt outstanding at the time of
such acceleration shall receive payment in full of such Senior Debt (including any amounts due upon
acceleration).
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee
or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 1802,
such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
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delivered to, the holders of Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Debt may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear.
SECTION 1803. Payments upon Bankruptcy
Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash property or securities, to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution,
winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of
assets and liabilities or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Company, all
amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Debt shall first be paid in full, in cash or cash
equivalents, or payment thereof provided for in accordance with its terms, before any payment is
made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by
the Securities, and upon any such liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership,
reorganization, assignment, marshaling or proceeding, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders or
the Trustee under this Indenture would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article
Eighteen, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, directly to the holders of
Senior Debt (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt held by
such holders) or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in
full (including except to the extent, if any, prohibited by mandatory provisions of law,
post-petition interest, in any such proceedings), after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt, before any payment or distribution is made to
the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or to the Trustee under this Indenture.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the
foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee under this Indenture or the Holders of the Securities
before all Senior Debt is paid in full or provision is made for such payment in accordance with its
terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid
over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such
Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt shall have been paid in full
in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of such Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article Eighteen, the words cash, property or securities shall not be
deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of arrangement, reorganization or
readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this Article
Eighteen with respect to the Securities) to the payment of all Senior Debt which may at the time be
outstanding; provided, that (i) the Senior Debt is assumed by the new corporation, if any,
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resulting from any such arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of
the holders of the Senior Debt are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger
of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following
the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to
another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided in Article Eight shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such
other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with
the conditions stated in Article Eight. Nothing in Section 1802 or this Section 1803 shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article Six. This Section shall be
subject to the further provisions of Section 1806.
SECTION 1804. Subrogation; Rights not Impaired.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the rights of the Holders of the Securities
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for
the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of
any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their
behalf would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Eighteen and no payment over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eighteen to the holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the
Securities or the Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company
to or on account of the Senior Debt; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities to or for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this
Article, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Debt shall be deemed to be a
payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the
provisions of this Article Eighteen are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior
Debt, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Eighteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities
is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein
or therein prevent the Holder of any Security or the Trustee on his or her behalf from exercising
all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to
the rights, if any, under this Article Eighteen of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash,
property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article
Eighteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, and the Holders of the Securities
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shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction
in which such liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment or
marshaling proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled
to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Eighteen.
SECTION 1805. Authorization of Trustee.
Each Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee
in his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Eighteen and appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 1806. Notice of the Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to any Paying Agent of any
fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article
Eighteen. Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in this Article Eighteen or elsewhere in
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Debt
or of any default or event of default with respect to any Senior Debt or of any other facts which
would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received notice in writing at its principal Corporate
Trust Office to that effect signed by an officer of the Company, or by a holder or agent of a
holder of Senior Debt who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise established to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or agent, or by the trustee under any
indenture pursuant to which Senior Debt shall be outstanding, and, prior to the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Article Six, be entitled to assume
that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if on a date at least three Business Days prior
to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys shall become payable for any purpose
(including the payment of the principal of, or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not have
received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section 1806, then, regardless
of anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such
moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date.
The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a
Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt or a trustee or
agent on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that
further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Eighteen, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
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amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article Eighteen, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such payment.
SECTION 1807. Holders of Senior Debt; Trustees Obligations.
The Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article Eighteen with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time be held by
it in its individual or any other capacity to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt
and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent, of any of its rights as
such holder. Nothing in this Article Eighteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee
under or pursuant to Article Six.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe
only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Eighteen,
and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty
to the holders of Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, the Trustee shall not
be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Securities,
the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other Person moneys or assets to which any holder of
Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Eighteen or otherwise.
SECTION 1808. Actions by Holders of Senior Debt.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the
part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless
of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article Eighteen or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the
Securities to the holders of such Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the
manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior
Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing
the same or any agreement under which such Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release
or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Debt;
(iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Debt; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, as the case may be, and any
other Person.
SECTION 1809. Paying Agent.
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In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term Trustee as used in this Article Eighteen shall in
such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such
paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were
named in this Article Eighteen in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided that Sections
1806 and 1807 shall not apply to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Affiliate of the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, if acting as a Paying Agent.
SECTION 1810. Monies Held in Trust.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Sections 401 or 1604 of this Indenture by the
Trustee for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall not
be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Debt or subject to the restrictions set forth in
this Article Eighteen, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to
the Company or any holder of Senior Debt or any other creditor of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and, in
the case of the Company, attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
[WINSTON & STRAWN LLP LETTERHEAD]
March 22, 2010
Lear Corporation
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48033
Re: Form S-3 Registration Statement
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Lear Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), in connection with the Companys registration statement on Form S-3 to be filed
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on or about
the date hereof (the Registration Statement), in connection with the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and proposed offer, issuance and sale
from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, as set forth
in the Registration Statement, the prospectus contained therein and any supplement to the
prospectus, of the following securities of the Company, the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the
Company set forth on Schedule I hereto, and other subsidiaries of the Company as may become
guarantors under the Indentures (as defined below) from time to time in accordance with the
respective terms thereof (together with the subsidiaries set forth on Schedule I, the
Subsidiary Guarantors), as applicable:
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senior debt securities, in one or more series (the Senior Debt
Securities), which will be issued under a form of Senior Indenture filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented, the Senior
Indenture) to be entered into by and among the Company, and, to the extent that
the Senior Debt Securities are to be guaranteed, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the
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subordinated debt securities, in one or more series (the Subordinated Debt
Securities and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the Debt
Securities), which will be issued under a form of Subordinated Indenture filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented, the
Subordinated Indenture and together with the Senior Indenture, the
Indentures) to be entered into by and among the Company, and, to the extent
that the Subordinated Debt Securities are to be guaranteed, the Subsidiary Guarantors,
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Securities or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury securities
(the Stock Purchase Units and together with the Common Stock, the Preferred
Stock, the Debt Securities, the Warrants, the Guarantees, the Subscription Rights and
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It is understood that the opinions set forth below are to be used only in connection with the
offer, issuance and sale of the Securities while the Registration Statement is in effect. The
Registration Statement provides that the Securities may be offered in amounts, at prices and on
terms to be set forth in one or more prospectus supplements or free writing prospectuses.
This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)
of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have examined and are familiar with originals or
copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof (the Certificate
of Incorporation), (ii) the amended and restated bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the
date hereof (the Bylaws), (iii) the certificate of incorporation, certificate of
formation or certificate of limited partnership, as applicable, for each Subsidiary Guarantor
(collectively, the Subsidiary Certificates), (iv) the bylaws, limited liability company agreement
or limited partnership agreement, as applicable, for each Subsidiary Guarantor (and together with
the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Subsidiary Certificates, the
Organizational Documents), (v) the Registration Statement, (vi) the Indentures, (vii)
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) and the Financing
Committee thereof relating to, among other matters, the issuance of the Securities and the filing
of the Registration Statement and (viii) the written consent of the board of directors, member,
managers or general partner, as applicable, of each Subsidiary Guarantor relating to, among other
things, the issuance of the Guarantees and the filing of the Registration Statement. We are
familiar with the various corporate proceedings heretofore taken and additional proceedings
proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, registration, issuance
and sale of the Securities. We have also examined originals, or copies certified to our
satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company and other instruments, certificates of
public officials and representatives of the Company and other documents as we have deemed necessary
as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the
originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that each of the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors is and will remain duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under applicable state law. As to certain facts material to this opinion letter, we have
relied without independent verification upon oral and written statements and representations of
officers and other representatives of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to (i) the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto being effective under the Act, (ii) the applicable Indenture under which Debt
Securities are issued having been validly executed and delivered by the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the other parties thereto, (iii) a prospectus supplement having been filed with the
Commission describing the Securities being offered thereby and (iv) all Securities being issued and
sold in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement
and in accordance with a duly executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement
with respect to the Securities, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to the Common Stock, when the Board, or Financing Committee thereof, has taken
all corporate action necessary to approve the final terms of the issuance and sale of the shares of
the Common Stock, the Company has received the consideration therefor (and such consideration per
share is not less than the par value per share of the Common Stock), the Common Stock will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
2. With respect any series of Preferred Stock, when (i) the Board, or Financing Committee
thereof, has taken all corporate action necessary to approve the final terms of the issuance and
sale of such Preferred Stock, (ii) the terms of the series of the Preferred Stock have been duly
established in conformity with the applicable Organizational Documents and (iii) the Company has
received the consideration therefor (and such consideration per share is not less than the par
value per share of the Preferred Stock), the Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
3. With respect to the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, when (i) the Board, or Financing
Committee thereof, and the boards of directors, member, managers or general partner, as applicable,
of any Subsidiary Guarantors have taken all necessary corporate action to approve the final terms
of the issuance and sale of the Debt Securities and any Guarantees, as applicable, (ii) the terms
of the Debt Securities and any related Guarantees have been duly established in conformity with the
applicable Indenture, (iii) such Debt Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, and authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the applicable Indenture and (iv) the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have
received the consideration therefor, such Debt Securities and Guarantees will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and such Subsidiary Guarantors enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and
to general equity principles.
4. With respect to the Warrants, when (i) the Board or Financing Committee thereof has taken
all necessary corporate action to approve the final terms of the issuance and sale of the Warrants,
(ii) the applicable warrant agreement relating to the Warrants has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered, (iii) the Warrants are executed, countersigned and
delivered in accordance with the applicable warrant agreement against payment therefor and (iv) the
Company has received the consideration therefor, the Warrants will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
5. With respect to the Subscription Rights, when (i) the Board, or Financing Committee
thereof, has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the final terms of the issuance and
sale of the Subscription Rights, (ii) the subscription rights agreement relating to the
Subscription Rights has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (iii) the certificates
representing the Subscription Rights have been executed, countersigned and delivered in accordance
with the applicable subscription rights agreement against payment therefor and (iv) the Company has
received the consideration therefor, the Subscription Rights will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
6. With respect to the Stock Purchase Contracts, when (i) the Board, or Financing Committee
thereof, has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the final terms of the issuance and
sale of the Stock Purchase Contracts, (ii) the purchase agreement relating to the Stock Purchase
Contracts has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (iii) the Stock Purchase Contracts have
been executed, countersigned and delivered in accordance with the applicable purchase agreement
against payment therefor and (iv) the Company has received the consideration therefor, the Stock
Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable
in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors rights and to general equity principles.
7. With respect to the Stock Purchase Units, when (i) the Board, or Financing Committee
thereof, has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the final terms of the issuance and
sale of the Stock Purchase Units, (ii) the purchase agreement relating to the Stock Purchase Units
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (iii) the Stock Purchase Units have been
executed, countersigned and delivered in accordance with the applicable purchase agreement against
payment therefor and (iv) the Company has received the consideration therefor, the Stock Purchase
Units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors rights and to general equity principles.
The opinions expressed herein are based upon and limited to the laws of the State of New York,
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Limited Liability Company Act of the
State of Delaware and the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of
the State of Delaware (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported
judicial decisions interpreting these laws). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws,
statutes, regulations or ordinances. The opinions expressed herein based on the laws
of the State of New York are limited to the laws generally applicable in transactions of the
type covered by the Indentures.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption
Validity of the Securities in the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules
and regulations of the Commission.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ Winston &
Strawn LLP
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Schedule I
Lear #50 Holdings, LLC
Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
Lear Automotive Manufacturing, LLC
Lear Corporation (Germany) Ltd.
Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors
Lear Corporation Global Development, Inc.
Lear EEDS Holdings, LLC
Lear European Operations Corporation
Lear Holdings, LLC
Lear Investments Company, L.L.C.
Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
Lear Mexican Holdings, L.L.C.
Lear Mexican Seating Corporation
Lear Operations Corporation
Lear Seating Holdings Corp. #50
Lear South American Holdings Corporation
Lear Trim L.P.
Renosol Seating, LLC
exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(In millions, except ratio of earnings to fixed charges)
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Two Month |
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Ten Month |
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Period Ended |
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Period Ended |
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December 31, |
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November 7, |
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Consolidated income (loss) before provision (benefit) for
income taxes, equity in net (income) loss of afffiliates and
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
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$ |
(33.8 |
) |
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$ |
927.6 |
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$ |
(541.4 |
) |
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$ |
323.2 |
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$ |
(653.4 |
) |
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$ |
(1,128.6 |
) |
Fixed charges |
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15.3 |
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177.5 |
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226.9 |
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235.9 |
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254.4 |
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228.6 |
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Distributed income of affiliates |
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0.6 |
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4.7 |
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4.1 |
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7.3 |
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1.6 |
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5.3 |
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Earnings |
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$ |
(17.9 |
) |
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$ |
1,109.8 |
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$ |
(310.4 |
) |
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$ |
566.4 |
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$ |
(397.4 |
) |
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$ |
(894.7 |
) |
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Interest expense |
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$ |
11.1 |
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$ |
151.4 |
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$ |
190.3 |
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$ |
199.2 |
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$ |
209.8 |
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$ |
183.2 |
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Portion of lease expense representative of interest |
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4.2 |
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26.1 |
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36.6 |
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36.7 |
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44.6 |
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45.4 |
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Fixed charges |
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$ |
15.3 |
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$ |
177.5 |
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$ |
226.9 |
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$ |
235.9 |
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$ |
254.4 |
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$ |
228.6 |
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (1) |
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6.3 |
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2.4 |
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Fixed Charges in Excess of Earnings |
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$ |
33.2 |
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$ |
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$ |
537.3 |
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$ |
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$ |
651.8 |
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$ |
1,123.3 |
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(1) |
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Earnings in the two month period ended December 31, 2009, and in the years ended 2008,
2006 and 2005 were not sufficient to cover fixed charges by $33.2 million, $537.3 million, $651.8
million and $1,123.3 million, respectively. Accordingly, such ratios are not presented. |
exv23w1
EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts in the Registration Statement
(Form S-3 filed on March 22, 2010) of Lear Corporation and subsidiaries and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our reports dated February 26, 2010, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and the related financial statement schedule of Lear Corporation and
subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Lear Corporation
and subsidiaries, included in its 2009 Annual Report (Form 10-K) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Detroit, Michigan
March 22, 2010
exv25w1
Exhibit 25.1
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) o
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
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(State of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
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95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
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700 South Flower Street
Suite 500
Los Angeles, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
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90017
(Zip code) |
Lear Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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13-3386776
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
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Exact name of Registrants as |
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State or other jurisdiction |
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specified in their |
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of incorporation or |
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IRS Employer |
respective charters |
|
organization |
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Identification No. |
Lear #50 Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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80-0456754 |
Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
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Delaware
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03-0587832 |
Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
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Delaware
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38-3384976 |
Lear Automotive Manufacturing, LLC
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Delaware
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13-4223451 |
Lear Corporation (Germany) Ltd.
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Delaware
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13-3386716 |
Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors
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Delaware
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38-2446360 |
Lear Corporation Global
Development, Inc.
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Delaware
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38-3353121 |
Lear EEDS Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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76-0834474 |
Lear European Operations
Corporation
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Delaware
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87-0768411 |
Lear Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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76-0834476 |
Lear Investments Company, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3378771 |
Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
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Delaware
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03-0587829 |
Lear Mexican Holdings, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3374476 |
Lear Mexican Seating Corporation
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Delaware
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74-3184599 |
Lear Operations Corporation
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Delaware
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38-3265872 |
Lear Seating Holdings Corp. #50
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Delaware
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38-2929055 |
Lear South American Holdings
Corporation
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Delaware
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59-3821365 |
Lear Trim L.P.
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Delaware
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74-2838386 |
Renosol Seating, LLC
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Michigan
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61-1474745 |
-2-
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21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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48033
(Zip code) |
Senior Debt Securities and
Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
-3-
1. |
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General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
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(a) |
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Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is
subject. |
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Name |
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Address |
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury
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Washington, D.C. 20219 |
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Federal Reserve Bank
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San Francisco, California 94105 |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Washington, D.C. 20429 |
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(b) |
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Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
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Yes. |
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2. |
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Affiliations with Obligor. |
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If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
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None. |
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16. |
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List of Exhibits. |
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Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated
herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d). |
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1. |
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A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
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2. |
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A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business.
(Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948). |
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3. |
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A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers
(Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152875). |
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4. |
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A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed
with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
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6. |
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The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
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7. |
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A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to
law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
-5-
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the
26th day of February, 2010.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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By: |
/S/ BENITA A. VAUGHN
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Name: |
BENITA A. VAUGHN |
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Title: |
VICE PRESIDENT |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017
At the close of business December 31, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory
authority instructions.
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Dollar Amounts |
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in Thousands |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and balances due from
depository institutions: |
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Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin |
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1,576 |
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Interest-bearing balances |
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267 |
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Securities: |
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Held-to-maturity securities |
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16 |
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Available-for-sale securities |
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601,754 |
|
Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell: |
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Federal funds sold |
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78,000 |
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Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
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0 |
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Loans and lease financing receivables: |
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Loans and leases held for sale |
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0 |
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Loans and leases,
net of unearned income |
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0 |
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LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses |
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0 |
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Loans and leases, net of unearned
income and allowance |
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0 |
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Trading assets |
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0 |
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Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases) |
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11,186 |
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Other real estate owned |
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0 |
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Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies |
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2 |
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Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures |
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0 |
|
Intangible assets: |
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Goodwill |
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856,313 |
|
Other intangible assets |
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|
244,779 |
|
Other assets |
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|
154,682 |
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|
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|
|
Total assets |
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$ |
1,948,575 |
|
|
|
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1
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Dollar Amounts |
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in Thousands |
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|
LIABILITIES |
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Deposits: |
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|
In domestic offices |
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|
532 |
|
Noninterest-bearing |
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532 |
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Interest-bearing |
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0 |
|
Not applicable |
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|
|
|
Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase: |
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|
|
|
Federal funds purchased |
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0 |
|
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
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0 |
|
Trading liabilities |
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0 |
|
Other borrowed money: |
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|
|
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(includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized
leases) |
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268,691 |
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Not applicable |
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|
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Not applicable |
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|
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Subordinated notes and debentures |
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0 |
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Other liabilities |
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219,066 |
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Total liabilities |
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488,289 |
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Not Applicable |
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EQUITY
CAPITAL |
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Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
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0 |
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Common stock |
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|
1,000 |
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Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
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1,121,520 |
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Not Applicable |
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|
|
|
Retained earnings |
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|
337,084 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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|
682 |
|
Other equity capital components 0 |
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|
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Not Available |
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|
|
|
Total bank equity capital |
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|
1,460,286 |
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Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
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0 |
|
Total equity capital |
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|
1,460,286 |
|
|
|
|
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Total liabilities and equity capital |
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1,948,575 |
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I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of
Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared
in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are
true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Karen Bayz ) Managing Director
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition
(including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by
us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Troy Kilpatrick, President )
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD ) Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD )
2
exv25w2
Exhibit 25.2
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) o
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
(State of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
|
|
95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
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|
|
700 South Flower Street
Suite 500
Los Angeles, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
|
|
90017
(Zip code) |
Lear Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
|
|
13-3386776
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.) |
ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
|
|
|
|
|
Exact name of Registrants as |
|
State or other jurisdiction |
|
|
specified in their |
|
of incorporation or |
|
IRS Employer |
respective charters |
|
organization |
|
Identification No. |
Lear #50 Holdings, LLC
|
|
Delaware
|
|
80-0456754 |
Lear Argentine Holdings Corporation #2
|
|
Delaware
|
|
03-0587832 |
Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
|
|
Delaware
|
|
38-3384976 |
Lear Automotive Manufacturing, LLC
|
|
Delaware
|
|
13-4223451 |
Lear Corporation (Germany) Ltd.
|
|
Delaware
|
|
13-3386716 |
Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors
|
|
Delaware
|
|
38-2446360 |
Lear Corporation Global
Development, Inc.
|
|
Delaware
|
|
38-3353121 |
Lear EEDS Holdings, LLC
|
|
Delaware
|
|
76-0834474 |
Lear European Operations
Corporation
|
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Delaware
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87-0768411 |
Lear Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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76-0834476 |
Lear Investments Company, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3378771 |
Lear Mexican Holdings Corporation
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Delaware
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03-0587829 |
Lear Mexican Holdings, L.L.C.
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Delaware
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38-3374476 |
Lear Mexican Seating Corporation
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Delaware
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74-3184599 |
Lear Operations Corporation
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Delaware
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38-3265872 |
Lear Seating Holdings Corp. #50
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Delaware
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38-2929055 |
Lear South American Holdings
Corporation
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Delaware
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59-3821365 |
Lear Trim L.P.
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Delaware
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74-2838386 |
Renosol Seating, LLC
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Michigan
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61-1474745 |
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21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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48033
(Zip code) |
Subordinated Debt Securities and
Guarantees of Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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1. |
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General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
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(a) |
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Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is
subject. |
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Name |
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Address |
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury
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Washington, D.C. 20219 |
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Federal Reserve Bank
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San Francisco, California 94105 |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Washington, D.C. 20429 |
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(b) |
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Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
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Yes. |
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2. |
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Affiliations with Obligor. |
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If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
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None. |
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16. |
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List of Exhibits. |
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Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated
herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (the Act) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d). |
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1. |
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A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
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2. |
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A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business.
(Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948). |
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3. |
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A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers
(Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
333-152875). |
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4. |
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A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed
with Registration Statement No. 333-162713). |
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6. |
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The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
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7. |
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A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to
law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the
26th day of February, 2010.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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By: |
/S/ BENITA A. VAUGHN
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Name: |
BENITA A. VAUGHN |
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Title: |
VICE PRESIDENT |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017
At the close of business December 31, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory
authority instructions.
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Dollar Amounts |
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in Thousands |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and balances due from
depository institutions: |
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Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin |
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1,576 |
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Interest-bearing balances |
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267 |
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Securities: |
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Held-to-maturity securities |
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16 |
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Available-for-sale securities |
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601,754 |
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Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell: |
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Federal funds sold |
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78,000 |
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Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
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0 |
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Loans and lease financing receivables: |
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Loans and leases held for sale |
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0 |
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Loans and leases,
net of unearned income |
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0 |
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LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses |
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0 |
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Loans and leases, net of unearned
income and allowance |
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0 |
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Trading assets |
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0 |
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Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases) |
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11,186 |
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Other real estate owned |
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0 |
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Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies |
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2 |
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Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures |
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0 |
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Intangible assets: |
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Goodwill |
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856,313 |
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Other intangible assets |
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244,779 |
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Other assets |
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154,682 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
1,948,575 |
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1
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Dollar Amounts |
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in Thousands |
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LIABILITIES |
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Deposits: |
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In domestic offices |
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532 |
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Noninterest-bearing |
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532 |
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Interest-bearing |
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0 |
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Not applicable |
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Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase: |
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Federal funds purchased |
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0 |
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Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
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0 |
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Trading liabilities |
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0 |
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Other borrowed money: |
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(includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized
leases) |
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268,691 |
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Not applicable |
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Not applicable |
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Subordinated notes and debentures |
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0 |
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Other liabilities |
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219,066 |
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Total liabilities |
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488,289 |
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Not Applicable |
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EQUITY CAPITAL |
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Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus |
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0 |
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Common stock |
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1,000 |
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Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
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1,121,520 |
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Not Applicable |
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Retained earnings |
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337,084 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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682 |
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Other equity capital components |
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0 |
Not Available |
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Total bank equity capital |
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1,460,286 |
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Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries |
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0 |
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Total equity capital |
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1,460,286 |
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Total liabilities and equity capital |
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1,948,575 |
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I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of
Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared
in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are
true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Karen Bayz ) Managing Director
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition
(including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by
us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Troy Kilpatrick, President )
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD ) Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD )
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